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Spammer harvesting Rockbox forum emails (was: Don't want to be a bug but...)
Danfried:
--- Quote from: adam_skub on February 21, 2008, 08:43:14 PM ---I wish when new users are added that the email address is hidden...I have already got an email from an "AMANIE DOUDOU" and they got my email address from the Rockbox Forums...Here is the message
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I received the same Nigerian scam email from "AMANIE DOUDOU", also "from the Rockbox Forums". My only changed my email address to "hidden" after seeing this thread. I can't recall what was the default setting.
NaFIann:
Hi,
I don't know where to post this, so I post it here.
I just got an email from some west african, about some alleged business deal.
It was obviously a hoax, and the person got my email from the technical forum memberlist.
So as a warning: you might get these kind of mails too.
They're often about a business deal or some inheritance from someone you've never heard of.
They then require a downpayment for administration or something else and once they get it, they leave with the money.
I hope this is useful to some of you on the forums.
NaFiann
Llorean:
Please search before posting such things. You're the third person to post on this, at least. And it comes from choosing not to hide your email address. People harvest email addresses from webpages all the time.
NaFIann:
Sorry bout that, feel free to remove the topic
Llorean:
In the future, when there's a checkbox during registration for "Hide my email address from the public" you might want to click it. ;)
We really can't prevent people from abusing your information when you choose to share it with them publicly.
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