MrEarl Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Spammers Tangerine and Sharknose have been reported by MANY of you and have been banned. Hopefully for good, but if you receive other similar PM's please don't hesitate to hit the triangle at the bottom of the pm that will let you report them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I got one from Sharknose40. Didn't know about the triangle at the bottom. Deleted it without opening it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Forwarded a pm as spam about an 1/2 hour ago before reading this posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retirednow Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I got that one too I got one from Sharknose40. Didn't know about the triangle at the bottom. Deleted it without opening it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72gs455 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 ya, I got one from tangerine, said he was a member since 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim65Riv Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I got the one from Tangerine - he even identified himself as "banned" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Shortly after the PMs were sent they were reported. The moderators then banned the spammers immediately. Anyone who logged on and opened the PM after the sender was banned would see "banned" as the sender's user group after the sender was banned but the moderators have no way to delete PMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buicknutty Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I too got one, and I deleted it immediately.Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBloomberg Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I got one also, Glad to see moderators on top of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cannon Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Is it possible that the accounts of these 2 people were compromised? That some outside person stole or guessed their password, and then sent out massive PM mailing under their ID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCHinson Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Not sure exactly what happened but the IT Staff is working on getting to the bottom of it. I don't think that this volume of spam messages was sent manually by two individuals. Hopefully they will get it figured out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Gelinas (XP-300) Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I got one from Sharknose40. Didn't know about the triangle at the bottom. Deleted it without opening it.I did the same thing. I too was unaware of the triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocky5517 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I just got it too/ I deleted it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambulldog Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 ya, I got one from tangerine, said he was a member since 2010A member since 2010. A total of two posts in July 2010. Likely a hacker got into an inactive account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhambulldog Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Is it possible that the accounts of these 2 people were compromised? That some outside person stole or guessed their password, and then sent out massive PM mailing under their ID?Hacked. I'm sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Bringing this back to the top as the moderators are still getting reports trickling in. I also see that the administrator added a special message at the top of the main page. Doesn't jump off the page at you but it is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I got one from "tangerine", read it, and promptly deleted it.NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEarl Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Recently or 3-4 days ago Willis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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