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Old 02-29-2008, 03:11 PM
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I just received a private message, quoted below. This exact same message has been appearing in other fora, for example:
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It looks like the spammers have figured out a way to sign up for an account and send spam via the forum tools.

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Old 02-29-2008, 03:23 PM
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We're running into this problem on another forum I admin.
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Old 02-29-2008, 03:45 PM
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I just received a private message, quoted below. This exact same message has been appearing in other fora, for example:
http://www.phone-forensics.com/foru...ad.php?p=169585

It looks like the spammers have figured out a way to sign up for an account and send spam via the forum tools.


I received this too......

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Old 02-29-2008, 03:48 PM
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Same here. I just got one. Without thinking, I actually replied to the PM.
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Old 02-29-2008, 03:53 PM
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I got one too...what a waste of time! It was especially annoying since I also got an e-mail telling me I had a PM! And here I thought someone actually wanted to communicate with me.
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Old 02-29-2008, 03:55 PM
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Got it too...
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Old 02-29-2008, 04:33 PM
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That user has been deleted and their email address and IP address have been put on the banned list. Sorry folks!
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Old 02-29-2008, 05:05 PM
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I got one too...what a waste of time! It was especially annoying since I also got an e-mail telling me I had a PM! And here I thought someone actually wanted to communicate with me.


Likewise. I actually responded. I feel like an idiot.
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:36 PM
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Ditto.
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:38 PM
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I feel so neglected. I didn't get one.
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