Wow

R. Smith · #1 01-12-2010

there are now people sending SPAM via the 3D message boards. I got a PM from a new member, saying...happy hunting. Meaning, in my dating life. And it had a link to a dating site...

PS - I got this SPAM letter yesterday

Aussie3rddayfan · #2 01-12-2010

I got an invitation to vote on the best looking girls at some website. Needless to say I deleted it.

Our security measures need a close looksy me thinks.

The Unknown Gomer · #3 01-12-2010

When did you receive them? I received two last week, reported them to Corrine, and the person has now been banned and I haven't received another one since. If you've gotten them in the last couple of days, report them to a mod, someone else might have set up a new account.

onesawthelight · #4 01-12-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by R. Smith

there are not people sending SPAM via the 3D message boards. I got a PM from a new member, saying...happy hunting. Meaning, in my dating life. And it had a link to a dating site...

Not cool....

middletree · #5 01-12-2010

Bummer. I didn't get one.

The Unknown Gomer · #6 01-12-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by middletree

Bummer. I didn't get one.

If you want, I'll forward you one of mine since I apparently was lucky enough to get two of them.

By the way, love the new avatar. Much better than the Rogue Winker.

jesus loves me · #7 01-12-2010

I've yet to receive a pm but I notice all the time that new 'members' are not what they seem to be. I wish there was a better way of security.

sandie · #8 01-12-2010

It's very good now.

There used to be many 'viagra' type people coming on when most of you are asleep in the USA, but they need to post a few times before their posts become visible.

The Unknown Gomer · #9 01-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by sandie

It's very good now.

There used to be many 'viagra' type people coming on when most of you are asleep in the USA, but they need to post a few times before their posts become visible.

That it is. Considering what it USED to be like before they started monitoring the first posts of new boardies, I will not complain if an occasional spam PM gets through. This person did everything right, posted about 7 legitimate posts (although the last one I read definitely seemed a bit iffy), and THEN just grabbed about 5 or 6 boardie names at once and spammed them. They were banned after the second pm. And this has been the one and only time that I've ever gotten a spam PM like that here.

Compared to what I see on lots of other forums, spam monitoring here IS very good indeed.

Thanks, mods.

R. Smith · #10 01-13-2010

I got the letter via PM on these boards... the Mod's should keep SPAM off the boards. I'm single yes, but I don't need anyone PM'ing me a link to a dating site.

mat1583 · #11 01-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by R. Smith

I got the letter via PM on these boards... the Mod's should keep SPAM off the boards. I'm single yes, but I don't need anyone PM'ing me a link to a dating site.

SPAM is a fact of life. I've been on this board for years and have 1,000+ posts, but tomorrow I could go crazy and start spamming every user. There isn't really a way to completely stop spammers from doing what they do on this forum, especially if they are human spammers.

Johnny 59 · #12 01-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Unknown Gomer

When did you receive them? I received two last week, reported them to Corrine, and the person has now been banned and I haven't received another one since. If you've gotten them in the last couple of days, report them to a mod, someone else might have set up a new account.

Same here, only just one, I reported it to Brian, same result, nothing since.
I think that's a pretty good track record for as long as I've been a 3D boardmember.
Kudo's to the moderators!

R. Smith · #13 01-13-2010

I've been on the 3D message boards since 2001, and this is the first time I have gotten SPAM. It doesn't have to be a fact of life, if the Mod's do something about it...

mat1583 · #14 01-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by R. Smith

I've been on the 3D message boards since 2001, and this is the first time I have gotten SPAM. It doesn't have to be a fact of life, if the Mod's do something about it...

Well, they did. But that doesn't mean it'll keep others from attempting it as well. The methods of spamming folks keeps evolving and the numbers of spammers is continually increasing. You should be expecting this... I guess since I'm an IT professional, I'm just used to it by now.

The Unknown Gomer · #15 01-13-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by R. Smith

I got the letter via PM on these boards... the Mod's should keep SPAM off the boards. I'm single yes, but I don't need anyone PM'ing me a link to a dating site.

They didn't send it to you because you were single, they sent it to you because you were a screen name on the boards. The same way that they sent both the beautiful girls dating site AND the one one about Russian women, to ME, who yes, is single, but is *cough cough* female.

Just a bunch of screen names from the boards; they probably had a quota to fill for the month or something.