+kenttela Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 I received a questionable message that was supposedly through the Geocaching mail system that contains a link to a user profile and another link to what is a fraudulent website. I sent a screen shot to GC HQ, but thought I would also post a message here. I have very good protection on my desktop, and I confirmed that the site should not be visited. From the nature of the message it is possible the link would go to a porn site. The message is from ifidicre1992, an account that was open today (6/25/2020, and has no activity. 1 Quote
+Frau Potter Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 We are aware of a user who has been creating accounts to spam our community. We are taking appropriate action. Obviously (!!), please do not follow any links they provide. 1 Quote
+The Jester Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 I got a similar message from another new account. I reported the message to HQ and that account is now locked. Somebody is trying to abuse this website and members. Quote
+gcstraggler Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 And another one - account.... tacbecarla1995 which I will report to HQ Quote
+Frau Potter Posted June 25, 2020 Posted June 25, 2020 There is no need to report these accounts. We have found the accounts and taken the appropriate action already. Thanks! 2 1 Quote
+Team3B Posted June 26, 2020 Posted June 26, 2020 @Frau Potter I just got one about an hour ago. ducystare1991, joined 6/26. 1 Quote
+TFulton42 Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 @Frau Potter and one more just minutes ago. porniferre1997 1 Quote
+wwbd Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 I am getting hammered by messages in the message center right now. It appears others are too because people are replying to them. I turned off the setting to receive email notifications from the message center and logged out of the official app on my phone. Quote
+Gob-ler Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 You have not stopped this, am getting multiple messages today. French, porn. This has to stop 1 Quote
Geode890 Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 I third the issue of it not being stopped entirely. It seems someone somehow mass messaged a lot of people at once, putting us all in a group chat of sorts, and since everyone’s confused, they’re unintentionally spamming everyone else. If it’s any help in fixing it at all, on the app, the user that the messages appear to be from keeps changing, whereas on the mobile site, the messages all appear to be from a single person. Hopefully this helps somehow, and thank you for working to solve it! Quote
+dbarkdoll Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 Not getting any French porn but my phone is constantly receiving messages. Please make this stop. Also, how do I edit messages to remove them? Quote
+thebruce0 Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 This is a known issue and HQ is reportedly working on it. I assume frantically. Multiple threads already discussing it. Quote
+Frau Potter Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 We have been investigating the issue for quite some time. We believe that someone is spamming our community, but sometimes making it appear as if the messages are coming from an active user. We do not believe they were actually sent by that user. There is no need to reply to the messages or to notify HQ about accounts. We will work to resolve this issue. 1 Quote
+thomfre Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 4 minutes ago, Frau Potter said: ...but sometimes making it appear as if the messages are coming from an active user. We do not believe they were actually sent by that user. Are you saying that we can't trust the integrity of the message center? Can anyone send messages as other users? Quote
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