Spam PMs

crazy4carrots · April 2011

I have what is obviously a spam pm in my BCO mailbox. Can't seem to figure out how to get rid of it, as I have no intention of opening it. Does anyone know how to delete without reading?

Ang7 · April 2011

I have one also...

Moderators · April 2011

We are aware that spammers are sending personal messages to members. We are working to take care of the problem by deleting and banning them. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

To delete the message, select it and then click delete. This will move the message to the trash and then you can empty the trash and eliminate the spam without opening it.

We hope this helps.

Debbie and the BCO team

flash · April 2011

yeah, but it costs me receiving it. Not all of us have unlimited messaging on our phones.

Racy · April 2011

There is a delete button on the PM page. I just applied the check to the checkbox next to the message and hit delete. I didn't open the message.

otter · April 2011

I got four of them. FOUR. Three were from the same person, and the 4th was from someone with a username that had the same firstname-lastname-number pattern.

And, they weren't even interesting!

otter

Edited to add: The spam PMs I received were from susansmith84 and annajohnson73. All 4 were sent within the past 24 hours.

Moderators · April 2011

Hi folks - we've taken care of the latest spammer (jessicasmith62) although some messages may still be out there, just waiting for members to pick up their PMs. Please just go ahead and delete messages from that name.

If you get a spam PM from a new name it's a big help if at least one person can let us know by PM so we can stop them sending more.

Judith and the BCO team

debbie6122 · April 2011

Mine was from a jessicasmith62 (i think) got it last night i opened it and it said somthing about doing a so called diet and they would pay me 100.00 cant remember the whole thing, they must be changing names.

debbie6122 · April 2011

now its paulajones62 so it looks like its ending in 62 this is the second one ive gotton in 2 nights

CandDsMom · April 2011

Elisasmith25

Paulajohnson62

Annajohnson73

CandDsMom · April 2011

I have gotten 3 in 2 nights too. (see above)

Moderators · April 2011

Thank you for letting us know about the spammers. We are banning and deleting them and are working on a fix of the problem.

Thanks again for your patience and we are sorry for the inconvenience.

Debbie and the BCO team

BarbaraA · April 2011

pauljohnson23

37antiques · April 2011

Hi,

My spam PM was from pauljohnson23

Meece · April 2011

Mine was from paulajohnson62

Meece · April 2011

Nad yet another one from

elisasmith25

mdg · April 2011

pauljohnson23 spammed me too.

crazy4carrots · April 2011

Paulajohnson62 spammed me last evening.

SeasideMemories · April 2011

Received spam from susansmith57 and susansmith84 both were received on 4/24

GramE · April 2011

elisasmith25 sent me one 3 hours ago.

CandDsMom · April 2011

pauljohnson23 just spammed me

the spammers got tricky and got rid of the "a" in paula!

Ainm · April 2011

I got one 10 hours ago from pauljohnson23 !!

River_Rat · April 2011

Just got one from elisasmith47

LuvRVing · April 2011

I got one from elisasmith47 also. The problem is they can change user names in a second. Are you able to track and block certain iP addresses?

Moderators · April 2011

Hello again! A new name for PM spammers today is johnwest39. It's been banned, and doesn't need to be reported again - just go ahead and delete any messages you receive from that name, thanks.

If you see new names that haven't been mentioned in this thread, please spread the word here, and let us know by PM so we can stop them. We're sorry! We know this is a bother for all of you who receive these unwanted messages. The tech team is working on ways to limit the spam, without affecting members who want to be able to send and receive PMs without restriction.

Judith and the BCO team

taterranova · April 2011

I run a forum also for my 4x4 club, it may be a pain but have you considered having to approve each new person who signs up? I do that, but allow them to utilize certain functions but cannot post or send messages until approved...and once I do find out it's spam, I block that IP...