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Permalink Reply by Tim Mosley on April 14, 2011 at 1:18pm

Yea I got the same ones!  argh

Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on April 14, 2011 at 2:16pm

You figured it out!  These two accounts joined around 11 am today simply to spam our membership.  We are always on the lookout for spammers and normally we ban them before they are able to broadcast on our network - but his time they slipped through.  Since then, we locked the gates even better.  I think these two spammers figured out that we have a great and open community of trusting people here and are trying to take advantage of this.  And now that we have over 30,000 members, we have to fight against this stuff that is all over the internet.  The basic goal of this type of scam is to try and communicate with you off-site, thereby gaining your email address.  This is why Tennisopolis is the safer way to connect.  Here you can meet new people and connect via your profile comments and PM's without having to broadcast your email.

Thanks for being a new member here.  I promise that this spam does not happen often.  :-)

Mark

Permalink Reply by Tim Mosley on April 14, 2011 at 4:19pm

NP Mark...glad to be here!  :)

Permalink Reply by Andrew (Tampa Bay) on April 14, 2011 at 2:46pm

You originally posted this in Professional Tennis? What kind of scheme are you up to, eh? LOL

 

Mark, I left you a comment about Sharon Spammer yesterday, stop slackin'!

Saw the comment on a profile and then saw it on other profiles and one guy was talking to her saying he's married, I'm sure he knew it was fake though.. but ya, it's bothering people that don't realize it's spam. And bothering the people that know it's spam, but it bothers me more seeing people trying to communicate back to the spammer thinking it's just an annoying weird lady.

Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on April 14, 2011 at 3:06pm

Thanks Andrew.  How did you notify me?   Oh I see, you posted a comment on my page.  The best way to communicate with a Friend is to use the "send a message" link which puts the comment in the notification email.  Unfortunately, I did not get wind of it until another member sent me a PM.

Thanks for the help very much!  We need to fight the good fight! 

M

Permalink Reply by Ray Chin on April 14, 2011 at 5:01pm

damn the spammers!!

Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on April 14, 2011 at 5:05pm

What a waste of time, right?

Nobody falls for this stuff anymore.  And how much is one email address worth to them anyway???