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  1. #1
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    Default Spam in PM inbox

    G'day moderators, I replied to an ad in the marketplace section this morning, also PM'd the seller. Checking my inbox this afternoon I had 2 messages; one from the seller with his details for payment, another from an apparent forum member in Hungary with zero posts, inviting me to contact the seller via apparent sham contact details (all of the below is a copy of the dodgy message, including the 'tapatalk' line):


    Hello mate, pm the seller on the gmail or phone number below for fast response.


    [email protected]


    ‪(260) 232-3774‬





    Cheers.



    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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    Hi Pete O,
    If we are going to deal with this character I am going to need every detail contained in the PM, not just the offending text itself. Because it is a PM, I or anyone else has no access to the PM , only you.

    From the top LH side
    Date posted and time
    Username

    From the Top R/side

    Join date
    Location
    Age (if posted)
    Posts
    We will ban this guy.

    Grahame

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    Found this -
    Attached Images Attached Images
    Nev.

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    Interesting results if you Google that email.
    Nev.

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    Just an idea: As a security measure perhaps if PM’s are restricted for a member who has more than 10 posts on the forum. Similar to how the first few posts are moderated.

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    Guys
    Just so you all understand.
    The name joojava does not appear in the members list. I have checked.

    If joojava has used this name in his PM to Pete O, this, is what I want to know.

    I will have to talk to the senior administrator as to how the deal with joojava.
    Bear in mind out forum has been experiencing messaging problems of all types ,recently, so It may take time to resolve.

    Grahame

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    Hi Kafie

    Thank you
    Your suggestion is something we may have to look at.

    Our members might be amazed at the level of attacks that this forum is subject to.

    Grahame

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    Attention all members -especially the recent ones.

    At this point I will assume those members who have been around for a time or two are erudite enough to
    not reply to an initial PM approach in the METALWORK - Machinery, Equipment, MARKET


    If you have only been around for a very short time in a forum and want to partake of the

    METALWORK - Machinery, Equipment, MARKET be warned.

    Read the market rules especially pertaining to PMs and emails. The acceptance is ALWAYS on line.

    If you get scammed you can't say you were not warned.

    READ THIS


    https://metalworkforums.com/showthre...31#post1944031

    Grahame

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    Quote Originally Posted by SurfinNev View Post
    Found this -


    Thanks Nev
    Those IP numbers may prove to be handy.

    Grahame

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    Thanks for the attention to my post, I've been out for the evening and just checked in. Further information about the sus PM:

    User name is 'gunexpact' shown as 'new member' and the green dot has been illuminated each time I've looked at the message.
    Join date is April 2023. location is Hungary, no mention of age, post count zero. The PM subject line is 'Mak-a-key key steel' which is a direct copy of the title of the 'for sale' post that I replied to.
    Date posted was 26 April, 4:19pm
    Thanks again for all the hard work the administrators do on this kind of stuff.
    Last edited by Pete O; 26th Apr 2023 at 11:08 PM. Reason: left out a couple of details (date & time)

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    I have passed it on to Neil.

    Grahame

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    Thanks Grahame

    Sorry, I only just got notification of this a couple of hours ago.

    THE BELOW IS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE

    If you get a suspect/spam/scan PM please click on the Report Post icon (the triangle with the !) on the bottom nav bar below the message.

    Doing this should give us the correct information so it can be fixed quickly and easily.

    The sender of the PM reported in this thread was gunexpact and the IP was 86.106.74.118 from Romania.
    I
    t was not joojava7 as was thought although that name had 10 submissions to Stop Forum Spam (SFS).

    This lowlife
    gunexpact has now been banned and reported to SFS which will see him/her/it banned from well over 200,000 forums and blogs around the world.

    ----

    For what it's worth here are the latest stats from SFS

    109,902,613,879 API QUERIES TO DATE

    500 CURRENT API QUERIES PER SECOND

    17,152 COFFEES CONSUMED SINCE STARTING

    Cheers - Neil
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