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eBay auction spam
« on: February 19, 2007, 08:10:51 PM »
Did anybody else get an email with the following subject?

sell Video Toaster Flyer Edit 3-D Effects Switcher Character Gen

I don't know who the guy who sent it is, and he sent To (not even Bcc) about 100 other people on it.  Came from a yahoo.com account.  I'm not only miffed because of the spam, but now my email address is potentially sitting on 100 people's PCs for malware to pick up.

Glancing through the addresses I think I see several that belong to other people here, since they have a.org usernames in them.

*grumble*  At least it's not V!@g7@ huh?  It's an A4000T setup in case anybody who wasn't lucky enough to get spammed wants to know.
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Re: eBay auction spam
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2007, 09:39:18 PM »
Yeah, I am aware it is visible.  I do not read that as an invitation to tell me about an eBay auction along with tens of other people.  I wanted people to be able to contact me by email in addition to the PM system.

Maybe I should put "Do not spam me" in my profile.  Yeah, I am sure that will work!

*edit* Got to add though, that folks really concerned about this might want to hide their emails as suggested.  I'm really just looking for discussion :-)
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