Has anyone else received a generic message from giag asking to be contacted via a different email account?
He/she seems persistent.
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Yes, i have. I presumed he/ she was one of those marketing spammers since i have never seen the user on the forum. Mods please take note.Brent Hanneson wrote:Has anyone else received a generic message from giag asking to be contacted via a different email account?
He/she seems persistent.
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Even I have got the message from giag! to contact him/her. He/She doesnt have any posts in the forum.Brent Hanneson wrote:Has anyone else received a generic message from giag asking to be contacted via a different email account?
He/she seems persistent.
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Very sorry about this guys! I'm taking down this idiot right now.
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If you guys get hassled again, please contact me immediately! I have some evasive action maneuvers can perform to make life difficult for this dude on this forum.
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I also received a message from giag on 15th as below:
"Hi,
How are you today.My name is Giad Robert can you contact me in my private Id yahoo as i have important information to you. [email protected]
I remain,
yours Giag"
I was about to mail him when I saw this post ...Thanks one and all...
"Hi,
How are you today.My name is Giad Robert can you contact me in my private Id yahoo as i have important information to you. [email protected]
I remain,
yours Giag"
I was about to mail him when I saw this post ...Thanks one and all...
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ARGH, this irritates me so much! Really sorry that you guys have been hassled by this spammer. If you see any more messages like this (or any spam) from BTG, let me know immediately. This guy has been banned as of yesterday...
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Hey Eric,
I also received a similar message about the guy trying to give me some vital information.
Is it possible that this an automated message sent via a machine instead of some person??
I by mistake even clicked on the link.
Hope,it is not some virus infected link.
Also,how can someone get access to the account??
Is it listed on the profile??
I tried opening someone else's profile but I see that the e-mail id is not listed in the "Profile for User xyz" section.
I also received a similar message about the guy trying to give me some vital information.
Is it possible that this an automated message sent via a machine instead of some person??
I by mistake even clicked on the link.
Hope,it is not some virus infected link.
Also,how can someone get access to the account??
Is it listed on the profile??
I tried opening someone else's profile but I see that the e-mail id is not listed in the "Profile for User xyz" section.
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Can you please tell me the username and when the incident happened?
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Eric not getting message from giag anymore..but when I searched his id on google I got this link
https://fuengirola.olx.es/curriculum-de- ... id-8949198
whichis written in languagae other than english
hope it might help you, to find why he was spamming..all the members of BTG..
https://fuengirola.olx.es/curriculum-de- ... id-8949198
whichis written in languagae other than english
hope it might help you, to find why he was spamming..all the members of BTG..
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The spam was from "giag" only.beatthegmat wrote:Can you please tell me the username and when the incident happened?
I think many ppl in this community got this spam.
It was around 14th or 15th of Feb.
I guess he is banned now.
Thanks again for looking into the matter.
Can automated machines create such nuisance??
Because on BTG,we are not required to write the words from the "captcha".(like in e-mail id creation)
I guess if David can do that ,it would be very helpful.
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We do require a captcha for the registration process, but we think captchas are quite burdensome once you've become an active member here. Overall, I think our ability to capture spam is pretty good (we stop literally hundreds of spammers each week), but it's unfortunate when even one spammer can get through.
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