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Private Message SPAM
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Private Message SPAM
Anyone else see this sort of thing:
Ed
Ed
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rjent
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Re: Private Message SPAM
Nope, not me. Unusual to see in a private message....
Dick
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
1965 Mark VII S/N 407684
1951 10 ER S/N ER 44570 -- Reborn 9/16/14
1950 10 ER S/N ER 33479 Reborn July 2016
1950 10 ER S/N ER 39671
1951 jigsaw X 2
1951 !0 ER #3 in rebuild
500, Jointer, Bsaw, Bsander, Planer
2014 Mark 7 W/Lift assist - 14 4" Jointer - DC3300
And a plethora of small stuff .....
"The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Benjamin Franklin
Re: Private Message SPAM
Lolita must confine her correspondence to east of the Big Muddy. No message from her here, either.
Re: Private Message SPAM
Nope.
Ron Dyck
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10ER #23430, 10ER #84609, 10ER #94987,two SS A-34 jigsaws for 10ER.
1959 Mark 5 #356595 Greenie, SS Magna Jointer, SS planer, SS bandsaw, SS scroll saw (gray), DC3300,
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10ER #23430, 10ER #84609, 10ER #94987,two SS A-34 jigsaws for 10ER.
1959 Mark 5 #356595 Greenie, SS Magna Jointer, SS planer, SS bandsaw, SS scroll saw (gray), DC3300,
Re: Private Message SPAM
Time to click on "delete". The best way to handle spammers and scammers it to ignore them as much as possible. That way you win and they lose.
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dusty
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Re: Private Message SPAM
I wholeheartedly agree but it is a bit disconcerting that a PM can be scammed. How did the unwanted text get embedded into the private message? Does this indicate that the OP's computer has been violated?garys wrote:Time to click on "delete". The best way to handle spammers and scammers it to ignore them as much as possible. That way you win and they lose.
"Making Sawdust Safely"
Dusty
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Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
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JPG
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Re: Private Message SPAM
I assumed the 'text' was the only thing in the PM. IF as you said it was somehow scammed into annother's PM text, than I was wrong. I assumed Lolita was the spammer.dusty wrote:I wholeheartedly agree but it is a bit disconcerting that a PM can be scammed. How did the unwanted text get embedded into the private message? Does this indicate that the OP's computer has been violated?garys wrote:Time to click on "delete". The best way to handle spammers and scammers it to ignore them as much as possible. That way you win and they lose.
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Goldie(Bought New SN 377425)/4" jointer/6" beltsander/12" planer/stripsander/bandsaw/powerstation /Scroll saw/Jig saw /Craftsman 10" ras/Craftsman 6" thicknessplaner/ Dayton10"tablesaw(restoredfromneighborstrashpile)/ Mark VII restoration in 'progress'/ 10E[/size](SN E3779) restoration in progress, a 510 on the back burner and a growing pile of items to be eventually returned to useful life. - aka Red Grange
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dusty
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Re: Private Message SPAM
I do think Lolita is the spammer. The question I have is how did it work its way into a PM. Obviously, I don't understand the workings of my computer.
"Making Sawdust Safely"
Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
Dusty
Sent from my Dell XPS using Firefox.
Re: Private Message SPAM
Dusty
Lolita sent the PM the same way as I wood send you a PM. But I wood think that that way wood be to time consuming for them.
Lolita sent the PM the same way as I wood send you a PM. But I wood think that that way wood be to time consuming for them.
SS 500(09/1980), DC3300, jointer, bandsaw, belt sander, Strip Sander, drum sanders,molder, dado, biscuit joiner, universal lathe tool rest, Oneway talon chuck, router bits & chucks and a De Walt 735 planer,a #5,#6, block planes. ALL in a 100 square foot shop.
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Re: Private Message SPAM
If you look any day at the bottom of the main forum page, you will see something like
"There are 200 users, 5 registered" . I'd guess there aren't 200 actual users or we would have a lot more lively discussions on the forum. Most of these anonymous "users" are likely web bots.
It isn't hard for me to imagine creating an account on this site and then building some scripting to spam PM messages to the user list.
I dont know if the user list is available to people, but active users could certainly be gleaned from the forum posts.
This is all easily doable. Its also all easily controllable but would require the host to improve security of their systems I think. not sure there is $ for that...especially to protect the 10-30 active users on the site.
"There are 200 users, 5 registered" . I'd guess there aren't 200 actual users or we would have a lot more lively discussions on the forum. Most of these anonymous "users" are likely web bots.
It isn't hard for me to imagine creating an account on this site and then building some scripting to spam PM messages to the user list.
I dont know if the user list is available to people, but active users could certainly be gleaned from the forum posts.
This is all easily doable. Its also all easily controllable but would require the host to improve security of their systems I think. not sure there is $ for that...especially to protect the 10-30 active users on the site.