A sub-human form of life, thought to have originated in Nigeria, although they have now spread worldwide. Unfortunately.

The most prolific type of spammer to plague AH.com, Phonespammers mindlessly flood the forum with threads advertising “UNOLCKEDD NDKOIA X-23958 FOR JSUT $4 DOLARS, RESPUTINABURBLE COMPAGNRRE 100 THE QUEEN STREET ENGLANFDIANLAND” and similar. Along with mobile phones, iPods commonly feature.

Many Phonespammers have afflicted the forum, although there is no proof that they aren’t all the same dribbling, demented moron in Lagos.

The Bald Imposter gave the archetypal name “Charles Akawele” as the signature on fake spam, and this has often been adopted as a name for spammerkind. Nekromans has suggested that the worst possible combination would be “Charles Akawelskian”, a half-Polish, half-Armenian spammer.

Less common spammer types include:

• Those who spam with PMs advertising websites (e.g. StrategyGirl)
• Those who put spam posts on the end of stickied threads in Off-topic
• Oilspammers: mobltd, the lone online edible oil salesbot.
• Chinaspammers: colours
• Buddhaspammers (notable for stalking Ran Exilis)
• Shoespammers: nike100

• Average wow!
• Would you like to know more about China?
• I’ll support your haha

Thande, in Luaky Commer, used the Phonespammers of Azerbaijan as the equivalent of the Dementors of Azkaban in the original. They are capable of administering the Phonespammer’s Kiss, which consists of spitting iPods into a victim’s mouth until he chokes. Phonespammers can be driven off by the Spamfilterus Charm and their spine-chilling effects undone by taking genuine prescription Viagra.

Phonespammers also occasionally feature in AH.com Wars, mainly so IronYuppie can snap their necks.