SPAM and 419 letters

[aomastu]

Hello,

I just got this in my inbox . . .  This is the first from the Pagoda SL Group.  Is there a place to report it, or, should I just delete it like all the other spam?

Hello stubug

You received the following message from: nicolin (nicolindidier012@yahoo.ca)

At: http://www.sl113.org/forums/

GREETING FROM NICOLIN DIDIER
COUNTRY: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
EMAIL ADDRESS (nicolindidier014@yahoo.ca)    
My Name is Nicolin Didier,the only child of late Mr and Mrs  Johnson Didier from the republic of Liberia,Who died in our country  for political reasons, However,before the death of my late  father he asked me to move down to Abidjan with some  important documents where he deposited the cash sum of ($9.500.000) with a Bank here in Abidjan,and then  look for a foriegner who will receive this money into his  country oversea for onward investment,Then i will come over to join you, I contacted you for your urgent assistance,

1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfered into.

 2) To serve as the guardian of these fund  ,since i am a small girl.

 3)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your country.
   
I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of these fund to your nominated account overseas.Please i will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded with in seven (7) working days from now.I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.

Best regards.
Your's love.
Miss Nicolin Didier


'69 280sl
P.O. Box 150128
Austin, TX  78715

[Peter van Es]

Dear all,

Multiple members have received this message yesterday. I have already deleted the member.

Please note, that these kinds of messages are a general problem on the Internet. There is no (technical) way that we can avoid them. This person went through the hassle of creating an account, activating it, and then using the forum members messaging facility to send the mail... that is actually a lot more effort than just spamming a mailbox, so I suspect that now that I've deleted their account, this will stop.

In future, when you receive such a message:
 

• under no circumstances contact the person or enter into the shady proposition they make-- have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud or Google for "Nigerian 419 scam" and you'll know what it's all about
• Do not post messages about it, just mail it to admin@sl113.org and I'll take care of it  
• Delete it and forget it  

Note: we have also recently been subjected to spam posts, advertising amazing sex toys, endowment extenders and fantastic pills. I have deleted a number of these messages, however someones account may have been compromised. I've asked the innocent member to change his password.

Should you come across forum spam, which we've mercifully had very little of so far, again just notify admin@sl113.org. I'll take care of it.

Peter


Also known as 'admin@sl113.org' and organiser of the Technical Manual (http://www.sl113.org/wiki/pmwiki.php). Check out http://bali.esweb.nl for photographs of classic car events and my 1970 280SL.

[Benz Dr.]

How do you delete something you don't want within these forums? I don't see a delete button.

Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
  1 877 661 6061

[rwmastel]

quote:Originally posted by Benz Dr.

How do you delete something you don't want within these forums? I don't see a delete button.

Dan,

- Members can delete any post they make, and I believe threads that they start.  (Trash can icon.)
- Moderators can delete messages or entire threads.
- Webmaster can delete user accounts.

Rodd
Powell, Ohio, USA
1966 230SL, Euro, Auto, Leather, both  tops
1994 E420

[Peter van Es]

Yes Rodd,

 

quote:
- Members can delete any post they make, and I believe threads that they start. (Trash can icon.)
- Moderators can delete messages or entire threads.
- Webmaster can delete user accounts.

and I can do even more, because I'll even hack code if necessary.

Peter

Also known as 'admin@sl113.org' and organiser of the Technical Manual (http://www.sl113.org/wiki/pmwiki.php). Check out http://bali.esweb.nl for photographs of classic car events and my 1970 280SL.