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spam

I got that too. It's almost certainly an automated message sent by a bot trawling the forums for email addresses and spoofing arno's email address as source to make it look more convincing.

Si
 
No, it is just an notification that you have a new PM. These are always send with me as the sender.

But I banned that user already and deleted all PMs he had sent. So please ignore this further.
 
Thanks, Arno,
These spammers should know that trolling an FS site isn't going to do them any good - only nerds and old guys here, anyway! :D
 
JohnG said:
Thanks, Arno,
These spammers should know that trolling an FS site isn't going to do them any good - only nerds and old guys here, anyway! :D
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But - what if it directs you to a site with the latest nekkid wireframe mesh of a DH Dragon, or .... the rarely seen Gordon Dove?

(ultimate nerdiness - mesh wireframe screenshots of airplane models - we're hopeless!)
 
What is truly frightening is that a really wicked spammer could send out links to one of the latest outrages...

...fake sites set up by the FBI to sting (entrap!) porn addicts...
 
JohnG said:
Oh, come on! That's taking conspiracy theory too far! Besides, where would the FBI get those wire mesh diagrams from, anyway?:rotfl:
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I assure you, I'm not joking!

FBI posts fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects
http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9899151-38.html?tag=tb

What if some truly rotten person sent out a link to some legitimate product a person might be interested in (like maybe a flightsim addon?) and then had a hidden redirect on their "website" that simply sent the poor sucker to one of the FBI's "fake porn sights!"
 
I suppose that's why I ALWAYS look at the URL that I'm about to be redirected to, and if I have any questions about it - I don't go there.
 
Perhaps dumbest of all the spammer gives the game away in the title ... the most dangerous spammers are probably those with more than 2 brain cells (and perhaps even as many as 5 in exceptional cases).

At first I thought someone had offered to make me some photoreal ground for an airport project I'm helping with - now that might have been worth a click ...

Also, I didn't click any links in the msg, I just came to my bookmarked FSDeveloper forums page - I never click links in messages without a long hard look at what they really are. Of course when I landed here, there were no PMs listed - big surprise.

Also, with the FBI scam, wouldn't that be classed as "entrapment" - or do I watch too many cheezy movies?
 
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