# Spam via PM

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 10, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457 "2019-08-10T14:45:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**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:** [August 10, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/1 "2019-08-10T14:45:06Z")

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Who else got a spam PM this morning? I’m curious how many the moron sent.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/2 "2019-08-10T14:47:50Z")

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Why is it that the spammers always seem to come out in force on Saturday morning?

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/3 "2019-08-10T14:58:05Z")

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For the record, it’s possible to report PMs. We can’t see PMs ordinarily, but we can see reports of them.

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**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/4 "2019-08-10T14:59:03Z")

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Thanks for the report - I banned the user.

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**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:** [August 10, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/5 "2019-08-10T15:02:53Z")

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> [@Bone](#):
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> Thanks for the report - I banned the user.

No problem. Does PM spam happen often? It was my first one.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/6 "2019-08-10T15:35:44Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> No problem. Does PM spam happen often? It was my first one.

We do get them from time to time, but they are fairly rare.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/7 "2019-08-10T16:14:37Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> No problem. Does PM spam happen often? It was my first one.

I’ve gotten I think two in the 10 years I’ve been here.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-via-pm/838457/8 "2019-08-10T16:20:11Z")

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We had an incident in June of 2018, and before that, one in December of 2017. They are more frequent than once or twice every ten years, but still not very common.