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Eggman
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25 Nov 2008, 4:14 am

I wonder ifyou scam them back?



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25 Nov 2008, 4:56 am

Scambaiting is not recommended, Eggman


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25 Nov 2008, 5:18 am

It is possible to get another IP address ...



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27 Nov 2008, 2:41 pm

Here's a PM I got today.

mirian wrote:
hello
i am called Mirian Johnson i am a nice looking beautiful girl,
very attractive romatic both caring and lovely.Looking for a harmsome man.
I see your profile and found that you are exactly the person i want,
can be trust as friend troughout my life time.
I still have more things to tell you.
If you are interested in knowing me, then contact me direct to my e-mail
address,
thus(mirian.johnson@yahoo.com)remember that love matter alot in life
Then i can send my pictures to you.
Your love
Mirian i am waiting for your reply to my email adress.
thanks



Spokane_Girl

27 Nov 2008, 2:42 pm

spudnik wrote:
Here's a PM I got today.

mirian wrote:
hello
i am called Mirian Johnson i am a nice looking beautiful girl,
very attractive romatic both caring and lovely.Looking for a harmsome man.
I see your profile and found that you are exactly the person i want,
can be trust as friend troughout my life time.
I still have more things to tell you.
If you are interested in knowing me, then contact me direct to my e-mail
address,
thus(mirian.johnson@yahoo.com)remember that love matter alot in life
Then i can send my pictures to you.
Your love
Mirian i am waiting for your reply to my email adress.
thanks


I got that too.



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27 Nov 2008, 2:51 pm

Here is something I got today.

mirian wrote:
hello
i am called Mirian Johnson i am a nice looking beautiful girl,
very attractive romatic both caring and lovely.Looking for a harmsome man.
I see your profile and found that you are exactly the person i want,
can be trust as friend troughout my life time.
I still have more things to tell you.
If you are interested in knowing me, then contact me direct to my e-mail
address,
thus(mirian.johnson@yahoo.com)remember that love matter alot in life
Then i can send my pictures to you.
Your love
Mirian i am waiting for your reply to my email adress.
thanks


I have a question for Alex, would it be possible to prevent new
people from sending PM's until a certain amount of posts, as it
should prevent the more gullible among WP's members.



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27 Nov 2008, 2:53 pm

oh wow i got that pm too. :lol:

darn and i was just about to send teh n00dz.

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27 Nov 2008, 3:12 pm

the sender has been banned

I got one too! :lol: :roll: :lol:

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27 Nov 2008, 3:41 pm

Lol, and me...
she obviously didn't read it it well - I'm a BEAUTIFUL GIRL not a handsome man... nor a particularly 'harmsome' one either, for that matter... :lol:




hello
i am called Mirian Johnson i am a nice looking beautiful girl,
very attractive romatic both caring and lovely.Looking for a harmsome man.
I see your profile and found that you are exactly the person i want,
can be trust as friend troughout my life time.
I still have more things to tell you.
If you are interested in knowing me, then contact me direct to my e-mail
address,
thus(mirian.johnson@yahoo.com)remember that love matter alot in life
Then i can send my pictures to you.
Your love
Mirian i am waiting for your reply to my email adress.
thanks.


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28 Nov 2008, 11:27 pm

Eggman wrote:
I wonder ifyou scam them back?


Thanks a lot dude for not believing what I said. But as you can see others got the same PM.



Spokane_Girl

29 Nov 2008, 12:40 am

I thought it was a curious question about if you can scam the scammers back.



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29 Nov 2008, 2:26 am

yeah, scam baiting is what QM called it.

hey! QM is back!

cool


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29 Nov 2008, 5:19 am

sinsboldly wrote:
yeah, scam baiting is what QM called it.

hey! QM is back!

cool


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15 Dec 2008, 8:44 pm

Another one:

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<email address here>
My Dearest One! Greetings to you, I hope this mail will find you well & healthy and Ihope we can established a relationship since we are meeting here for the first time,I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you on this site: I was impressed when i saw your profile and decide to communicate with you. It is my desire to know you, I like honesty, trust, love, caring,truth,& respect, I have all this qulities in me, kindly respond to me through my private mail box (calisterevans@yahoo.com) so we can know ourself 's better. RESPECT is the key for understanding and tolerance among human beings. I hope to read from you if your are also interested. Then i will send my pictures to you.Thanks and hoping to hear from you soonest in my yahoo id and remain bless.
Miss CALISTER


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15 Dec 2008, 10:07 pm

Banned her

keep posting if you get one, we will keep on top of them!

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16 Dec 2008, 4:35 am

I got this spam too

calisterevans@yahoo.com
My Dearest One! Greetings to you, I hope this mail will find you well & healthy and Ihope we can established a relationship since we are meeting here for the first time,I have gone through a profile that speaks good of you on this site: I was impressed when i saw your profile and decide to communicate with you. It is my desire to know you, I like honesty, trust, love, caring,truth,& respect, I have all this qulities in me, kindly respond to me through my private mail box (calisterevans@yahoo.com) so we can know ourself 's better. RESPECT is the key for understanding and tolerance among human beings. I hope to read from you if your are also interested. Then i will send my pictures to you.Thanks and hoping to hear from you soonest in my yahoo id and remain bless.
Miss CALISTER