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bsowers34

·8:32am yesterday

I have gotten in my junk email two different messages purporting to be direct PM from OF members. They don't appear here on the forum in my mail.

 

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ErichKeane

·8:44am yesterday

They are real emails from the forum, but I believe the DMs were deleted by admins. I got one from the same user (labeled 'memomatic' and trying to get me to email someone who might have one?).

I clicked on the email notification right away and saw it on the forum. It has since disappeared.

 

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bsowers34

·8:48am yesterday

ErichKeane

They are real emails from the forum, but I believe the DMs were deleted by admins. I got one from the same user (labeled 'memomatic' and trying to get me to email someone who might have one?).

I clicked on the email notification right away and saw it on the forum. It has since disappeared.

These never showed up in my DMs here. Deleted by admin means scam for sure, like I figured they were.

 

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ErichKeane

·8:51am yesterday

bsowers34

These never showed up in my DMs here. Deleted by admin means scam for sure, like I figured they were.

Yep, I'm guessing the user got banned/DMs got deleted by admins before you had a chance to click on them. I saw it on my phone right as it came in, so I probably clicked on it before admins got a chance to see it 😁 There is now no trace of it on the forum at least.


But yeah, they were really scammy looking, just a "hey this person probably has what you're looking for <email>" kinda thing.

 

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Ron_W

·8:53am yesterday

bsowers34

These never showed up in my DMs here. Deleted by admin means scam for sure, like I figured they were.

I had one yesterday and reported it and that user was

 

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dsio

·9:12am yesterday·Ash @ ΩF

Yep we received several reports for both, which we greatly appreciate as they let us act quickly and erase these guys entirely before they get any money out of anyone

 

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bsowers34

·9:29am yesterday

Dumb question, but how do you report other than starting a thread like I did?

 

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ErichKeane

·9:31am yesterday

3 dots, then 'report'.

 

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bsowers34

·9:32am yesterday

ErichKeane

3 dots, then 'report'.

I never had a link to report here on the forum though.

 

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ErichKeane

·9:35am yesterday

bsowers34

I never had a link to report here on the forum though.

Presumably if you can't get to it on the site, there is no need to report as admins already deleted it?

 

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bsowers34

·9:38am yesterday

ErichKeane

Presumably if you can't get to it on the site, there is no need to report as admins already deleted it?

Guess so. I just did this to see if anyone else was getting them. Good to know Ash is looking out for us.

 

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ErichKeane

·9:41am yesterday

bsowers34

Guess so. I just did this to see if anyone else was getting them. Good to know Ash is looking out for us.

Oh, I definitely get that! Its perhaps not trivial to tell the difference between 'spam emails' and 'spam PMs that cause emails', so I get why you posted this. I misunderstood what you'd asked above.

 

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Duracuir1

·10:16am yesterday·Never Used A Kodak

Got the anitamack message yesterday and am waiting for my Speedmaster from 1912 to arrive. It was a prototype used on the Titanic. Should arrive soon. Got it for low five figures.

 

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pdxleaf

·11:11am yesterday·"I cut it TWICE and it's still short!"

It's going to get worse before it gets worse.

-pdxleaf