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Aaron
01-26-2008, 07:16 AM
Hi everyone,

There has recently been some spam going out in private messages to members of the site. I know that twenty people received messages of this type on Thursday.

This is absolutely unacceptable, and the staff apologizes for the nuisance. If you received one of the twenty sent on Thursday, then that has been addressed.

But now I suspect that more have been sent. If ANYONE has received a spam-like PM since Friday afternoon then please report it to me via PM. I will need the name of the user who sent the message, time it was sent, and a copy of the message's content.

We do not have the capability to read member PMs or even see who someone has sent a PM to, so our success in protecting the members of the site from spam is entirely up to all of you. If we know about it we can deal with it; so please PM me if you received one anytime between yesterday afternoon and today. Likewise, if you receive any such message in the future please report it to me or one of the other staff members as soon as possible. This is a community first and foremost, and we will NOT deal with this.

ATG
01-26-2008, 08:14 AM
Use it.









http://i30.tinypic.com/2uoswzs.jpg


http://i27.tinypic.com/11vl26t.jpg

Aaron
01-26-2008, 08:20 AM
:lol:

Sure first must be, Padawan.

sarah
01-26-2008, 08:22 AM
Thanks for taking care of this, Aaron.

Aaron
01-26-2008, 11:24 AM
Just got a verification of my suspicions. This guy is outta here.

Brice
01-26-2008, 11:25 AM
:clap:

ATG
01-26-2008, 11:26 AM
Send his arse West.
He has forgotten the face of his father.

William50
01-26-2008, 11:26 AM
Who was it?

obscurejude
01-26-2008, 11:27 AM
Thanks a lot Aaron.

Brice
01-26-2008, 11:29 AM
Aaron, is this what you're gonna' do? http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t173/fatuhiva/boom8fo8ne6xy7vo.gif

William50
01-26-2008, 11:31 AM
:lol:

Aaron
01-26-2008, 11:39 AM
Nice...

Just so everyone knows, the user in question was janjan. He/she sent out a round of 20 spam PMs on Thursday and was mod queued and PM restricted for 24 hours, as designated in site posting guideline 9.A. After having the restrictions lifted yesterday afternoon he/she sent out another round last night. I could see that 20 PMs were sent, but couldn't see who they went to or what the content was. That was why I started this thread.

The user is now banned, and good riddance. I have a function that will delete all of the PMs, so some of you who received them and haven't deleted them yet will notice that they are gone. If anything like this happens again through PMs, please report it immediately so that the user can be dealt with.

Thanks for everyone's speedy responses. :shoot:

Brice
01-26-2008, 11:41 AM
Thanks for taking care of this so quickly. :)

Aaron
01-26-2008, 11:45 AM
<---is not one to be fucked with.

Daghain
01-26-2008, 01:19 PM
Aaron kicks ass. :D

alinda
01-26-2008, 01:38 PM
:shoot:

jhanic
01-26-2008, 02:32 PM
I got one that I noticed this morning and deleted it. I didn't know how to report it, though.

John

alinda
01-26-2008, 02:33 PM
This is one time I do not mind feeling left out !!

Hannah
01-27-2008, 06:51 PM
I got one that I noticed this morning and deleted it. I didn't know how to report it, though.

John

All you have to do is forward the PM to one of the directors. :D

Kevin
01-27-2008, 06:54 PM
'The Dark Tower Clan aint nuthin' to fuck with, the Dark Tower Clan aint nuthin' to fuck with!'

Haha, Wu Tang Clan.

Glad this guy is outta here.

Hannah
01-27-2008, 07:01 PM
Thank you, Kevin, for getting Wu Tang stuck in my head.

Jon
01-28-2008, 07:43 AM
I forwarded mine to Matt but I couldn't see a way to explain why I sent it to him. I hope he understood.

Matt
01-28-2008, 07:47 AM
I sure did Jon, and I appreciate you reporting it quickly

Storyslinger
01-28-2008, 10:31 AM
Good work, protection is among us.

I feel so safe.

ZoNeSeeK
01-28-2008, 06:13 PM
Do you know whats the ultimate punishment? Taking a singular head hair and jiggling it up your nose.









Go on :P

LadyHitchhiker
01-29-2008, 12:05 AM
Awwww I guess I was important enough... they didn't spam me...

:rofl:

Matt
01-31-2008, 02:35 PM
Please remember, if you get any messages that you feel are SPAM on this site, report to a staff member as soon as you can.

I have the current one handled.

IWasSentWest
01-31-2008, 04:24 PM
a girl named "stephanie" sent me one...i deleted it though, im sorry

it was something bout buddhism

Matt
01-31-2008, 04:26 PM
Yep, that signon would be the current culprit.

And the funny thing is that the site has a bot stopper :orely:

Must be actual real people. :(

IWasSentWest
01-31-2008, 04:30 PM
then stephanie will pay.....:borg: muahahahhahaha

MonteGss
01-31-2008, 04:32 PM
Damn.

Thanks for looking out for all of us Matt and Aaron! :cool:

CPU
01-31-2008, 04:42 PM
Damn, just when I thought I must be unbearably attractive to internet buddhist women I find out she's just a spammer. :lol:

19thNrvsbrkdwn
02-06-2008, 06:32 AM
I got one from her too on Feb. 1st. I sent it to you Aaron.