I am receiving Spam PMs

Discussion in 'Support & Feedback' started by Barti1987, Dec 29, 2006.

  1. #1
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    bobbuilder

    0 posts.

    I think there should be a limit of number of posts required to send PM.

    Here is the message:

    Peace,
     
    Barti1987, Dec 29, 2006 IP
  2. devin

    devin Guest

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    #2
    not this shit again.
    why don't you murder someone and say it's for scientific research. :mad:

    ban this assholic bobbuilder please. :mad:
     
    devin, Dec 29, 2006 IP
  3. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    #3
    Thanks for the alert.
     
    Smyrl, Dec 29, 2006 IP
  4. wrkalot

    wrkalot Well-Known Member

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    I actually received this via email. Notice that he is telling me that he got my email from DP
     
    wrkalot, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  5. Smyrl

    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    There is another thread on this. It seems someone harvested e-mail addresses from member's profiles. It is for that reason, Shawn has hidden the addresses and gone to an e-mail form members can use. P. T. Barnum sure did know about human nature.

    Think twice before posting your e-mail in an open forum.
     
    Smyrl, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  6. Quebec

    Quebec Banned

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    #6
    I just came to this thread because of the same email message:

    Dear Webmaster

    I'm sending you this e-mail for some good offers that you will like.

    i have 35.000 " webmaster e-mail addresses" as text file.

    where did i get these e-mails? From an international " famous webmaster forum ". ( Digitalpoint )

    You are a member of DigitalPoint Forum. So you got this e-mail:)

    Do you want to get this e-mail list? 35.000 real active webmaster e-mails

    GREAT OFFER IS ONLY 50 USD

    You can make payment with Paypal or Moneybookers

    I also will have a gift for you with this e-mail list. I will give you a " bulk e-mail sender program " ( Golden Launcher ) So You can send bulk e-mail very fast with this program.

    Don'be late. This offer is very limited !

    Thanks

    Brain Meliknos

    send me e-mail for your offers



    P.S : If you want i also have very fresh - active and real e-mail list ( 720.000 international users )

    Just : 30 USD

    If you want these both offer, want to buy both of them : 65 USD



    ----------

    This is really bad, is there anything we can do, perhaps contact paypal after learning the dog paypal email accusing the person of spam, I think that in this case, everything to harm him/her is justified.

    Paul
     
    Quebec, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  7. saadahmed007

    saadahmed007 Admínistratör

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    #7
    I think Shawn should add a image verification thingy on sending email form from user profile:)
    Saad
     
    saadahmed007, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  8. FireStorM

    FireStorM Well-Known Member

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    #8
    thats a nice idea to prevent spam.
     
    FireStorM, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  9. kemkeris

    kemkeris Peon

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    #9
    Hey!! Same dude wrote me, only he wrote me about porn!!

    ----- Original Message -----

    From: 'Meg'

    To: webmaster@buy cheap phentermine.org[/email]

    Sent: Sun Dec 24 18:07

    Subject: Fwd: For webmasters ( Super Adult Package ) !!! ATTENTION











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    There is no any watermark ( web address ) at photos. They are very clean and quality
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    Please send me mail to for your questions and orders

    regards

    Meg

    Note : transfer and selling will be by sedo.com
     
    kemkeris, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  10. Dude111

    Dude111 Guest

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    #10
    On WHT there is a 5 post minimum for new users before bing able to send PMs.. Maybe we should ask the staff to consider it here :)
     
    Dude111, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  11. David26

    David26 Well-Known Member

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    I created a script for my forums that automatically prevents new users from posting links or emails in pms if they do not have a certain amount of posts and it works wonders.
     
    David26, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  12. sundaybrew

    sundaybrew Numerati

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    #12

    That sounds like a great feature :)
     
    sundaybrew, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  13. David26

    David26 Well-Known Member

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    Yup I don't even need moderators anymore :p
     
    David26, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  14. Mike Seiler

    Mike Seiler Peon

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    #14
    I've been spammed 3 times so far this week at the email address I only use for DP. Before that, I've only ever received the usual PM/reply notifications, etc.
     
    Mike Seiler, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  15. Fewleftstanding

    Fewleftstanding Peon

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    I'm getting spam emails too, similar to the ones above, addressed to 'Digital Point member'.
     
    Fewleftstanding, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  16. David26

    David26 Well-Known Member

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    #16
    If you guys own a website or server and use Spamassasin you can configure the software to block all of those spam emails. The cool thing about that software is if there are a certain number of links in the email or it is a known spam email it assigns the email a rating like "8.5" and if your allowance is anything below 6.2 it will either mark or prevent the email from being sent to you.
     
    David26, Dec 30, 2006 IP
  17. Mike Seiler

    Mike Seiler Peon

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    Spam isn't a new problem, or blocking it... it's just odd that there's a sudden burst of spam to an email address I've never used for anything other than registering here. Never posted it anywhere here, either.

    I'm not sure if that's the case for everyone else or not.


    Edited to add: Looks like the problem has been addressed here.
     
    Mike Seiler, Jan 1, 2007 IP