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reldridge Offline
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#1
11-19-2008, 11:19 PM
Holy crap... I just got a PM from a spam bot!!!!!

wetgirl... Screw you!
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11-19-2008, 11:52 PM
reldridge,Nov 19 2008, 09:19 AM Wrote:Holy crap... I just got a PM from a spam bot!!!!!

wetgirl... Screw you!
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Received it too...

Quote:Message Forwarded From wetgirl

Hi, RickSE2001
Special For You http://fastorgazm.cn/RickSE2001

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11-20-2008, 12:04 AM
I got it too.
So how do we stop these things?
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11-20-2008, 12:25 AM
and I thought she singled me out, I feel so cheated.
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#5
11-20-2008, 12:47 AM
I disabled PM functionality for the board pledge group.

Seems like they're pretty determined to spam the board, I'm tempted to move forward with manual account activations.

Lots of spam bots are hitting the board from gmail email addresses. Wish I could just ban all gmail accounts...
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11-20-2008, 12:50 AM
j3rt,Nov 19 2008, 10:25 AM Wrote:and I thought she singled me out, I feel so cheated.
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She is a slut, you are not the only one.
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11-20-2008, 01:23 AM
did anyone actually click on the link? are they selling something? virus? streaming vid? Come on Some one clicked on it.
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11-20-2008, 01:54 AM
I recieved one but it didn't show who sent it to me.

Quote:Hi, Focus man, Focus.
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11-20-2008, 02:33 AM
ZX3_2NV,Nov 19 2008, 11:23 AM Wrote:did anyone actually click on the link? are they selling something? virus? streaming vid? Come on Some one clicked on it.
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Well I'm at work and I clicked on it, I hope my boss dosn't check my history today.
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11-20-2008, 07:58 AM
yeah I got one too.
I was the only member on this board with a Yellow Focus Sedan, and a 2002+ Euro Facelift on a sedan.
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11-20-2008, 12:34 PM (This post was last modified: 11-20-2008, 12:37 PM by ZTWsquared.)
Frost__2001,Nov 19 2008, 05:58 PM Wrote:yeah I got one too.
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