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Old 05-19-2008, 07:03 PM
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Angry Spam messages sent in PM??

Has anyone else started receiving spam messages in their PM inbox on this forum?? I have received a few from "FelicityFloozy" that are nothing more than spam. This member has also never posted to the forum... so I think has joined only to spam us.
ARGH!!
I was going to PM a mod... but none were online when I received the messages...
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:04 PM
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Default DPS has a PM spammer?

Just got this PM from this guy with this image below?

I didnt click because the person had no posts etc, looks like hard core spam to me, but its up to the mods, was looking at some PM on what mods to PM but couldn't find anything so here it goes

This is a screen shot from the inbox:

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Old 05-19-2008, 07:05 PM
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I just got one too - I was scratching my head for a moment and then realized it was SPAM! I might need to add that "I hate SPAM" line to my signature like someone else I saw here...
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:08 PM
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http://digital-photography-school.co...ad.php?t=20302 check that thread, was it that image?
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:09 PM
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OMG, I was just about to ask this same question, I just got one.. Is that suppost to happen.

I wish I had that much time on my hands to sit around is play on the computer sending spam, what a life....
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:11 PM
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Def spam! seriously yeah get a life...
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:11 PM
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Yep, I got it too. That's annoying.
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:12 PM
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I got one too and we are going to handle it.....
Im sure the other mods and admin also received the same thing......
Annoying but hard to eliminate 100% but once we see this the remedy comes with a quickness.....
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Old 05-19-2008, 07:17 PM
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Same thing here--same person and message. A-N-N-O-Y-I-N-G!
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yup.. seemed to go through everyone's mailbox from a user with 0 posts.. as always, if you get a link from someone you don't know, DON'T CLICK ON IT! The company I work for got quite a few bits of spyware from fake e-card websites.
The admin and mods are working to clear this up, thanks for understanding.
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