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    Spam PM's?

    Anyone else receiving spam PM's, I've now had 2 in 2 weeks?

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    PM sent.

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    Grand Master Wallasey Runner's Avatar
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    How do you know they are spam, who are they from and what are they saying, or do you know they are spam because they are offering you Sports Rolex at list price 😂

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    Had a couple of luncheon meat and corned beef but no spam.
    Cheers..
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    Did you say something disparaging about a G-Wagen and a dodgy number plate?

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    Me too.
    Same as above

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    Never been lucky enough to have a pm from Skyman

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    Same here just had the same one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Onelasttime View Post
    Did you say something disparaging about a G-Wagen and a dodgy number plate?

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    Hmmm, I haven't received any either. I wonder how the spam sender determines which members are in his target market???

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    Grand Master magirus's Avatar
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    I've had the same one, sent at 04:13 this morning.
    F.T.F.A.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cbh View Post
    Just had this too. 😬

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    Grand Master Dave E's Avatar
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    Yep, a spammer. I just hit the report button.
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    Me too. The same as the one posted.

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    Yep, same PM received here too.
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    I must recieve about 50 emails a day, the vast majority, of which, are complete and utter tosh. One extra makes no difference.

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    "technical hurtles"
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    Yeah I’ve got that one first in 17 years how’s that happened ?
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    Received last night - reported to the boss.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    I must recieve about 50 emails a day, the vast majority, of which, are complete and utter tosh. One extra makes no difference.
    Maybe but best nipped in the bud.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    I must recieve about 50 emails a day, the vast majority, of which, are complete and utter tosh. One extra makes no difference.
    Bit like some replies on threads

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    I've deleted all the PMs. banned him and added details to the "Stop Forum Spam" database. He managed to send 50 PMs before I banned him.

    Eddie
    Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".

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    Quote Originally Posted by swanbourne View Post
    I've deleted all the PMs. banned him and added details to the "Stop Forum Spam" database. He managed to send 50 PMs before I banned him.

    Eddie
    So, I was one of the lucky 50. Do I win a prize?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ben4watches View Post
    So, I was one of the lucky 50. Do I win a prize?
    Yey, Me too, anyone sussed the criterion for receiving them or is it completely random ?

    PS I deleted it before opening which I thought was the sensible thing to do ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mick P View Post
    I must recieve about 50 emails a day, the vast majority, of which, are complete and utter tosh. One extra makes no difference.
    But it wasn't an email, it was a personal message sent through the forum.

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    Oh I had one of them a few weeks ago from Henk. I told me that he considered me "toxic". It sort of cheered me up actually.

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    Same here - conradbaw spamming


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    email address for Conradbaw ?

    Hi again,

    I assume this person used an email when signing up ? Is it possible this could be made known to us all so we could send him our thanks ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richie View Post
    I assume this person used an email when signing up ? Is it possible this could be made known to us all so we could send him our thanks ?
    No point, it would just be a throwaway account. Sending yet more spam in retribution regrettably doesn't reduce the problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by markrlondon View Post
    No point, it would just be a throwaway account.
    I realised that, but worth a try, miles better than just lying down and giving in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richie View Post
    I realised that, but worth a try, miles better than just lying down and giving in
    Sadly, it's actually counterproductive. It just means that there's more useless crap floating around the email systems, which means that the servers/systems/networks/resources involved need to keep growing in size. And guess who ends up paying for that...

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    Smile

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