Spam private msgs

Arisa81 · Jun 30, 2008

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 · Jun 30, 2008

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 · Jun 30, 2008

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 · Jul 2, 2008

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

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 · Jul 2, 2008

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.

Arisa81 · Jul 3, 2008

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 · Jul 3, 2008

Arisa81 said:
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: 340 (136 members and 204 guests)

Most users ever online was 2,207, 05-18-2006 at 01:40 PM.
benbradley, Marie...

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 · Jul 3, 2008

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 · Jul 4, 2008

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 · Jul 4, 2008

Isaac Espriu said:
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 · Jul 4, 2008

AnneMarble said:
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?

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

Spam private msgs

Arisa81

Dawno

Shiny!

Arisa81

AnneMarble

Nefarious Ghost Fan

Dawno

Shiny!

Arisa81

benbradley

It's a doggy dog world

Arisa81

Tburger

Wahoowa

Tburger

Wahoowa

Yeshanu

Elf Queen