
Are we receiving spam via Proz? (Staff: helping the community control spam)
Thread poster: Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 16:45
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
+ ...
Nov 21, 2008

Dear Proz staff. Over the last couple of days I have received several spam emails with the typical looks of Proz emails. An example follows:


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You have been sent a message via ProZ.com.
Author: XXXXXX
Author's Profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/XXXXXXXX
Author's IP address: XXXXXXXXXX
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hello
l am miss Rosemary Birdford I saw your Profile today
at(www.proz.com) You realy impresed me , I am 25 yrs old
ligth in
colour 5ft.4 tall, Looking for a nice man who is Loving,
Caring, Romatic,
Trustworthy.

If you are interested in knowing more about me and for me
to send you some
pictures of mine,please contact me Via
rbirdford@yahoo.com.

My dear,l want you to know that distance,age or colour does
not matter in a
real relationship. i wish to hold you in my arms.waiting to
hear from you
soonest.

Thanks,
Miss Rosemary birdford.
please contact me Via rbirdford@yahoo.com.



-----------
Your profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/XXXXXXX
Login at: http://www.proz.com/profile/
Edit your profile mail preferences: http://www.proz.com/?sp=ef&show_mode=profmail
Block profile messages from this sender: http://www.proz.com/?sp=ef&add_ip_block=XXXXXXXXX&add_email_block=rbirdford@yahoo.com&add_eid_block=XXXXXX
Unsolicited advertising? Spam? click here: http://www.proz.com/?sp=ef&report_spam=XXXXXXX
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I am very happily married to a wonderful woman, so this is very uninteresting for me. I wonder whether these people have found a way of spamming Proz members via Proz email. Shouldn't a mechanism be added to keep them from doing it? I am, for instance, thinking of a distorted bitmapped word that is not machine-readable.


[Subject edited by staff or moderator 2008-11-21 17:16 GMT]


 

Tomas Mosler, DipTrans IoLET MCIL MITI  Identity Verified
Czech Republic
Local time: 16:45
Member (2008)
English to Czech
yes Nov 21, 2008

We are (were) - and we are already having a good laugh at it here:
http://www.proz.com/forum/lighter_side_of_trans_interp/121262-proz_as_we_dont_know_it_:.html

Anyway, the staff reported the app. action has been taken.


 

Marie-Hélène Hayles  Identity Verified
Local time: 16:45
Italian to English
+ ...
Yes, we are Nov 21, 2008

I receive a couple a month, some inviting me to marry them, others begging me to take their money.

Most of the spammers (including the one you mention) seem to have taken the trouble to register with Proz - I'm not sure how the site could take steps against that, except by requiring everyone to provide credit card details on registering or the like. They certainly delete the offending profiles very quickly once spamming is reported.


 

Charlie Bavington (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 15:45
French to English
The brazen hussy Nov 21, 2008

I had no idea. She seemed so keen on me and everything. I must say I am pretty heartbroken about this.
I feel betrayed.
I may never recover.....


 

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 16:45
Member (2005)
English to Spanish
+ ...
TOPIC STARTER
Pull yourself together Charlie! Nov 21, 2008

Charlie Bavington wrote:
I had no idea. She seemed so keen on me and everything. I must say I am pretty heartbroken about this.
I feel betrayed.
I may never recover.....


Charlie, you know what they say: there's plenty more spammers in the sea!


 

RichardDeegan
Local time: 09:45
Spanish to English
Don't give up, Charlie Nov 21, 2008

Do a Google -you'll find Rosemary registered on a few more (mostly dating) sites, including rigistration as an alumna of one school.
Dakar's not that far from you, is it?


 

RNAtranslator  Identity Verified
Local time: 16:45
English to Spanish
+ ...
I have received the same mail Nov 21, 2008

But we can answer her and everything will be perfect, because she says she is trustworthy...

 

Jared Tabor
Local time: 11:45
SITE STAFF
Reporting spam Nov 21, 2008

Hello all,

Spam is difficult to keep under control. The best way of helping the site to control the emails you receive is by reporting unwanted email. Email sent via your profile will include a link at the bottom, as we can see in the message Tomás has posted:


Unsolicited advertising? Spam? click here: http://www.proz.com/?sp=ef&report_spam=XXXXXXX


Clicking on that link will automatically generate a support request with the information on the message you received. This 1) immediately prevents further spam emails from being delivered from that particular sender (protecting other possible victims), and 2) allows staff to take appropriate action, and to help prevent further spamming to you and the rest of the community. You can also report spam by submitting a support request if you have received a message via ProZ.com which does not include the report link.

While we're on the topic, I'd like to thank the members who regularly report these emails and have to a great extent helped reduce the amount of spam the rest of us receive.

Best regards,

Jared


 


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