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Title: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Daffodial on January 15, 2009, 04:25:23 PM
hi there,


i m sooooo upset coz it seems that sth wrong is going in this forum. Recently i ve received emails from ppl who claimed to be from Ivory Coast asking me to assist them investing their huge inheritance (some 10 millions) from their killed dads in my own country. these emails are really bothering. they dont stop flowing into my emails. they said my email has been taken  from computer hope forum

Kindly i request administrators of this site to protect our privacy and block others from seeing our emails.

your response is highly appreciated!!


Best Regards,
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 04:31:03 PM
There are a few other occurences with other members, as well:

http://www.computerhope.com/forum/index.php/topic,74347.0.html

If you can add anything there that the other members having spam problems haven't, I'm sure they would be appreciative.

Moderators can only do so much- and the e-mail addresses they are being sent from are varied and none correspond with the e-mails of members who have recently joined, which makes locating (and subsequently banning) the member harvesting e-mails difficult.

Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:25:42 PM
...and what does CH have to do with someone's spam?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 07:29:38 PM
...and what does CH have to do with someone's spam?


they said my email has been taken  from computer hope forum


which is weird, since members cannot view other members E-mails unless they have explicitly unhidden them....


big surprise... daffodial's E-mail has been set to be viewable.

mystery explained.
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:31:40 PM
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they said my email has been taken  from computer hope forum
says who?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:32:37 PM
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big surprise... daffodial's E-mail has been set to be viewable.
Aha....
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 07:32:56 PM
I got the same spam emails from the same person.  Try going into your account settings and remove your email from being seen
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 07:35:37 PM
they aren't very smart. I have my e-mail set to hidden- but they could have easily gotten it from my MSN.

Probably some kind of bot.
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:35:53 PM
You WON!!!
10 million!!!
What's my share?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:37:25 PM
BC
Google your email address.
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 07:38:43 PM
lol- One hit...

the Zboard.... hmm, I should actually post there once in a while.

Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:39:47 PM
I googled computeruler email address. Plenty of hits....LOL
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:40:30 PM
Did you Google your phone munber?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 07:45:06 PM
i only got one hit for my email and thats for some email findermail.com add thing
i googled just computeruler and TONS of hits lol
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:47:24 PM
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i only got one hit for my email
I used Chrome, and I got you well ;D
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 07:48:51 PM
No results.


come to think of it, this may explain why I've never gotten any actual spam messages before.

what was Computeruler's email again? [email protected]?

Is this some crazy scheme to get all out information into google for your crazy money-making schemes? I still think Grain futures are a far more stable investment.

Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:50:42 PM
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[email protected]
How did you know? ;D
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 07:52:01 PM
<look every there and you will see my email
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 07:55:52 PM
<look every there and you will see my email

that's one of them.

there is also:

IstilloweBroniGiftcardsbutImtocheapsoIm [email protected]

and

[email protected]   <-your a high ranking member here



Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 07:57:39 PM
really? they can be that long?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 07:58:39 PM
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<look every there and you will see my email
Translation?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 07:59:07 PM
look over that and you will see my real email
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 08:01:08 PM
Interesting...
This:
IstilloweBroniGiftcardsbutImtocheapsoIm [email protected]
shows in my email notification as:
(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4286324.gif)
Why?
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 08:01:26 PM
Oh, I know.
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
because ignore the rest and just look at the underlined.  There is your answer
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 08:04:45 PM
Nooo. There is a space there...can't be in an email address.
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 08:06:28 PM
Interesting...
This:
IstilloweBroniGiftcardsbutImtocheapsoIm [email protected]
shows in my email notification as:
(http://209.85.48.8/228/109/upload/p4286324.gif)
Why?

typo. I have this habit of putting spaces between words. I don't know where it came from!

because ignore the rest and just look at the underlined.  There is your answer


you will pay dearly. their Chrome scheme will come to fruition faster then you can say "I'm about as sharp as a bowling ball".

Of course I prefer the far more stable grain futures.
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 08:08:05 PM
(http://bestsmileys.com/gift/2.gif)
how about i send that dancing present with nothing in it instead
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: BC_Programmer on January 15, 2009, 08:09:04 PM
oh no. Evil should have told you about the charges for using those....
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: computeruler on January 15, 2009, 08:09:30 PM
here i will even get someone to send it
(http://bestsmileys.com/fun/1.gif)
hes on his way!
Title: Re: shall I regret for joining this forum?
Post by: Broni on January 15, 2009, 08:10:26 PM
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I have this habit of putting spaces between words
Tell it to computeruler.