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Discussion in 'The Back Room' started by Bobdawolverweasel, Aug 6, 2019.

  1. Bobdawolverweasel

    Bobdawolverweasel Well-Known Member

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    We had a strange visitor from oversees who got quickly booted off the board for abusive postings. Are these newcomers basically joining to get our email addresses so that can target us for spam and phishing emails? Any way a member can protect himself from that crap?
     
  2. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Good question and I don't know the answer. I booted another suspicious account today as well.
     
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    There's a setting under Privacy for you to choose who can see your identities: Visitors; Members Only; People You Follow. You also can list people you want to ignore, but it looks like the privacy setting I described is a way to prevent visitors from finding your identity, which I assume means your email. I could be wrong. I'm not very techno savvy.
     
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  4. Bobdawolverweasel

    Bobdawolverweasel Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for the responses and thanks Terry for stomping on that spider.
     
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    I was wondering what happened to that guy. What was his email and where was his from?
     
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    Well for what’s it worth it wasn’t me...
     
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    Hey Ralph!!!
     
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    Hello Corey, I hope all is well with you and the family. I wasn’t sure how to sneak back into SB quietly so I had my Croatian mafia friends break the ice. :)
     
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    hahaha ask them if they have any good cancer beating tips
     
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    Corey my prayers go out to you, I didn’t realize. I just found the topic and read of your tribulations you have been going through.
     
  11. Terry O'Keefe

    Terry O'Keefe Well-Known Member Administrator

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    Ralph!! Glad to hear from you! I was worried a Burmese Python had gotten to you, or that Citrus Greening had jumped to the human population! :rolleyes:
     
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    Thanks Ralph, things are better now that you're back around these parts.