Got A PM From New Member - Think It Is A Scam

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26 Sep 2016, 7:26 am

I recieved a PM from a member last night who is only 25 minutes old. They have no other activity. They just want to be my friend and asked me to reply to an email address. Just reading the PM got my spider senses tingling and it reeks of phishing. Do people have no f***ing morals, I think targeting someone on an ASD forum is low.

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26 Sep 2016, 7:28 am

Delete it.

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26 Sep 2016, 7:51 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

Delete it.

ok dude. Don't you have a name & shame policy to help out other members? Or is everyone here pretty clued up about phishing?

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26 Sep 2016, 7:57 am

Yeah don't click on any links, and don't send an e-mail to the e-mail address they sent you. It all sounds like a scam.

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26 Sep 2016, 8:04 am

That's quite definitely a scam of some kind and the link most likely opens a virus.

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26 Sep 2016, 8:08 am

SaveFerris wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

Delete it.

ok dude. Don't you have a name & shame policy to help out other members? Or is everyone here pretty clued up about phishing?

What I usually do is post their name and message in the moderator attention thread:

http://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237032

Otherwise, you can just PM a mod about it.

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26 Sep 2016, 8:10 am

BirdInFlight wrote:

Yeah don't click on any links, and don't send an e-mail to the e-mail address they sent you. It all sounds like a scam.

Yeah I think my spider senses are working ok. I find it difficult not to reply to these emails with some sarcastic comment, I've replied to hundreds of paypal phising emails telling them to b***er off. When I get cold calls about my PC being infected by some dude in India , I play a game with myself to see how long I can keep them on the phone and waste their time - I think my record is about 7 minutes of talking absolute rubbish - you've got to embrace the small wins :lol:

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26 Sep 2016, 8:11 am

Jono wrote:

SaveFerris wrote:

kraftiekortie wrote:

Delete it.

ok dude. Don't you have a name & shame policy to help out other members? Or is everyone here pretty clued up about phishing?

What I usually do is post their name and message in the moderator attention thread:

http://wrongplanet.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=237032

Otherwise, you can just PM a mod about it.

Thanks dude

Ha ha , the member had already been reported and banned

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26 Sep 2016, 9:20 am

SaveFerris wrote:

Me, too. She asked me if I have a job :lol:

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26 Sep 2016, 10:00 am

SaveFerris wrote:

Do people have no f***ing morals, I think targeting someone on an ASD forum is low.

It's certainly a bot, not a person.

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26 Sep 2016, 10:44 am

MissAlgernon wrote:

SaveFerris wrote:

Do people have no f***ing morals, I think targeting someone on an ASD forum is low.

It's certainly a bot, not a person.

maybe but the bot did not write the original message or decide where to phish

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26 Sep 2016, 12:48 pm

I'd probably have the mods move this thread into Wrongplanet.net Discussions, just saying.

It's a good thing that you made this thread, though.

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26 Sep 2016, 12:56 pm

I hit the report button and reported it but haven't heard back from any of the mods yet. I wonder if they are actually doing their job or what. I wonder if they are even still here daily.

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26 Sep 2016, 3:26 pm

League_Girl wrote:

I hit the report button and reported it but haven't heard back from any of the mods yet. I wonder if they are actually doing their job or what. I wonder if they are even still here daily.

Will I get a black mark against my name as it's been reported?

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26 Sep 2016, 5:58 pm

SaveFerris wrote:

I received one of those too, and felt suspicious about it.

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26 Sep 2016, 7:27 pm

I always get left out of bad PM's :cry:

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Will I get a black mark against my name as it's been reported?

Absolutely not.

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