 Spam Thru The Forum, A threat, the solution and the universe |
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Yesterday a member registered and started to send spam using the email link in some of the member profiles, possibly only in the FR forums but I want to warn you in case…
It is a "nigerian fraud" scheme : in a convoluted mail about some obscure political reason, Africa related, someone you never heard about before asks you for some help in some financial operation with a huge sums of money in the balance and a % for you. this is what you must know: IMPORTANT! - Don't EVER answer to them. They use the email sending facility of the forums, they don't have your address. But if you answer they will! Your emails have never been, are not and won't ever be public in any way. Don't make their job easier. - The whole affair is a fraud. The only money in the balance is yours, don't even think it may be a good opportunity, there's no millions awaiting for you. - Report the offenders with the mail to the moderators using PMs. We will ban the offenders on the spot. In case you received on of his emails, mrs56 our first offender will be banned as fast as possible by our webmaster. I'll look forward to find a way to keep the email service and to keep these morrons away. Sorry for the inconvenience.  
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Moderator In Chief (MIC) Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
I found this site about fraud, in English, note the kind of demo they prepare is illegal. Lots of links of use in case you have an issue or a doubt.
Now they give the persons to contact when you're screwed in UK: the Metropolitan Police. They can be reached at: fraud.alert [remove this and replace by an @) met.police.uk UK Met police website -------------------- Our Classifeds • Nos petites annonces • Terms Of Service / Conditions d'Utilisation • Forum Rules / Règles des Forums • MacMusic.Org & SETI@Home
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lepetitmartien Spam Thru The Forum Tue 14 Sep 2004, 02:53
lepetitmartien In case you need some hint on the kind of mail I... Tue 14 Sep 2004, 13:19 majn I had this mail a few days back
I just binned it ... Wed 15 Sep 2004, 07:32 lepetitmartien Some members didn't know the all fraud stuff. ... Wed 15 Sep 2004, 23:45 Presto I got a mail from a macmusic member asking for hel... Thu 23 Sep 2004, 19:47 lepetitmartien Usually the emails i've got from members are g... Sat 25 Sep 2004, 03:21 lepetitmartien Just in case I'm not the only one (I'm not... Fri 3 Nov 2006, 18:32
Presto QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Fri 3 Nov 2006, 19... Fri 3 Nov 2006, 20:57 lepetitmartien It is possible thru normal email, but this one was... Sat 4 Nov 2006, 03:01 Presto QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Sat 4 Nov 2006, 04... Sat 4 Nov 2006, 15:22 lepetitmartien It wouldn't be right by the rules! Sat 4 Nov 2006, 20:11 |
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