Are we receiving spam via Proz? (Staff: helping the community control spam) Thread poster: Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Dear Proz staff. Over the last couple of days I have received several spam emails with the typical looks of Proz emails. An example follows:
I am very happily married to a wonderful woman, so this is very uninteresting for me. I wonder whether these people have found a way of spamming Proz members via Proz email. Shouldn't a mechanism be added to keep them from doing it? I am, for instance, thinking of a distorted bitmapped word that is not machine-readable.
[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2008-11-21 17:16 GMT]
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I receive a couple a month, some inviting me to marry them, others begging me to take their money.
Most of the spammers (including the one you mention) seem to have taken the trouble to register with Proz - I'm not sure how the site could take steps against that, except by requiring everyone to provide credit card details on registering or the like. They certainly delete the offending profiles very quickly once spamming is reported.
| | | | | The brazen hussy | Nov 21, 2008 |
I had no idea. She seemed so keen on me and everything. I must say I am pretty heartbroken about this.
I feel betrayed.
I may never recover.....
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| Pull yourself together Charlie! | Nov 21, 2008 |
Charlie Bavington wrote:
I had no idea. She seemed so keen on me and everything. I must say I am pretty heartbroken about this.
I feel betrayed.
I may never recover.....
Charlie, you know what they say: there's plenty more spammers in the sea!
| | | | | Don't give up, Charlie | Nov 21, 2008 |
Do a Google -you'll find Rosemary registered on a few more (mostly dating) sites, including rigistration as an alumna of one school.
Dakar's not that far from you, is it?
| | | | | I have received the same mail | Nov 21, 2008 |
But we can answer her and everything will be perfect, because she says she is trustworthy...
| | | | | Reporting spam | Nov 21, 2008 |
Hello all,
Spam is difficult to keep under control. The best way of helping the site to control the emails you receive is by reporting unwanted email. Email sent via your profile will include a link at the bottom, as we can see in the message Tomás has posted:
Clicking on that link will automatically generate a support request with the information on the message you received. This 1) immediately prevents further spam emails from being delivered from that particular sender (protecting other possible victims), and 2) allows staff to take appropriate action, and to help prevent further spamming to you and the rest of the community. You can also report spam by submitting a support request if you have received a message via ProZ.com which does not include the report link.
While we're on the topic, I'd like to thank the members who regularly report these emails and have to a great extent helped reduce the amount of spam the rest of us receive.
Best regards,
Jared
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