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Offline vampirefan

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Spammers have hit the boards
« 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.
« Last Edit: August 25, 2006, 05:31:59 PM by vampirefan »
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Offline blue moon

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Re: SPAMMER??!!
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2006, 05:24:18 PM »
I got it- twice! 
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Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: SPAMMER??!!
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2006, 05:26:21 PM »
Me too.  We posted at the exact same time. 
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Re: SPAMMER??!!
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2006, 05:26:59 PM »
I'm getting it, too.
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #5 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?
« Last Edit: August 25, 2006, 05:31:38 PM by MarzBar »
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #6 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
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Raunchy message claiming to be from here
« Reply #7 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
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2006, 05:36:32 PM »
Oh jeez. Probably shoulda read this first.   ::)

Thanks for the warning.
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #9 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.
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #10 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.
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #11 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,
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #12 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.   >:(
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #13 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.
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Re: Spammers have hit the boards
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2006, 07:30:58 PM »
I just had to turn off email from here because of it....

To bad..
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