Private message

[katluvr]

Hi, don't know if this is best place to ask this....I rec'd a private message. How do I find out more info on who this is from. It was not, from what I can tell, a dissussion thread. And gave little if no info. I am sure it is save here at TE, but just being "weird" about this. I did the member list and could not find this person. I do know someone by this name...but it would be really strange if it was from them!
Thanks!

[minn]

I also received an odd message on Monday early early in the morning. I don't know the person who sent it to me and it has no cycling related information in it.

[sundial]

Did it start with RE: ?

I received one too.

[SouthernBelle]

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.

[imdeanna]

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.

[kat_h]

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.

[Midmichigangal]

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

[imdeanna]

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)

[sundial]

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.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Sounds suspicious. Do not respond.

[snapdragen]

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.

[SouthernBelle]

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

[cyclingmama]

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.

[Brandi]

I never open anything I don't know where it was from. No matter what!

[spotlightmama]

Yup, me too. I figured it was SPAM and deleted it.