# Google Calendar spam **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 22, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070 "2019-08-22T16:15:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/1 "2019-08-22T16:15:57Z")
About 7:30 last night a calendar reminder came up on my phone: “Jerk off with random teens.” I didn’t remember scheduling anything like that. :rolleyes: Turns out by default people can send your Google Calendar events with reminders enabled. Needless to say I figured out how to turn that off. This site tells you how: [How to Keep Spam Out of Your Google Calendar](https://lifehacker.com/how-to-keep-spam-out-of-your-google-calendar-1835810050) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/2 "2019-08-22T17:17:31Z")
Well that explains why I didn’t get my Calendar alert last night… ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/3 "2019-08-22T17:59:18Z")
Oh was that for you? Sorry, will forward. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/4 "2019-08-22T18:04:07Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > About 7:30 last night a calendar reminder came up on my phone: “Jerk off with random teens.” I didn’t remember scheduling anything like that. :rolleyes: > > Turns out by default people can send your Google Calendar events with reminders enabled. Needless to say I figured out how to turn that off. This site tells you how: [How to Keep Spam Out of Your Google Calendar | Lifehacker](https://lifehacker.com/how-to-keep-spam-out-of-your-google-calendar-1835810050) Talk about taking the spontaneity out of the moment! ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/5 "2019-08-22T18:23:08Z")
Thanks for that [lifehacker.com](http://lifehacker.com) reference, **control-z**. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/6 "2019-09-03T21:08:24Z")
Good news–soon your random teen off-jerking-with [may become safely unscheduled and spontaneous again](https://www.androidcentral.com/google-working-remedy-google-calendar-spam-issue)! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-calendar-spam/839070/7 "2019-09-05T18:17:25Z")
I had a google calendar reminder for amazondeals . com I too immediately shut that crap down. Because of crap like this; is why email is becoming useless too. Stupid spammers