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Title: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: vampirefan on August 25, 2006, 05:23:20 PM: i just received the message below. i figure it's a spammer and did not click on anything.

anyone else get this?

laura

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New Personal Message: IMPORTANT NEWS AND INFORMATION!!!

You have just been sent a personal message by Charles Schwab on Jim-Butcher.Com Community.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

If you have some time check out this COOL pic:
http://pix2.hotornot.com/pics/HU/HE/NL/KU/AUAERZEKXYMA.jpg
Also, check out the following website I came across:
http://www.asian-man.com/asianmannew/main.htm
It will knock your socks off!
Next, the below website is thrilling!!!
http://www.aznlover.com
Finally, the following website is the absolute BOMB!!!
http://www.amyandbilly.com
ENJOY!!!

MY PIC: http://pix2.hotornot.com/pics/HU/HE/NL/KU/AUAESYNANRCE.jpg

<i deleted the image>

Reply to this Personal Message here:
http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=461;quote;u=1286

EDITED TO DELETE THAT EXPLICIT PICTURE. Sorry, I had no idea that direct link to the image was in the message.
Title: Re: SPAMMER??!!
Post by: blue moon on August 25, 2006, 05:24:18 PM: I got it- twice!
Title: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Grogtard on August 25, 2006, 05:24:41 PM: Our sacred board has finally been hit. Just got pm'd an Asian gay porn spam from Charles Swab. Grumble.
Title: Re: SPAMMER??!!
Post by: Grogtard on August 25, 2006, 05:26:21 PM: Me too. We posted at the exact same time.
Title: Re: SPAMMER??!!
Post by: Amber on August 25, 2006, 05:26:59 PM: I'm getting it, too.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: MarzBar on August 25, 2006, 05:27:54 PM: I just got the same thing. Being female, strangely enough I did not click on any of thost links. >:( That was in the e-mail in my in box on my Mac.

I did, however, get the proverbia eye-full in my IMs. Jeez, who is doing this and why?
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: varza on August 25, 2006, 05:31:58 PM: Just got one as well - read the notifications... since I got 2 of them../.

link to Charles Shwab: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php?action=profile;u=1286
Title: Raunchy message claiming to be from here
Post by: MadMonica on August 25, 2006, 05:35:49 PM: Hey guys, I just got a nasty message from what said it was the "Jim Butcher Community" claiming it had important news from Charles Schwab. Being the nutball I was, and since the message looked real, I clicked on the link to the website. Instead of it being related to Harry Dresden, it was a picture of.. well.. let's just say it was pretty tasteless and not something I'd want my kids or any kids to see. >:(

Be careful folks. If you get something that sounds like this, I wouldn't bother opening it. It made it through my several spyware scanners and virus blockers, so I don't think it had anything malicious software wise in it, but it was pretty icky, just the same. :-\

Sincerely,

Mad Monica
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: MadMonica on August 25, 2006, 05:36:32 PM: Oh jeez. Probably shoulda read this first. ::)

Thanks for the warning.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Mickey Finn on August 25, 2006, 05:54:35 PM: http://www.jim-butcher.com/bb/index.php/topic,684.0.html

Iago's word on the matter.

PS: I merged 3 threads on this matter, which is why it may look like someone's repeating what someone else said.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: BigMama on August 25, 2006, 06:46:46 PM: I had opened one of these before I realized it was not from iago. Is this simply spam or do we need to have deeper concerns about this? I am too much of a computer novice to know.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Paige on August 25, 2006, 06:52:59 PM: I got the same PM from Charles Schwab. I PM'd Iago and Mickey complaining about it before I found this thread.

So Mickey and Iago...ah....never mind. ;D

Thank you,
Paige
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: CrystalAnne on August 25, 2006, 07:21:46 PM: I got one as well....I had my suspicions that it was what it was. People suck. >:(
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Quant on August 25, 2006, 07:25:51 PM: An idea would be to restrict people from sending pm's or emails until they have X amount of posts (I think 10 posts would work well enough). Another forum I visit requires people to wait 5 days after registration before they can post, this could cut down on spam aswell if it becomes a serious problem.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: slwiser on August 25, 2006, 07:30:58 PM: I just had to turn off email from here because of it....

To bad..
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: triplet on August 25, 2006, 08:26:37 PM: What's extra dumb about this is that "Charles Schwab" is listed as a guest...

Only members of the forum should be allowed to PM people. I got these as PM's not emails.

That's annoying as all hell and I can't block him because he's not a member and you can't disable PMs here... The only option I can see is to delete the account....

I can't understand how non-members can PM. No other forum I belong to allows that.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Mickey Finn on August 25, 2006, 08:38:30 PM: It's just spam...delete it and ignore it, apologies to any who got pics.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: triplet on August 25, 2006, 08:56:52 PM: Hmmm... just saw Iago's post..
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Mickey Finn on August 25, 2006, 09:51:55 PM: Quant, Iago's seen your suggestion and will keep it in mind if it gets bad (and if the code supports it).
Title: Spam Spam Spam
Post by: simonm on August 26, 2006, 01:23:33 AM: I just got spammed by someone named Charles Schwab with rather vulgar images and links which may have been of a pornographic nature.
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Elanel on August 26, 2006, 11:05:45 AM: That was some blasting rod...
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: uncle_wilf on August 26, 2006, 06:59:39 PM: Quote from: triplet on August 25, 2006, 08:26:37 PM
What's extra dumb about this is that "Charles Schwab" is listed as a guest...
I think he had registered and since he's been kicked off, the messages now claim he's a guest...

Gordon
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Valiar Marcus on August 26, 2006, 09:01:09 PM: Kudos to Iago for quick action - it's highly unfortunate that crap like this has to be shoved in front of us all, but in my years on this lists various incarnations I think this was only the second time any spammers had gotten through, and that's pretty darn good.
Title: Re: Spam Spam Spam
Post by: Nim on August 27, 2006, 04:01:04 AM: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ODshB09FQ8w&mode=related&search=

Sorry, I couldn't resist... :D
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Oni on August 28, 2006, 01:08:10 PM: Ugh, I just recieved two...
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: Qualapec on September 01, 2006, 12:07:15 AM: Yeah I got it. And I don't think anybody on this forum won't be a little insulted. I mean...I like guys and all, but that was just rude.

And it was strange because I noticed it wasn't sent out to me specifically but to Shannon. Anybody know how that could happen?

~She-Wolf
Title: Re: Spammers have hit the boards
Post by: LoVeBoOkS on September 01, 2006, 11:01:23 PM: yea i got that and it was VERY scary

STUPID SPAMMERS!