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    To be deliberately vague, was it regarding someone I posted about and claims to be his sister?

    If so, it's real. If not, I don't know.

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    I got one too...from jessie2 it just said Hi, I'm new too. How are you?

    I thought it was a bit strange that there was no further conversation....so I checked the member list too...to see where else 'jessie2' has posted to see if it's truely legit....and there was 'no such member'!

    there was a link in the 'signature section' that went to a website so I just assumed it was some sort of spam to get me to click into their website.
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    Quote Originally Posted by imdeanna View Post
    I got one too...from jessie2 it just said Hi, I'm new too. How are you?

    I thought it was a bit strange that there was no further conversation....so I checked the member list too...to see where else 'jessie2' has posted to see if it's truely legit....and there was 'no such member'!

    there was a link in the 'signature section' that went to a website so I just assumed it was some sort of spam to get me to click into their website.
    Something like that is getting to be a common form of spam now. I admin a travel forum and that's one thing we're really struggling with there. Normal spam is easy to delete but PM spam is much harder to deal with.

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    I also got a pm from jessie2 with a quote from Albert Einstein.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Midmichigangal View Post
    I also got a pm from jessie2 with a quote from Albert Einstein.
    That's right....it did have a Albert Einstein quote didn't it!

    hmmmm....did it have any other salutation to you? I still think it was weird that it was somewhat close for me (being new here too comment)
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    Quote Originally Posted by imdeanna View Post
    That's right....it did have a Albert Einstein quote didn't it!

    hmmmm....did it have any other salutation to you? I still think it was weird that it was somewhat close for me (being new here too comment)
    Me three, it was creepy so I deleted it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by imdeanna View Post
    I got one too...from jessie2 it just said Hi, I'm new too. How are you?

    I thought it was a bit strange that there was no further conversation....so I checked the member list too...to see where else 'jessie2' has posted to see if it's truely legit....and there was 'no such member'!

    there was a link in the 'signature section' that went to a website so I just assumed it was some sort of spam to get me to click into their website.
    Yep, same here! It was kinda spooky if you ask me.

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    Sounds suspicious. Do not respond.
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    That's really bizzare, I didn't get one, I feel left out...

    Like BSG says, don't respond, don't click on any links.

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    OK. That doesn't sound like what I'm talking about.

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    I got a bizarre PM with an Albert Einstein quote as well, complete with several web links. Being a brand newbie here and knowing no one, and with nothing personal or cycling-related in the message, I assumed it was some weird kind of spam.

 

 

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