An FYI to everyone regarding possible spam in PM's?

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  • TopCatGr58
    Administrator
    • Jul 2002
    • 12650
    • Portsmouth, Va.

    #1

    An FYI to everyone regarding possible spam in PM's?

    Hey everybody,

    A few folks have sent me PM's regarding some PM's that they have received from a new registered member named EINSTEIN!

    Below is a copy of the PM along with my PM to this member regarding this activity.
    Greeting
    Hello,
    I'm new here and just wanted to say "hi"

    How's it going?

    "Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: it transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural & spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things as a meaningful unity" - Albert Einstein

    ---
    einstein
    TC said:
    Hey there Einstein,

    2 members have written to me in PM's about your sending them PM's with a RELIGIOUS message as a signature.

    What are your intentions on this site?

    This is a motorcycle members site, but this kind of activity is verging on SPAM and will not be acceptable!

    IF I receive very many more complaints, then I will have to terminate your membership here!

    T.C.
    I clicked on the included web link, but it didn't show=dead, tried making the beginning "einstein" but didn't work either, then just replaced "stein" with "www", and all it showed was the Web Hosting server site!?
    T. C. Gresham
    81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
    79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
    History shows again and again,
    How nature points out the folly of men!
  • DenzComp
    Truly XSive
    • Jul 2007
    • 109
    • Whitney Point, NY

    #2
    Yup. I have one from him too. Same exact message.

    I sent you a PM about something else too...
    Last edited by DenzComp; 07-25-2007, 09:01 PM.

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    • malber
      XSive Maximus
      • Sep 2006
      • 568
      • Belmont, NH

      #3
      It appears to be spam, but it's a non-commercial site. The page is just a collection of links and quotations. Weird.
      1981 XS1100SH

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      • vincer
        Deceased
        • Jul 2007
        • 109
        • Kansas City, MO

        #4
        I recieved the same message yesterday and deleted it because I thought the quote was a bit odd.
        '82 XJ1100
        '07 Harley Nightster (SWMBO'S)

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        • ppv
          XSive
          • Dec 2006
          • 87
          • lompoc ca

          #5
          got one too .
          Pete J

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          • mraaaaaaaaaa
            XSive
            • Jan 2007
            • 49
            • cleveland, ohio

            #6
            spam ?

            Mayb just an Xsesive amount of Quotes

            Yup got 1 yesterday also !!!


            Sent a reply, & BOX was full
            Andy B. North Coast, Ohio

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            • fredintoon
              Master of XSology
              • Mar 2004
              • 6795
              • Saskatoon SK

              #7
              quotations as subscripts

              Hi TC,
              can a quote from Albert Einstein be a less acceptable tagline than some others that have been posted? "Riding for the Son" springs to mind and nobody's fussing about that. Christian evangelism OK but Buddhist evangelism not? Mind you, neither the Christan nor the Buddhist sent ME a personal message. Am I already saved/on the path to enlightenment or am I not worth saving/setting on the path? Either way I am piqued at being ignored.
              BTW, I did look up einstein's membership page, anonymous little beggar, eh?
              Fred Hill, S'toon
              XS11SG with Spirit of America sidecar
              "The Flying Pumpkin"

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              • AlanB
                XSive Maximus
                • Oct 2006
                • 705
                • Scotland

                #8
                Hi TC,

                I got a PM from him too; Read this first, so have not looked at it.

                AlanB
                If it ain't broke, modify it!

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                • timeless-cowboy
                  XSive
                  • May 2007
                  • 25
                  • akron ohio

                  #9
                  spam

                  HI TC
                  i also recieved the same e-mail. I thought mabe he was a little confused as to where he was.
                  1980 xs1100
                  1981 xs 400
                  1982 verago 750

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                  • Guy_b_g
                    XSive Maximus
                    • May 2007
                    • 790
                    • Beverly Hills, Florida

                    #10
                    Maybe ol' Einstein is posting from the grave (nice he'd want to converse with our particular group, I'll take it as a compliment)....could Elvis be next?
                    Last edited by Guy_b_g; 07-26-2007, 07:16 PM.
                    Guy

                    '78E

                    Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

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                    • mro
                      XS-XJ Super Guru
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 4276
                      • Hayward, California

                      #11
                      originally posted by fredintoon
                      Either way I am piqued at being ignored.
                      Probably thought that any "adult" male thats riding on three wheels has enough to think about


                      mro

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                      • Hammerhead1st
                        XStremely XSive(Deceased)
                        • Jul 2007
                        • 330
                        • Lawrencvile, GA

                        #12
                        Im Special!!!

                        I got two!!!
                        "Rat Rod"
                        79 XS1100 Standard
                        87 VMAX cans
                        Cheap Japanese Tires
                        Cobalt Blue Rattle Can Paint
                        Custom Lighting on a Budget

                        Perry Center Fire Department
                        Perry Emergency Ambulance

                        "If we don't do it, who will?"


                        Some people have one of those days, I have one of those lives...

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                        • 79XS11F
                          XS-XJ Super Guru
                          • Jul 2006
                          • 3563
                          • Ottawa, Ont. Canada

                          #13
                          Re: Im Special!!!

                          Originally posted by Hammerhead1st
                          I got two!!!
                          I feel SOOO left out because I did not get one LOL
                          You must have got mine ... Lucky you :-)
                          Rob
                          KEEP THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN

                          1978 XS1100E Modified
                          1978 XS500E
                          1979 XS1100F Restored
                          1980 XS1100 SG
                          1981 Suzuki GS1100
                          1983 Suzuki GS750S Katana
                          1983 Honda CB900 Custom

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                          • TopCatGr58
                            Administrator
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 12650
                            • Portsmouth, Va.

                            #14
                            Please note the date I posted this notice. IF you have received any of these PM's after that date, or today's date, Please post here or let me know in a PM! That way I'll know whether further action is needed?
                            T.C.

                            Hey Fredintoon, it's not the tagline itself, but the unsolicited mass PM'ing folks with JUST the "Hi" message, AND the tagline that is being perceived as SPAM!
                            T. C. Gresham
                            81SH "Godzilla" . . .1179cc super-rat.
                            79SF "The Teacher" . . .basket case!
                            History shows again and again,
                            How nature points out the folly of men!

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                            • bigb9582
                              Truly XSive
                              • Jun 2007
                              • 118
                              • fayetteville, PA

                              #15
                              i belive i was the first to get this message and report it.
                              am i correct TopCatGr58 ?
                              79 xs1100f- standard- $50.00 runner

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