Ummm... Huh?

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Ummm... Huh?

Post by Lotus Wolf » Fri May 08, 2009 10:18 am

I recently received a PM from 'profilicus' directing me to an online drugstore selling viagra and cialis.
WTF?
The PM read "Important to read."

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Ozymandias » Fri May 08, 2009 10:26 am

Same thing here. I was unsure of where to report it though.

0 posts. It's most definitely a bot of some sort. The topic of the PM was 'Forum Administration'

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Jeff » Fri May 08, 2009 11:07 am

Yeah, that is pretty lame. I've disabled PMs for now.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Devilsclub » Fri May 08, 2009 11:27 am

Jeff wrote:Yeah, that is pretty lame. I've disabled PMs for now.
Wow the power that Moderaters posses.Just with a click of a button they can disable Pms.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Lotus Wolf » Fri May 08, 2009 12:21 pm

Yep, the PM was titled 'Forum Administration'.

so it wasn't just me...

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Post by Zhukov » Fri May 08, 2009 12:29 pm

I got this too. Noticed that the link url was unfamiliar. Checked sender's profile. Noticed that sender had zero posts. Bullshit detector went off. Didn't click link.

Viagra huh? How disappointing. I was hoping for at least a virus.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by shadow717 » Fri May 08, 2009 12:39 pm

My Mom and Dad work for the government, this is a known credit card scam. This kind of thing happens often on forums, although someone had to have made the account. This person should be IP banned.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Ozymandias » Fri May 08, 2009 1:19 pm

Devilsclub wrote:
Jeff wrote:Yeah, that is pretty lame. I've disabled PMs for now.
Wow the power that Moderaters posses.Just with a click of a button they can disable Pms.
Hohoho am I detecting a joke? =p

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Devilsclub » Fri May 08, 2009 2:15 pm

not a joke im just saying.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Ragdollmaster » Fri May 08, 2009 2:31 pm

Jeff's an administrator.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Devilsclub » Fri May 08, 2009 2:42 pm

so if i was an administrator i could delete the forum itself?

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Ragdollmaster » Fri May 08, 2009 2:49 pm

Nobody can delete a forum except the hoster. Administrators can only modify the contents.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Sandurz » Fri May 08, 2009 3:56 pm

But usually the Admins ARE the hosters. It's kinda cofuzling if you never checked it out before.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Ragdollmaster » Fri May 08, 2009 4:25 pm

If the admin buys the domain, then yes, he is a hoster. Usually with forums, people use sites like InvisionFree and FreeForums and phpBB, in which case, the companies are the hosters.

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Re: Ummm... Huh?

Post by Devilsclub » Sat May 09, 2009 5:08 am

Right now David Rosen is the hoster right?

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