Spam in my PM!

[Black wallnut]

In this case the spammer was sending PM's to members not emailing. Our best effort to fight this abuse is for members to report it as it happens to a mod. We ban violators as they are reported or discovered. We also ban new members who post spam to our forum before the general membership even gets a chance to see the post. Thanks to your help in reporting these abuses.

[drillman88]

We need to stop with the wimp approach, find where these scumbags are and physically drag them out of their chairs, roll them naked in thumbtacks and dip them in rubbing alcohol.

My neighbor is a retired navy nco, he would call this spamming the spamming spammers. You can translate

[DUD]

Mark

I got one as You know, however I deleted it.

Thanks, Bill

[John Hunter]

Just got a **** spammer from Ecuador using the private message on the board. Anyone else getting this BS? If there was a requirement that one has to be a poster before creating an account and sending out this spam it sure would help.

[dbhost]

Not me... FWIW, I still think new members should be moderated for the first say 25 messages...

[Tom Slick]

Just got a **** spammer from Ecuador using the private message on the board. Anyone else getting this BS? If there was a requirement that one has to be a poster before creating an account and sending out this spam it sure would help.

I just got the same message

"Hola"

[leehljp]

Tom, John,

Was it with a name that ended in "Du"? I can't change the sequences of events that deal with this. Legitimate new members need access to PM. So, what can be done will looked at, I am sure.

I can ban the person. If you want to PM me with the user name, if it is not the above, and they will be banned.

[John Hunter]

Just forwarded the PM to you.

Thanks

[rcp612]

Got it too this AM.
I agree with John Hunter, other forums that I frequent only allow "free" posting after a certain number of posts are reviewed by a moderator. That probably won't stop this sort of thing if the spammer is diligent enough to continue though.

[leehljp]

It is being looked into. He is not a member here.

[LinuxRandal]

I received one and it requested a read receipt (I didn't think that was an option here). I canceled the receipt.

This one was for audiobooks, and mp3 music on dvd. He also gave an email address (gmail) and stated that the offer would be good til the 1st (probably killing the email address then).
In the old days, that email would be sent to every other spammer thing I could find to flood (killing it early).

[Bruce Cohen]

Hey,

And I always thought that most of my PMs were SPAM.

Bruce

[JSUPreston]

Got the same one as LinuxRandal. It's still in my inbox in I need to forward.

[Black wallnut]

I banned one new member this morning. If there was just one it may take a while until all the PM's sent are deleted. Needless to say if you receive a spam PM report it.

[smorris]

Just found one in my PM now. Same as LinuxRandall described. Forwarding.