ATTENTION PM Spam Scam for the lovelorn - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Logan wrote:

If you get a message from a stranger that says she or he is interested in you and wants you to contact her/him, it is part of a scam and you should not communicate with the person.

I don't know about others, but to me this is fairly obvious. Ouch

rushfan4 wrote:

So we are absolutely certain about this. My bags are all packed and stowed in the back of my truck and I am getting ready to meet koro7000, who is apparently the love of my life and located in Alabama, so I am only about 12 hours away from eternal bliss.

Not if I get there first, Scott. koro7000 is the love of my life Angry

. I've already booked a flight. I'm ready to start a new life in the South with my dear beloved koro7000.

Not true at all Angry

!

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

This is a variation of Nigerian Scam 419

http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm#nigerian

The text of the PM will be more or less:

Compliment of the day to you,My name is XXXX 23 years old girl , i saw your profile today in(.w.progarchives.) that speaks good of you and became intrested in you,if you dont mind i will like to know you much better. i came on line to search for a true love,for my missing bone, i will also like to know you more,and if you can send an email to my email address,( [email protected] ) I believe we can move from here! i will send you my pictuers ok. Awaiting for your mail to my email address above gladys.(Remeber the distance or age or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life)
DEAR DON'T FORGET TO EMAIL ME FOR MORE EXPLAINATION HEAR ([email protected])

If you receive one, will probably come from a newbie with 0 posts, please report it to an administrator with a copy of the PM.

Iván

I got one of these as well, but how do we know it's spam? It seems perfectly logical that beautiful young women will register on a site like this in the hope of meeting a middle aged prog fan like me or some of the other denizens of the Shed. People have often remarked on my similarity to Brad Pitt*.

*We've got the same number of legs.

'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom

not surprised .... people here are easy targets.

There was a special collab, name withheld to protect the innocent, who first registered here with a female name and was bombarded with PM's by all kinds of posters. Many of them collabs.. many of the them English of course hahha. Of course this person decided it was getting too creepy and registered under a new name, their present one, but has managed to look the same way twice at some of the collabs that wanted to get in his pants LOL

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Ricochet wrote:

I received the message not from lovelorn, but from joy2000 or something...

That's who my PM was from.

I had a look on the PAs Memberlist and noticed that Joy1000 and Joy4000 have also registered today.

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.

^ excellent, cause I think I just got one.. oh YEAH, that's what I'm talkin about

what if you actually do get a legitimate PM from a young African model offering you her body and money?

Too bad. I got one and I was hoping for a sexy African 23 yr old Female