Spam private msgs

[Arisa81]

Is anyone else getting an awful lot of spam private msgs lately?
Most (if not all) of them seem to be from people who signed up and didn't make any posts.

[Dawno]

Please forward those to one of the supermods when you get them! I there's a problem, we can ban the sender and look to see if there are other actions we can take.

Feel free to forward to me what you have now.

[Arisa81]

Thanks! I sent you the ones I saved, before I realized I was starting to get them weekly. If I get any more I will continue to pass them along.

[AnneMarble]

I got one today, but the spamming "member" was already banned, so it was too late to report it. :cry:

I guess that's what comes from having a name that starts with the letter A. For once, why can spammers start from the end of the alphabet?
:e2tongue:

[Dawno]

If spammers weren't lazy and stupid, they'd probably think about that, Anne. No, wait, if they weren't lazy and stupid they'd be doing something worthwhile instead of spamming. :D

[Arisa81]

But the members list isn't there anymore right? So, I wonder how they would manage that?

Yes, I wish people had better things to do with their time. I just can't imagine wasting my time in such a fashion.

[benbradley]

But the members list isn't there anymore right? So, I wonder how they would manage that?

Yes, I wish people had better things to do with their time. I just can't imagine wasting my time in such a fashion.
Here's a strategically cut-off version of the currently-available members currently online at the moment (I forget exactly what page it's on, but it's not TOO diffucult to access...):

Currently Active Users (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/online.php): 340 (136 members and 204 guests) http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/misc/whos_online.gif (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/online.php) Most users ever online was 2,207, 05-18-2006 at 01:40 PM.
benbradley (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/member.php?u=12208), Marie... (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/member.php?u=2460)



Without elaborating on it too much (there may be some really stupid "script kiddies" out there who can't figure out what I'm implying), I can see where spammers could get a list of many active members from here.

[Arisa81]

Yeah, I kind of figured they knew something more than I do (which really isn't hard when it comes to computers and such). I guess they have their ways.

[Tburger]

I always wonder about the non-member lurkers; at any given moment there are hundreds of them. I feel like I'm an animal in a zoo and the lurkers are watching from outside the bars...

[Tburger]

Just as long as they're not selling your car ;)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=2515289

AW does have a cheap admission fee, after all...


LOL - that was an awesome story. Even though I could see the ending coming, the wording of the delivery was a surprise.

[Yeshanu]

I guess that's what comes from having a name that starts with the letter A. For once, why can spammers start from the end of the alphabet?
:e2tongue:



And here I was wondering why other people got this spam and I didn't...

:D