topic Re: I got Spammed. in Get Support

I got Spammed.

GreaseMonkey — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:07:40 GMT

Got my first spam email in my inbox. Hopefully PM will find the perpetrators and ban them from the site.

Re: I got Spammed.

GR — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 18:33:50 GMT

@GreaseMonkey you can click on report message or something like that and it will send the spam message to the Moderator_Team and they'll deal with it

Re: I got Spammed.

wetcoaster — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 18:34:34 GMT

@GreaseMonkey wrote:
Got my first spam email in my inbox. Hopefully PM will find the perpetrators and ban them from the site.

They can only do something about it if you report it to the moderators. Just posting here doesn't help, this thread will likely not be noticed (specially once it has slipped off the new topic short list).

Re: I got Spammed.

PAULRANG18 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 18:59:19 GMT

Please report this type of behaviour to the moderators. They have already taken action to curb it.

Re: I got Spammed.

pomlady — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:43:27 GMT

I am not sure if it is spammed or what you call it but I got an email in from the community for and I quote

Edit: Removed malicious link to external site

Re: I got Spammed.

totalUser — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:16:16 GMT

@pomlady this is exactly it, report it to mods so they can block those accounts.

I wander why do they do this, most of us don't come here to 'hook up with a stranger' I doubt they bate any clicks, bbut have to spend time on it. Just a nuisance

Re: I got Spammed.

pomlady — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:19:20 GMT

Yes, crazy eh.

Will have to see how to get in touch with a moderator, never tried before.

Thanks.

Re: I got Spammed.

Luddite — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:24:39 GMT

@GreaseMonkey Likely a private message to your Communty account. Suspect you have activated to receive email notifications of private messages.

Re: I got Spammed.

wetcoaster — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:27:15 GMT

@totalUser wrote:
@pomlady this is exactly it, report it to mods so they can block those accounts.
I wander why do they do this, most of us don't come here to 'hook up with a stranger' I doubt they bate any clicks, bbut have to spend time on it. Just a nuisance

Hookiing up with a stranger might get more clicks from a certain demographic over the holidays than the lottery wins and viagra / black socks (or even, more targeted but still totally unsolicited, "we manufacture for you" and SEO emails I find in my email inbox a dozen times a day (it's a publicly available business contact e-mail, so I can't just crank down the spam filter to nearly zero, which I do for my other accounts, I'd miss potential customer inquiries on a regular basis...)

Re: I got Spammed.

pmmobile — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:37:41 GMT

@GreaseMonkey I got spammed as well with the exact same message above but from a different user. I've already reported it to the mods.. hope this stops!

Re: I got Spammed.

dna2016 — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 21:24:57 GMT

@GreaseMonkey definitely report it. As the saying goes, "see something, say something". Nothing can be done if nobody is telling the right people.

Everyone who is getting suspected spam needs to inform the MODS so they can tally up the numbers and I'm sure once it hits a certain amount it can be escalated. Notice from a few customers won't do anything, but notice from a few hundred would definitely move the needle.