I got a spam PM

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I just received this private message through the Straight Dope Message Board.

" DEAR,
HOPE YOU READ THIS MAIL IN GOOD HEALTH.
PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM YOU OF THE PROJECT I HAVE AT HAND AND WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE A PART. IT IS OF GREAT BENEFIT AND I KNOW YOU WILL NOT REGRET TAKING PART OF THE PROJECT.

PLEASE REPLY DIRECTLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ([deleted]) FOR FULL DETAILS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.

REGARDS,
Ms NINA… "

I would be surprised if I was the only person to get this kind of message. Please look into it.

Many thanks !!

Toons

Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk

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I wouldn’t call that getting hacked. It’s just a spammer who signed up and sent out a PM spam. Please report the PM or at least let us know the user name so that we can ban them.

ETA: They might already be banned. There are a couple of banned spammer that had been sending out PMs. Let us know anyway. We want to make sure we ban all spammers that do this.

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What, no Nigerian Nobility looking for help getting $40,000,000 to your account?
We need to attract a higher class of spammer.

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I killed the spammer. It appears to all be coming from the same account. Let one of us know if you get anything else. You can also report the PM.

ETA: what engineer said.

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I’m offended. I killed that spammer. :stuck_out_tongue:

Actually, we both did since they signed up multiple times. I’m going to go through the recently registered and go on a banning spree.

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It’s possible I redundantly banned it after you banned it. Damn it. I was feeling all heroic.

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Damn, don’t mess with the new mod. She’ll kill you twice just to make sure you got the message.

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I’ve been doing this for four days, and my initial impression is that killing spam is the only thing we do that is unambiguously, universally approved. Yes, we will kill that spam for you. Love us. Remember this later.

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I guess I need to get out more. Even the spammers don’t notice me.

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Oh, I saw that movie. That makes you… Ranse “Weasel” Stoddard.

ETA: Does a mod want to sanitize the quoted PM? Still contains names and emails and stuff.

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Mercy is for the weak. We do not mod to be merciful here. A man spam you he is enemy. Enemy deserve no mercy.

:smiley:

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Really, it’s the opposite of mercy. That’s an email the spammer is using to collect suckers. Google will make sure this thread is visible for all eternity, thereby publicizing the spammer’s sucker-bait.

If we are sane and vindictive, want to choke that off. Spammers need to be consigned to the deepest and most eternal memory hole, and quoting it for the Web’s eternal recollection is not the way to do it.

IMHO, of course. But I like the quote paraphrase, even if it’s not the same movie. /shrug

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Yeah, I just saw that one, too, but it was already banned. I figured he must have sent it to all of the mods.

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There, there. You all killed Spartacus.

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Just noticed mine.

From blitz1 right?

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I banned him too before I realized you had already done it.

On checking, I see he is listed as a kill for you, so it looks like you got him first.

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Go Spice, a notch in your mouse.

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He’s not merely dead
but most sincerely dead.

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Mods: I request a thread title change from the current, misleading title to “I recieved a PM”.

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Not only did the spammer send PMs - they also sent e-mail (exact same content/contact) - so users should check e-mail settings as well.