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Sorry about "Linda"
Over the weekend many of you received comments on your wall or direct
messages from a member of HypnoThoughts named Linda. Not only was Linda
not a real person, she was 17 fake people. "Linda" was a series of
fake accounts created by spammers to promote a dating website. "She"
was creating accounts and spamming people as fast as I could take it all
down. I spent a good 3 hours at a BBQ on my phone suspending members
and removing their content from my phone. Every 15 minutes "Linda" had a
new account with a new email address that I had to chase down and clean
up after.
Eventually, my perseverance won out over her minimum wage quota. During
that time, though, quite a few of you were contacted. Sorry about
that.
Just a quick reminder before I let you get back to your day (and in many places, today is a day off so I will make this very short)
If you want the Early Bird Discount for the HypnoSummit this month you
need to sign up by September 10th. that's only a few days away, so take
the two minutes and register now.
Thanks for taking a minute to read this,
Scott
messages from a member of HypnoThoughts named Linda. Not only was Linda
not a real person, she was 17 fake people. "Linda" was a series of
fake accounts created by spammers to promote a dating website. "She"
was creating accounts and spamming people as fast as I could take it all
down. I spent a good 3 hours at a BBQ on my phone suspending members
and removing their content from my phone. Every 15 minutes "Linda" had a
new account with a new email address that I had to chase down and clean
up after.
Eventually, my perseverance won out over her minimum wage quota. During
that time, though, quite a few of you were contacted. Sorry about
that.
Just a quick reminder before I let you get back to your day (and in many places, today is a day off so I will make this very short)
If you want the Early Bird Discount for the HypnoSummit this month you
need to sign up by September 10th. that's only a few days away, so take
the two minutes and register now.
Thanks for taking a minute to read this,
Scott
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Rose Dye on -
Wow, Scott,
Sorry you had to put up with that on a long holiday week also... Thank You always for your time you put into this site for all of us.
Sincerely
Elizabeth
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Permalink Reply by Bill Edmondson on -
I'm assuming the threat is over and I can just delete the email. Is that correct?
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Permalink Reply by Keithanthony on -
WTG Scott you deleted her mail before I got to read it, and before I could report her to you/admin.
These are all too common, and often known as advanced fee fraudsters, or Nigerian 419 scammers, and on the face of it you'd need to be really dim to fall for the many colors of 419 but these people do it because it really works. I know intelligent people that incredible as it seems to me, have fallen for it.
Maybe what happens in these cases is not so much to do with stupidity on the part of the many victims but a deep emotional, and psychological need that the 419'er being fully aware, prey upon?
It remains for people like you and us Scott never to underestimate the influence these 419'ers can have so I thank you again for your vigilant and singleminded dedication.
Namaste
Keithanthony
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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Chase on -
Bugger, I'm very sad.
James Szeles said:So Scott what your saying is I don't have a date with a hot blond tonight? Dam internet got me again. ;)
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Permalink Reply by Fable Goodman on -
Ha ha ha,
I also suspended a number ( I think eight) of Lindas and Lillians over the weekend.
but I must have missed the rush hour traffic.
Well Done Scott.
Love and hugs,
Fable
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Permalink Reply by Scott Sandland on -
Thanks fable,
I've also added an extra step to the sign up process that should slow the spam down a little bit.
Scott
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Permalink Reply by James Malone on -
James , a fellow can dream, can't he!
James Szeles said:So Scott what your saying is I don't have a date with a hot blond tonight? Dam internet got me again. ;)
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Permalink Reply by Fiona McKeand on -
Not so interested in hot blondes, myself, but thanks very much, Scott, for once again working so hard on our behalf.
Much appreciated.
Fiona
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Permalink Reply by Ben Caftor on -
Scott,
Your caring for this community and vigilance in making that a Reality
is genuinely appreciated by myself and -- no doubt, by this entire community.
Thank you
Max
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Permalink Reply by Stephen Gruber - www. ask-the-hypnotist.com on
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thanks Scott,
Once again your (and others) caring about running this forum exceeds all expectations.
Stephen
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Permalink Reply by Ron Franks on -
np Scott and...
thanks for all your effort and time dealing with that issue and keeping our community free of such distractions.
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Permalink Reply by Helen Harris on -
lindy added a comment to your profile on HypnoThoughts.com
Lindy added a comment to your profile on HypnoThoughts.com ------------ Hello My Beloved One, are you today, I hope all is well
Hi, I am a newer member of Hypnothoughts and I have received two emails from a Miss Lindy. Could this person be the same Linda that you mention here?
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