I just opened this message in my personal file. Has anyone seen this or have any previous knowledge about this organiztion? I don't trust whomever it was that sent this. If it had been legit, you would think they would give their name. I have no plans of opening the link that was in the message. Here is the message I received........... http://www.cointalk.com/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=315982 Chris
Yeah! Apparently the slimeball just signed up as AEE. For all I know, it could be a site for gay "prosses". Chris
Sent today, by AEE (Join Date 07-16-2010) A spam run by AEE, who should be banned. Why would any sane person join a crappy new forum when there are older established ones? If i feel like joining a new forum, i`ll open my own.
Using a mac or pc? On a PC, you simply highlight it using your mouse (Click and drag) then right click, and select copy. Click where you want to paste it, then right click, select paste. You can also highlight it and press CTRL+C to copy, and CTRL+V to paste. Macs use the command or "Apple" button in place of the CTRL button.
Sorry about the spam guys, but thanks very much to everyone who reported it. Generally, I don't mind people talking about other coin websites, even if they compete with this one. The line we draw here, in general, is that you can put a link to your site in your signature, and you can use the advertising sections as they're meant to be used, but spamming is as off bounds as it is for the porn, pills and poker crowd. You all are right that this guy went way beyond crossing the line. I don't know if he used some bot or something to spam, but he sure did get a lot of them sent out by the time I cut him off. It's totally unacceptable behavior Since this offense was so egregious, I've taken the additional step of censoring the name of the site. He has also earned a lifetime ban from CoinTalk, if you see him here on a different account please report him to me. I especially want to thank again those of you who reported the spam (there is a report button in the private messages just like in the posts). Since, by policy, neither I nor the moderators do not read private messages unless they're addressed directly to us, we don't know about private message spam until you tell us it's happening. Thanks for helping us to keep CoinTalk spam-free!
Calls into question the wisdom of posting our collections on a visible board, huh? How about this: Since the new process of verifying e-mails went into effect recently, I think it should be done Before membership is given. After all, we all have stuff that makes us targets to the thieves of the world. I left another forum because a dealer I was communicating with in another state got a really valuable coin stolen AFTER HE POSTED A PIC of it on the board he was on. I was on that board as well, but I was a newby. I stayed away for years after that. Moreover, I requested that the admin folks list me as banned, to make it not seem like a voluntary flight from a board where perhaps the members were being profiled for thefts. In this Patriot Act America, where the government has acquired all of our identities (see NSA spying), outed folks who protest (see Plame), made scapegoats of the innocent ( see Anthrax FBI settlement amount), and thumbed their noses at true Sneak and Peek reform (See Obama continuing secret search Patriot Act provisions after pledging reform) it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the government intends to create social order by utilizing all the tools that they swore were for terrorists by using the profile dossiers they created on all of us to control our actions in real time. And if you think of speaking against someone like Bush, which someone on another forum did, just note what happened afterward to see what New World Order means, and how dangerous it may be posting on a board publicly. The communist East Germans built dossiers on citizens, and used those dossiers to control society. Speak up to your constituency and see what happens. In the meantime, be leery of boards which ask for personal information. By the way, is that Hot Springs Doubled Die link on Google fixed yet, Peter? Cannot seem to follow a simple link to my thread on the board. LMK when it gets unblocked.
There was a "Nigerian Scam" letter posted on November 29, 2010 that is still there. I am Mr. Simon Kojo, The chief auditor in charge of foreign remittance unit of Eco-bank and I had the intend to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of (USD$11, 100 million) for our success. And so on... http://www.cointalk.com/t80920
Yea, you pretty much should avoid any private message or emails you're getting from Nigeria. Good rule of thumb, if someone you don't know ask you to wire them some money or give out bank info, just don't respond to them.
I think he started with whomever was online at that point in time. I may have shut him down before he got to you. I can un-ban him and let him know you'd like the spam if you want.
Lol, maybe. But, this one really looked to me like it was an automated spam bot. I'm really, really surprised that someone who's starting a coin forum would be using such tools that are usually employed by the porn, pills and poker people. Doesn't seem to have got them too far though.
My philosophy has always been, "Don't call me, I'll call you!" If I need or want something, I will look for it myself, and I don't need some stranger "out of the blue" telling me this or that is good for me. Even though it has been almost 13 years since my Dad passed, I still get irritated when I think about Humana Healthcare telemarketers who called every day, and sometimes two or three times in a day, the week that Dad died. That's when I started giving the callers a blast from an airhorn instead of wasting my breath on them. Chris
I like the airhorn idea. Back when I was getting lots of telemarketers, I used to tell them "can you hold on for just a minute" then set the phone down and go back to what I was doing. Usually wasted a few minutes of their time until they figured out I wasn't coming back, seemed like a good quid pro quo.
I used to answer the telemarketers with "No hablo inglés". That worked until someone immediately switched to spanish. The problem is those 3 words are about the extent of my spanish knowledge. Oh well. I just quietly hung up.