I was sent the following in my personal messages. It looks like spam to me. Is this common on this forum? Is there a way to block further messages from this person. I have no idea who (s)he is.
Helloo ( From: victorian )
Hello
My name is miss Victoria i saw your
profile today on(forum.piriform.com)and became interested
in you,i will also like to know more about you,and i want you to send a mail to
my email address so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am. i
believe we can move from here.I am waiting for your mail to my em...
victorian is a member of the Members group and has 0 posts.
Sent on: Today, 07:08 AM
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Started by bill2037, Jul 10 2009 03:22 PM
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Posted 10 July 2009 - 03:22 PM
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Posted 10 July 2009 - 07:01 PM
Me too.
I viewed her/his profile. 5 people have already viewed.
He/Her must be desperate for love ! !
Alan
I viewed her/his profile. 5 people have already viewed.
He/Her must be desperate for love ! !
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Posted 10 July 2009 - 09:14 PM
Same here. Bill, I've been here a while and never have gotten a message like that. Wait for a moderator to see what we can do about it.
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Posted 10 July 2009 - 09:33 PM
Yes! "CClean" the Spambots in this Forum! ;o]
at least once a day : to think different ;o)
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Posted 10 July 2009 - 09:53 PM
Wtf I got that too! Added he/her to ignore list. 
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 08:34 AM
same here, just popped in to the forum to see how wide spread it was.
Poor lonely spammer who wants to send me a virus disguised as her picture.
Poor lonely spammer who wants to send me a virus disguised as her picture.
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Posted 11 July 2009 - 12:04 PM
When I saw that spam from Victoria in my PM I notified Hazelnut. She hasn't replied yet because she prolly figured I'd see these posts about all this on the forum. She was right.
I bet Victoria is a fat brick layer from Patterson New Jersey.
I bet Victoria is a fat brick layer from Patterson New Jersey.
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Posted 12 July 2009 - 10:37 PM
Got it also.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 01:27 AM
Do we have this patch (PM flood control) installed: http://forums.invisionpower.com/topic/2829...p;#entry1794928 ?
I have received the same PM spam on numerous other forums; these guys are very active with their scam. They won't be stopped just by a user deletion; they will sign up as 'Judith' or whatever. (The sign-up and post IP address usually is 196.207.192.198, and the contact address is always something at Yahoo UK. And as we know Yahoo, they absolutely refuse to close these scam email accounts!)
I have received the same PM spam on numerous other forums; these guys are very active with their scam. They won't be stopped just by a user deletion; they will sign up as 'Judith' or whatever. (The sign-up and post IP address usually is 196.207.192.198, and the contact address is always something at Yahoo UK. And as we know Yahoo, they absolutely refuse to close these scam email accounts!)
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:09 AM
pwillener, on Jul 13 2009, 02:27 AM, said:
Do we have this patch (PM flood control) installed: http://forums.invisionpower.com/topic/2829...p;#entry1794928 ?
I have received the same PM spam on numerous other forums; these guys are very active with their scam. They won't be stopped just by a user deletion; they will sign up as 'Judith' or whatever. (The sign-up and post IP address usually is 196.207.192.198, and the contact address is always something at Yahoo UK. And as we know Yahoo, they absolutely refuse to close these scam email accounts!)
I have received the same PM spam on numerous other forums; these guys are very active with their scam. They won't be stopped just by a user deletion; they will sign up as 'Judith' or whatever. (The sign-up and post IP address usually is 196.207.192.198, and the contact address is always something at Yahoo UK. And as we know Yahoo, they absolutely refuse to close these scam email accounts!)
I've received a PM from 'Victora' on 10th July. I must admit I don't visit these forums very often.
I notice her name is still on the members list.
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 07:22 AM
mrmatt, on Jul 13 2009, 04:09 PM, said:
I notice her name is still on the members list.
- most likely it is not a "her"
- most likely the user has been disabled from logging in
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 11:58 AM
Server has been patched to prevent this happening again 
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Posted 13 July 2009 - 12:11 PM
Thanks Mr.G!
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