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General Community => Off-Topic => Topic started by: desabol on July 29, 2006, 01:13:20 AM

Title: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: desabol on July 29, 2006, 01:13:20 AM
Anybody else get something similar in the past few days? I just got mine today.

New Personal Message: IMPORTANT NEWS AND INFORMATION!!!   Inbox
      
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<ryan@opensourcebakery.org> to me
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You have just been sent a personal message by Kelly Ellis on WebsiteBaker Community Forum.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

If you have some time check out this COOL website:
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Rest-assured this is great entertainment!!!
Also, check out the following website I came across:
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It will knock your socks off!
Finally, the below website is the absolute BOMB!!!
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ENJOY!!!

Reply to this Personal Message here: http://forum.WebsiteBaker.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=3363;quote;u=3425
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: martzweb on July 29, 2006, 01:43:51 AM
yup... i got exactly the same thing from a user called "Kelly Ellis"

looks like the spam-scum have invaded here too .... unlucky  :-(
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: dhdesign on July 29, 2006, 02:29:49 AM
Yes I got the same PM from the same person.  They have also posted that pic all over the forum!!  Would be willing to bet that all the members got that PM. 

Desabol - would you mind editing your post and removing the image and the links please? All that does is give the spammer more "exposure". (as if they need any  :-P)
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: teressa on July 29, 2006, 02:39:39 AM
Ha, I got this too, I hadn't logged into this forum in months so I thought it was strange, I always thought phpBB was so locked down.

-T
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: Ryan on July 29, 2006, 03:32:22 AM
The malicious user has sent a PM to every community member, as well as made a post in this board.
The user has now been blocked at the highest level, which means their IP, Hostname, Username, and Email are all blocked, so I would hope that they will not be coming back anytime soon.
I have removed all content possible (including the photo from above - although I left the text as an example for identification).
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: ztar on July 29, 2006, 03:36:49 AM
Quote from: Ryan on July 29, 2006, 03:32:22 AM
I have removed all content possible (including the photo from above - although I left the text as an example for identification).

Still at least 12 messages plus photo on the boards...
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: Ryan on July 29, 2006, 03:52:25 AM
ztar,

I noticed a couple of things still remaining after that post, and deleted everything I could find.
Could you tell me if you see anything - thanks.

Ryan.
Title: Re: Odd Spam from the WB Board
Post by: kweitzel on July 29, 2006, 09:49:49 AM
hthe problem with this kind of spam is you can not really guard against it. This kind of "user" targets thousands of customers with one post (or PM in this case). Obvious that he/she is willing to go through the signup process ...

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cheers

klaus