spam messages

[Joe Breaux]

anybody else getting spam /fraud  private messages on here besides me?  How do I report it?  He calls himself Maria .under ORANGE 15 name.. wants to hook up in UTVs .. con artist in Pakistan probably.. Cant ADMIN block this crap ? geesh

[T-boss 410]

I got one, too. But when I went to the site, it wasn't there. Mods, maybe?

[Grumpman]

I got one , exactly what you said Maria, Orange 15.... etc

 

[Alex]

14 minutes ago, T-boss 410 said:

I got one, too. But when I went to the site, it wasn't there. Mods, maybe?

We purged all these messages, so you may have gotten an email notification of a new message, but its now missing because we banned and deleted the content from both sending users.  We received over twenty reports before taking measures. Thank you everyone and sorry for this. We try and do a good job by incorporating anti-SPAM methods for prevention.

The board stays clean as we approve all new member content once, but messages can get through. One change we made this morning was to prevent the amount of messaged that can be sent per day, which for now is 10. This will hopefully prevent widespread abuse like this over the last 24 hours. 

[Travis]

1 hour ago, Joe Breaux said:

anybody else getting spam /fraud  private messages on here besides me?  How do I report it?  He calls himself Maria .under ORANGE 15 name.. wants to hook up in UTVs .. con artist in Pakistan probably.. Cant ADMIN block this crap ? geesh

I got a similar message from the user Phono13.... Looks like Alex got it taken care of.

[Alex]

On a side note...look how many people have come back to UTVBOARD for a "UTV ride" with an unknown user...lol

[Travis]

LOL!

[Joe Breaux]

It baffles me that anyone would fall for their con.. I know a guy from a Corvette forum that got hooked by one claiming to be hot chick from Russia.. She sent him naked pics and all. I kept telling him THATS NOT HER, its a dude conning you.. but he didnt believe me. She promised to fly to CA to see him.. I told him, wait, here it comes, I NEED $$$$  to get there.. Sure as sh&t , she  made a story up needing cash for ticket.. dumbass sent her $500 ...she never got there

[T-boss 410]

That's extremely prevalent on the internet. I get random emails like that almost daily. They always seem so innocent. But you would think that some people would be cautious, with all the red flags with any of those emails. I just delete them and move on. Maybe it's just my pessimistic view of the world.

[Joe Breaux]

I know.  I tried to warn him, but hes a lonely old man by himself , desperate for human contact.. PERFECT target for scammers 

[Brent]

Thanks for taking care of the spam, UTV Board Admin.

[T-boss 410]

13 hours ago, Joe Breaux said:

I know.  I tried to warn him, but hes a lonely old man by himself , desperate for human contact.. PERFECT target for scammers 

That's sad, and an expensive lesson to learn.

[Keyif]

I got one too. Asking me if I wanted to ride. lol

Spam from Maria. 

Beware. 

[Joe Breaux]

yeah, Maria is really Muhammed 

[Auggie52]

I received one yesterday also.  I did not open it sent it to my spam folder and sent a notification of the spam.  This was a little disappointing to receive this on this forum.

[Joe Breaux]

no site is 100%  safe.  I just got a letter this week from MCG Health LLC telling me that they  were breached and millions of us had our complete personal info stolen in March..  its out of control. Our Govt wont track them down and imprison them.  .. FBI is too busy surveilling parents who speak up against CRT and Drag Queen strip club visits in their 1st graders classes 

[Auggie52]

Yeah, I get it, Joe.  It just annoys the hell out of me!  I also agree with you that the government, that we employ,  is worthless!

 

[Travis]

You mean there is not a Prince from Nigeria that has $15,000 for me?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Joe Breaux]

no, because he already promised it to me.. Check is in the mail right now. Just had to pay the insurance of $900.00.....lol

[T-boss 410]

$900.00??? I sent him $1200.00!😎