Warning Mysterious PM

Rick · 21st November 2007, 11:46 PM

Gentlemen ,

If you get this PM please be careful !
Sounds suspicious !!
Please don't open the link .
Safety first; right?

Rick

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Sorry for PMing out of the blue. Here's the thing.

I wrote a book with a friend of mine. My husband keeps saying it sucks. I think he's just jealous tho.

He spends a lot of time on these boards, so I told him I'm going to pick a random person here, and ask them, and we ended up betting on it.

So go to and make the call. Does it suck?

Thanks

Alam Shah · 22nd November 2007, 04:16 AM

Oh man!... I've opened it, went to the site and read chapter 1.

Seems ok, though... hmmm...

PenangsangII · 22nd November 2007, 06:42 AM

Jeeez....I opened it too...... I speedread the ist chapter.....and I have to agree with her husband....it sucks

David · 25th November 2007, 11:56 PM

Silly me, i opened it too. I didn't have any time to read it though and probably won't. Still i would agree with Rick that in the future if you receive such PMs it is probably safer to leave them unopened if you don't know the sender.

Does the mystery husband wish to identify himself?

Michel · 28th November 2007, 05:06 PM

David,
I received also this private message and reacted like you did but I deleted it, without opening it. Much safer.
I do not think that this way of communicating is a proper way and I do consider that private message as a spam ! I wish it would not have passed EEW filters.
Kind regards
Michel

fearn · 28th November 2007, 05:26 PM

I received it as well and opened it without thought. Last time that happens! If no one comes forward to claim being the husband, I'd suggest that this be treated as spam.

David · 28th November 2007, 06:22 PM

I has already been definitely IDed as spam, but i do not believe there will be any adverse effects for those that opened it.
Michel, apparently this particular piece of spam has been showing up on many forums and is engineered to work within the PM systems of a forum so there really wasn't much we could do to avoid it this time though i am sure that Lee is looking into ways to prevent it from happening again in the future.

kronckew · 28th November 2007, 06:46 PM

rick, david;

i'd deactivate that link by changing the colon to a semi-colon,
to keep anyone from trying it by mistake.

as in:

http;//zenofeller.com/books/asylum/asylum_chapter1.html

more recent vbulletin version vbcodes allow a tag pair

(i'm a moderator on another forum myself - we've had a quiet period recently re spam, but have had 11 yesterday, including one new guy who posted the same junk in 9 subforums a day after he'd posted two & been disciplined - he is now noted as a miserable user there) - they haven't gotten to the pm's on our forum yet, thank god.

21st November 2007, 11:46 PM	#1
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,336	Warning Mysterious PM Gentlemen , If you get this PM please be careful ! Sounds suspicious !! Please don't open the link . Safety first; right? Rick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for PMing out of the blue. Here's the thing. I wrote a book with a friend of mine. My husband keeps saying it sucks. I think he's just jealous tho. He spends a lot of time on these boards, so I told him I'm going to pick a random person here, and ask them, and we ended up betting on it. So go to and make the call. Does it suck? Thanks Last edited by Rick; 29th November 2007 at 02:50 AM.

28th November 2007, 05:06 PM	#5
Michel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 139	the mysterious PM David, I received also this private message and reacted like you did but I deleted it, without opening it. Much safer. I do not think that this way of communicating is a proper way and I do consider that private message as a spam ! I wish it would not have passed EEW filters. Kind regards Michel

22nd November 2007, 04:16 AM	#2
Alam Shah Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,248	Oh man!... I've opened it, went to the site and read chapter 1. Seems ok, though... hmmm...

22nd November 2007, 06:42 AM	#3
PenangsangII Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 401	Jeeez....I opened it too...... I speedread the ist chapter.....and I have to agree with her husband....it sucks

25th November 2007, 11:56 PM	#4
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	Silly me, i opened it too. I didn't have any time to read it though and probably won't. Still i would agree with Rick that in the future if you receive such PMs it is probably safer to leave them unopened if you don't know the sender. Does the mystery husband wish to identify himself?

28th November 2007, 05:26 PM	#6
fearn Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,247	I received it as well and opened it without thought. Last time that happens! If no one comes forward to claim being the husband, I'd suggest that this be treated as spam.

28th November 2007, 06:22 PM	#7
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	I has already been definitely IDed as spam, but i do not believe there will be any adverse effects for those that opened it. Michel, apparently this particular piece of spam has been showing up on many forums and is engineered to work within the PM systems of a forum so there really wasn't much we could do to avoid it this time though i am sure that Lee is looking into ways to prevent it from happening again in the future.

28th November 2007, 06:46 PM	#8
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	rick, david; i'd deactivate that link by changing the colon to a semi-colon, to keep anyone from trying it by mistake. as in: http;//zenofeller.com/books/asylum/asylum_chapter1.html more recent vbulletin version vbcodes allow a tag pair (i'm a moderator on another forum myself - we've had a quiet period recently re spam, but have had 11 yesterday, including one new guy who posted the same junk in 9 subforums a day after he'd posted two & been disciplined - he is now noted as a miserable user there) - they haven't gotten to the pm's on our forum yet, thank god.