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SPAM ALERT: Private Message Spamming Loophole

Postby rdearman » Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:05 pm

Some of you may have recently received a PM from a spammer asking you to contact them on an email address. Please do not contact them. If you did receive this PM you can just delete it. The spam account has been deleted and the loophole they used to send a message has now been closed. However, the closing of this loophole means that if you lose your password you must use the Facebook page to request a new one. See this thread for contact details.

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Re: SPAM ALERT: Private Message Spamming Loophole

Postby IronMike » Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:27 am

rdearman wrote:Some of you may have recently received a PM from a spammer asking you to contact them on an email address. Please do not contact them. If you did receive this PM you can just delete it. The spam account has been deleted and the loophole they used to send a message has now been closed. However, the closing of this loophole means that if you lose your password you must use the Facebook page to request a new one. See this thread for contact details.

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Rich (Rick? I can't remember),

I went to the FB link and tried to "Like" it, but FB says that "This content isn't available now."
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Re: SPAM ALERT: Private Message Spamming Loophole

Postby rdearman » Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:01 am

IronMike wrote:
rdearman wrote:Some of you may have recently received a PM from a spammer asking you to contact them on an email address. Please do not contact them. If you did receive this PM you can just delete it. The spam account has been deleted and the loophole they used to send a message has now been closed. However, the closing of this loophole means that if you lose your password you must use the Facebook page to request a new one. See this thread for contact details.

https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... =25&t=7122

Rich (Rick? I can't remember),

I went to the FB link and tried to "Like" it, but FB says that "This content isn't available now."

OK, Serpent normally runs that, so I'll ask her to check into it. Thanks for the heads-up.
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Re: SPAM ALERT: Private Message Spamming Loophole

Postby cjareck » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:25 pm

rdearman wrote:However, the closing of this loophole means that if you lose your password you must use the Facebook page to request a new one. See this thread for contact details.

What if I don't have a Facebook account?
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Re: SPAM ALERT: Private Message Spamming Loophole

Postby rdearman » Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:27 pm

cjareck wrote:
rdearman wrote:However, the closing of this loophole means that if you lose your password you must use the Facebook page to request a new one. See this thread for contact details.

What if I don't have a Facebook account?

There is an email account in the linked instructions. I forgot to mention the email address!
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