WARNING: Spam on MotoOnline

AG23 AG23

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03-06-2010 at 09:19:32 AM

Hi all,

You would have noticed an email notification overnight saying that you got a private message on MotoOnline (most likely from 'baby200). Please ignore and delete this private message immediately. As with all spam email/messages, they have asked you to contact them directly to their email address - DO NOT DO THIS under any circumstance.

But don't worry, it is just a fishing attempt, and they don't have access to any of your details, email or anything else. The email that you would have received to your email address is our automated system direct from MotoOnline that's simply in place to inform you that you have a private message on MotoOnline.

We apologise for any inconvenience and do our best to filter these spammers on a regular basis - sorry!

Thanks,
Alex

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homedad homedad

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03-06-2010 at 09:37:46 AM

ahhhh , thought i was going to get lucky !!!!!!!!
LOL

zxrno1 zxrno1

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03-06-2010 at 09:40:13 AM

Hi Alex
How do you delete the message? I have the notification still in the inbox on my profile but no message?

AG23 AG23

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03-06-2010 at 09:44:47 AM

Ah, okay thanks for that zxr! It must have done that because we have deleted this baby200 character from the system.

What you mean is that it still says you have a private message, however when you get in there it doesn't exist, right?

I'll get my web guys on to it and they should be able to remove the notification.

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zxrno1 zxrno1

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03-06-2010 at 11:22:39 AM

Yes that's right Alex

Paul48 Paul48

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03-06-2010 at 04:24:05 PM

Godamit......i thought she really liked me.....

Pop Pop

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06-06-2010 at 08:19:47 PM

I only just opened my email and received this message and have spent ages trying to find it in my inbox
then i just came across this post.
My missus wanted to know who is this baby200. All is ok now. Thanks for explanation AG.

Gonna give this tipping a shake.

Herm 83 Herm 83

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07-06-2010 at 08:16:33 AM

thanks for the heads up mate.
well at least i've still got the millonaire nigerian uncle that needs my bank account details so he can deposit money in there for me since i'm the sole haire to his money.

AG23 AG23

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13-06-2010 at 09:42:03 AM

*** UPDATE ***

It seems to have hot us again overnight, this time with a comment on your pages from 'baby4real'.

Again, don't reply to this person or email them no matter what, it's just phishing spam searching to gain more email addresses.

We can assure you that these spammers don't have any of your details, email or anything in between, you are simply getting the email notifications from the MotoOnline system to notify you that you have a new message/comment on your iMoto page - you would get these whether it's a spammer or a friend contacting you via your page on here.

I have a few ideas that I'm running by my website developers to put an end to these spammers, but it does make it tricky when they are manually joining up as members and then commenting on all pages one by one over a four hour period or so! They are not spambots apparently...

Thanks again,
AG

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Pen Pen

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13-06-2010 at 03:48:51 PM

you need to nip this Ali G,...Could scare people away ;)

mrsbob mrsbob

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13-06-2010 at 05:14:55 PM

Bastards! I got one too
Whoever it is they can't SPELL!

'Hello
My name is Miss maureen am 24yr old . I saw your profile today and it really attract me a lot i believe that you are the man i have been looking for to share my love; How is your health? i hope all is well with you. I believe that we can move from here ; but remember that distance;age and color dose not matter what matters is the true love and understanding; in my next e-mail i shall include my picture; i been waiting for your reply mail me with this mail address (maureendesmond2008@hotmail.com) for further introduction.
Bye hoping to hear from you soon.

p Ls contact me with this mail (maureendesmond2008@hotmail.com)'

AG23 AG23

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13-06-2010 at 10:30:57 PM

If it was that easy to stop it then I guess it wouldn't have happened a second time Pen! The thing is like I said, they are signing up manually and going through the whole membership process with real working email addresses so until they strike with the spam then it's hard to tell for sure. We are working on ways to stop the nuisance though as receiving this junk is just not on! My apologies to all once again.

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14-06-2010 at 02:04:13 AM

Thanks Ali G.
Good news.

Pop Pop

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15-06-2010 at 09:23:06 AM

Not just 1 , i had 5 of them this time all erased. Thanks AG.

Gonna give this tipping a shake.

Pollcatt Pollcatt

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16-06-2010 at 05:36:44 PM

i got another one from a different name

AG23 AG23

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17-06-2010 at 12:10:27 AM

Our way of solving this problem in the meantime before we rule them out from doing it altogether is by turning off the email notifications for when somebody sends you a private message or comments on your profile page. This will at least stop the spam from entering your inbox and annoying you if it does happen again, but we are hopeful it won't!

However, keep in mind that you will still be notified via email if a user replies to a thread you're involved in (which can be turned off in your profile settings). Thanks again for your patience in this and I can assure you that your privacy is all safe within our system and there is absolutely no way the spammers can gain access to it.

Thanks,
Alex

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