Warning Mysterious PM

David · 26th November 2007, 12:56 AM

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, 06:06 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, 06:26 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, 07:22 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, 07:46 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.

28th November 2007, 06:06 PM	#2
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

26th November 2007, 12:56 AM	#1
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,250	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, 06:26 PM	#3
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, 07:22 PM	#4
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,250	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, 07:46 PM	#5
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,259	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.