WATCH OUT, JUST RECEIVED THIS P.M.

[thirdeye]

I got the same link as @bigfurmn and reported it. I took a minute but I found the option to 'leave conversation' and delete it from my PM list. I hope this only blocked this user and not all PM's.

 

[Colin1230]

Got the PM three minutes ago.

 

[chef jimmyj]

This is the type of Crap that happens when a Newbie refers to his pics as Food P@#n. Maybe we missed one...JJ

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

This is the type of Crap that happens when a Newbie refers to his pics as Food P@#n. Maybe we missed one...JJ

I agree @chef jimmyj ! Please know, I was just warning fellow members! I as well as other members of this forum respect and appreciate all you Mods do! Thanks!

 

[Meat Man Matt]

I got the same thing from a username yggrne545

 

[forktender]

So were they hot? I haven't got a damn thing.

 

[Steve H]

Got mine a couple minutes ago.

 

[DanMcG]

yep it's back again just got it here too.

User name....
buzarius385

 

[chef jimmyj]

I agree @chef jimmyj ! Please know, I was just warning fellow members! I as well as other members of this forum respect and appreciate all you Mods do! Thanks!

No issue my friend. I/we appreciate guys lije you have our back. Mods are not always here and Reporting stuff like this posts an alert that clues us in that there is a problem.
I just Deleted a butt load of these and banned the spammer. So far, same message, three different people/Bots sending them...JJ

 

[mike243]

Got 1 28 minutes ago, determined little buggers aint they? lol

 

[mike243]

don't see a way to delete messages either

 

[pineywoods]

ADMIN can look up the I.P. address, but most are sent through a proxy...could be Chinese phishing through a U.S. proxy I.P. address.

Russia is where it's coming back to this time

I got it too. It’s frigging everywhere. i reported it, whatever good that does, but yes we need to be sharp eyed and stay on top of this garbage.

It does a lot of good since they are using PM's we won't know about it unless we get one or somebody reports it

I deal with that on another site I moderate. Really only way I have found to avoid it is to check IP address on black lists and first postings need to approved. No PMs until poster is permitted to post.

New member posts are held for approval however since they are using PM's we don't get notified

This seems to happen once every few years it's difficult to prevent since they are not actually posting in a thread but instead using PM's. I banned several of them yesterday as they got reported then Adam banned several of them then Chef Jimmy banned some so we are aware it's happening but need those that receive them to report them otherwise we may not catch them or catch them as soon

 

[pineywoods]

don't see a way to delete messages either

You can click on "leave" on the tab on the upper right side of the PM

 

[DRKsmoking]

I also received one early Friday morning and sent it off to bosses here . Have had nothing sense

David

 

[SmokyMose]

Must be a new pfishing scam they just thought of. I've gotten a couple of similar text messages this month.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Glad to hear everybody is on track to rid us of this crap.

Warren

 

[Inscrutable]

Me too. Reported it.

 

[D.W.]

Got the same message under a different user name.

 

[SmokinAl]

It seems like it has been taken care of due to the work of the Admins & mods, I wasn’t involved, but the other guys did a good job getting rid of this crap.
Al

 

[Colin1230]

This is the type of Crap that happens when a Newbie refers to his pics as Food P@#n. Maybe we missed one...JJ

I did this very thing on another Forum a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately it was caught quickly. Total ignorance on my part!
I received a friendly PM from mod/admin explaining why using such words is not allowed. I have much respect for mods and administrators now.