Social Anxiety Support

Amocholes · 08-29-2009, 03:05 PM

We have recently had a few spammers sending links to online pharmacies through PMs. Please report these so that we can prevent them from spamming the board.

caflme · 08-29-2009, 03:09 PM

I haven't had any of these PMs but ever since I joined this site I get a lot of junk mail from these pharmacies for enhancements and 'special' meds (lol) in my junk email box - usually one or two right after I leave the site. It doesn't really bother me I suppose because I just delete them but what would cause this to happen. I've never had this junk mail before I joined SAS.

caflme · 08-29-2009, 03:13 PM

And just out of curiosity... I think it is funny - do you think anyone really gets this junk mail, opens it and things wow - heck yeah - I'm gonna order some of that from an unknown source and give them my debit card number and take the risk of actually using this stuff.

Are there really people out there like that?

odicepaul · 08-29-2009, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caflme

And just out of curiosity... I think it is funny - do you think anyone really gets this junk mail, opens it and things wow - heck yeah - I'm gonna order some of that from an unknown source and give them my debit card number and take the risk of actually using this stuff.

Are there really people out there like that?

Guilty, but only once

Amocholes · 08-29-2009, 04:04 PM

HalfHazard
Joe420
InToTheWind
PhillyMan
HalfFull
Marquetta
Aston22

These are the spammers reported and banned so far.

caflme,
It is unlikely that Email spammers got your Email address from the board.

caflme · 08-29-2009, 04:04 PM

Oh

sorry... is there room under there for me?

I think we would need a larger chair.

caflme · 08-29-2009, 04:05 PM

Ok, thanks... I won't sweat it then. Not that I was - like I said... but thanks for the response.

Amocholes · 08-29-2009, 04:32 PM

Thanks to everyone who has reported the spammers.

millenniumman75 · 08-29-2009, 05:31 PM

I match that appreciation! We need to keep on top of this and need your help to do so.

No-Sturm-und-Drang · 08-29-2009, 06:53 PM

ah i'm glad that they were banned i had a few spammers myself

millenniumman75 · 08-29-2009, 07:15 PM

If you got a PM from a user named Ballsy, he's banned - go ahead and delete the PM.
I don't mean to call out a username like this, but he continued to send PMs after I banned him and he sent out a bunch.

This way, you won't have to report this guy's messages.

Canadian Brotha · 08-30-2009, 01:01 AM

I got one from "InToTheWind". At first I thought how bizarre it was for someone I've not spoken with or seen around the board to wish to recommend me my so called "wonder drug" without a proper prescription for it, I later thought spam & deleted the message

This is the first time I've received anything like this here, I'll report if it happens again

Amocholes · 08-30-2009, 01:25 AM

Intothewind was also banned.

Amocholes · 08-30-2009, 01:25 AM

Intothewind was also banned.

rumjungle · 08-30-2009, 01:37 AM

I always love it when some random stranger thinks Xanax is 'right up my alley'. Thanks for removing them.

marenubium87 · 08-31-2009, 08:08 PM

"FreeDriverFor" is most likely a spammer. His single post seems to be a link to somewhere that I'm hesitant to even click on.

Crushed Box · 08-31-2009, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by marenubium87

"FreeDriverFor" is most likely a spammer. His single post seems to be a link to somewhere that I'm hesitant to even click on.

Yep, he is indeed a spammer, and I checked him out in the spammer database (I'm a moderator elsewhere and use that tool extensively) . I sent a PM to Drew about him. As far as the PM spammers go, one way to minimise it would be to limit PM access until they've had a minimum number of posts.

millenniumman75 · 08-31-2009, 09:31 PM

True - that Ballsy guy had NO posts and just kept PMing and PMing....the troll!

Drew · 09-01-2009, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Crushed Box

Yep, he is indeed a spammer, and I checked him out in the spammer database (I'm a moderator elsewhere and use that tool extensively) . I sent a PM to Drew about him. As far as the PM spammers go, one way to minimise it would be to limit PM access until they've had a minimum number of posts.

As I said in my reply to you, thank you for your PM.

I've enabled the database on SAS using a vBulletin mod.

Hopefully it'll stop most of these guys. I'd rather not go the minimum post route.

Jrock · 09-02-2009, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew

I've enabled the database on SAS using a vBulletin mod..

Whats that mean........?

08-29-2009, 03:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hello my freaky darlings! Gender: Male Age: 49 Posts: 12,595	PM Spammers We have recently had a few spammers sending links to online pharmacies through PMs. Please report these so that we can prevent them from spamming the board. __________________ In the kingdom of the blind, the one legged man is king.

08-29-2009, 04:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hello my freaky darlings! Gender: Male Age: 49 Posts: 12,595	HalfHazard Joe420 InToTheWind PhillyMan HalfFull Marquetta Aston22 These are the spammers reported and banned so far. caflme, It is unlikely that Email spammers got your Email address from the board. __________________ In the kingdom of the blind, the one legged man is king.

08-29-2009, 04:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hello my freaky darlings! Gender: Male Age: 49 Posts: 12,595	Thanks to everyone who has reported the spammers. __________________ In the kingdom of the blind, the one legged man is king.

08-29-2009, 05:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,625	I match that appreciation! We need to keep on top of this and need your help to do so. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

08-29-2009, 06:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
No-Sturm-und-Drang Status: making awesome awesomer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oregon Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 235	ah i'm glad that they were banned i had a few spammers myself __________________ Dying people lie too. Wish they'd worked less, been nicer, opened orphanages for kittens. If you really want to do something, you do it. You don't save it for a sound bite.

08-29-2009, 03:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
caflme Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Gender: Female Age: 44 Posts: 582	I haven't had any of these PMs but ever since I joined this site I get a lot of junk mail from these pharmacies for enhancements and 'special' meds (lol) in my junk email box - usually one or two right after I leave the site. It doesn't really bother me I suppose because I just delete them but what would cause this to happen. I've never had this junk mail before I joined SAS.

08-29-2009, 03:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
caflme Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Gender: Female Age: 44 Posts: 582	And just out of curiosity... I think it is funny - do you think anyone really gets this junk mail, opens it and things wow - heck yeah - I'm gonna order some of that from an unknown source and give them my debit card number and take the risk of actually using this stuff. Are there really people out there like that?

08-29-2009, 04:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
caflme Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Gender: Female Age: 44 Posts: 582	Oh sorry... is there room under there for me? I think we would need a larger chair.

08-29-2009, 04:05 PM	#7 (permalink)
caflme Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Florida Gender: Female Age: 44 Posts: 582	Ok, thanks... I won't sweat it then. Not that I was - like I said... but thanks for the response.

08-29-2009, 07:15 PM	#11 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,625	If you got a PM from a user named Ballsy, he's banned - go ahead and delete the PM. I don't mean to call out a username like this, but he continued to send PMs after I banned him and he sent out a bunch. This way, you won't have to report this guy's messages. __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!

08-30-2009, 01:01 AM	#12 (permalink)
Canadian Brotha Status: A Lonely Soul Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 1,789	I got one from "InToTheWind". At first I thought how bizarre it was for someone I've not spoken with or seen around the board to wish to recommend me my so called "wonder drug" without a proper prescription for it, I later thought spam & deleted the message This is the first time I've received anything like this here, I'll report if it happens again __________________ Listen To My Demo Album, "Soul Of A Man" Listen To Live Folkstyle Sculpting Facebook=Become A Fan Blogspot=My Poetry I See What I Want To See, And Read Into It What I Want To Read Depressions Blinding Me, It’s Clouding My Vision Of Positivity Stand Up Live Your Life, As People Do In Society Maturity Is Calling, It’s Time To Find Your Personality Everybody Knows Everything, When It Comes To People Outside Themselves ^^^An Excerpt Of Song Lyrics Of Mine^^^

08-30-2009, 01:25 AM	#13 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hello my freaky darlings! Gender: Male Age: 49 Posts: 12,595	Intothewind was also banned. __________________ In the kingdom of the blind, the one legged man is king.

08-30-2009, 01:25 AM	#14 (permalink)
Amocholes Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Hello my freaky darlings! Gender: Male Age: 49 Posts: 12,595	Intothewind was also banned. __________________ In the kingdom of the blind, the one legged man is king.

08-30-2009, 01:37 AM	#15 (permalink)
rumjungle Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Female Posts: 454	I always love it when some random stranger thinks Xanax is 'right up my alley'. Thanks for removing them.

08-31-2009, 08:08 PM	#16 (permalink)
marenubium87 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CO Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 79	"FreeDriverFor" is most likely a spammer. His single post seems to be a link to somewhere that I'm hesitant to even click on.

08-31-2009, 09:31 PM	#18 (permalink)
millenniumman75 Status: Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dayton-Cincinnati, OH Gender: Male Age: 34 Posts: 38,625	True - that Ballsy guy had NO posts and just kept PMing and PMing....the troll! __________________ millenniumman75 You are a success story waiting to happen! Live and let live VACUUMS more than a Hoover.... Live and HELP live is better!