+Will+Bill Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 --This message was sent through the Geocaching.com web site-- Hello Will+Bill, I am pretty new in Geocaching, but I find it very exciting, especially because it is so international. I've already talked to some Geocachers in Oregon and I thought it would great to be able to learn more about the game and Geocachers in general from all over the world, which is only possible through the Internet. As part of a school project (ethnography writing assignment to be more specific), I am doing a survey about people involved in Geocashing. I thank you for taking the time to answer my questionnaire. 1. How old are you? ___________ 2. Are you: Male___ Female___? Single___ Married___ Divorced___? 3. Where are you from? __________ 4. What is your highest degree of education? _______________________________ 5. What is your occupation? _____________________________________________ 6. How long have you worked at this job for? _______________________________ 7. Do you have any kids? ________If so, how many and how old are they? _______ ______________________Do they also play with you? ________________________ 8. How long have you been playing Geocaching? __________ 9. How often do you take part in this game? _______________ 10. How did you first find out about it? ______________ 11. Do you own a GPS system? ____________How much did you pay for it? ______ 12. What has been the greatest prize you found so far? __________ 13. Do you like challenges? ____ 14. Have you ever been part of a dating service through the internet? _____ 15. Are you involved in other athletic activities? _____ If so, what kind? _________ 16. Do you like outdoors? ____ 17. What kind of car do you drive? ________________________________________ 18. What is your favorite thing to do on your spare time? ______________________ 19. Do you have any pets? _______If so, what kind and how many? ______________ 20. Do you play Geocaching in groups____ or by yourself____? 21. Do you play with people you've never met before? _______ 22. What political party are you leaning toward? _________ 23. What kind of movies do you like best? _________________ ------------------------------------------------------------ Forward abuse complaints to: contact@geocaching.com It seems weird that we live in Carmel, Indiana, and this Geocacher lives in Oregon. I don't mind getting the e-mail, but I am wondering how she found us. Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Clicking on your profile and sending e-mail through geocaching.com as the hint at the bottom provided. This always included at the bottom of e-mail forwarded to you through the service. You would be advised to send your complaint to contact@geocaching.com and advise them of the unsolicited survey with the username of the person that sent it to you. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted May 31, 2004 Author Share Posted May 31, 2004 I am not complaining, just wondering why they chose me. Thanks anyway. Quote Link to comment
+Quadcache Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 It seems to me that there is a lot of information being asked that would help someone out that is trying to steal your ID. It almost happened to me! (not from here though). I would send an email to the contact address just to let them know this is going on even if you do not "complain" about it. Yes, I can be over paranoid sometimes but better safe than sorry. My two cents. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted May 31, 2004 Author Share Posted May 31, 2004 It seems to me that there is a lot of information being asked that would help someone out that is trying to steal your ID. It almost happened to me! (not from here though). I would send an email to the contact address just to let them know this is going on even if you do not "complain" about it. Yes, I can be over paranoid sometimes but better safe than sorry. My two cents. I already replied. Quote Link to comment
+CO Admin Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 As a moderator for the site I would be very interested in knowing who sent this to you. The question on dating services is interesting. If you would not mind please forward the email to me. CO_APP@yahoo.com. Thank you Quote Link to comment
+archaeor Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Yeah . . . Question #22 is wierd, also . . . 1. How old are you? ___________2. Are you: Male___ Female___? Single___ Married___ Divorced___? 3. Where are you from? __________ 4. What is your highest degree of education? _______________________________ 5. What is your occupation? _____________________________________________ 6. How long have you worked at this job for? _______________________________ 7. Do you have any kids? ________If so, how many and how old are they? _______ ______________________Do they also play with you? ________________________ 8. How long have you been playing Geocaching? __________ 9. How often do you take part in this game? _______________ 10. How did you first find out about it? ______________ 11. Do you own a GPS system? ____________How much did you pay for it? ______ 12. What has been the greatest prize you found so far? __________ 13. Do you like challenges? ____ 14. Have you ever been part of a dating service through the internet? _____ 15. Are you involved in other athletic activities? _____ If so, what kind? _________ 16. Do you like outdoors? ____ 17. What kind of car do you drive? ________________________________________ 18. What is your favorite thing to do on your spare time? ______________________ 19. Do you have any pets? _______If so, what kind and how many? ______________ 20. Do you play Geocaching in groups____ or by yourself____? 21. Do you play with people you've never met before? _______ 22. Do you have any credit cards?______If so, what is the PIN number?________ 23. What political party are you leaning toward? _________ 24. What kind of movies do you like best? _________________ Rick Quote Link to comment
+Riddlers Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 (edited) I never got one of those and I'm from Oregon. maybe they just like your avitar Edited May 31, 2004 by Riddlers Quote Link to comment
+Navdog Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 I also recieved one of those a week ago. Odd questions. Never replied Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Sounds like gathering info for commercial purposes, not just personal curiosity, so I would think it needs to have approval from TPTB. Since Jeremy and company have been fanatical about protecting the users privacy, I can't imagine that permission being granted. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 If anyone is interested, the user name was "vanou" Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 Interesting, there were no finds on the account. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Good Grief, will it ever stop? Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Interesting, there were no finds on the account. i would definitely report the e-mail as abuse. the questions are too personal. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 I also recieved one of those a week ago. Odd questions. Never replied Were they the same as the ones on mine? Quote Link to comment
+southdeltan Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Interesting, there were no finds on the account. I'm not surprised. I saw this thread after filling out a survey on Yahoo about political adds. The net is (and has been for a while) going to hell in a handbasket. southdeltan Quote Link to comment
+Riddlers Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 since it had to go through geocaching, won't they have a record of who sent it? Quote Link to comment
+Navdog Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I also recieved one of those a week ago. Odd questions. Never replied Were they the same as the ones on mine? It looks like it. The other reason I didn't reply was that the return email address was vanou@yahoo.fr or something like that. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 Same reply address on mine. .fr???? Does that mean that it was from France??? Whoever it was said that they were from Oregon. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 This might sound stupid, but is there any way to see a profile without looking up cache finds by a user? Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 vanou Thanks. Look at the location. Hotel??????? Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I like the "New to geoCASHing" part....yep reading that "survey" it does sound like he's trying to cash in on our sport/fellow cachers...... Quote Link to comment
+tstar Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Very weird survey. Vanou is a French name. and the .fr is for a french email. I doubt it is someone from Oregon, unless it is a French person in Oregon for some reason...work, foreign exchange student. Kinda scary though. The different type of questions just don't make sense. Eh bien, c'est bizarre! Quote Link to comment
+Gizmo & Brazin Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Will+Bill, You said you had already replied to the message. As noted earlier, question #22 goes WAY beyond any info I would share with anyone. Give out your PIN number? I hope you didn't pass out this information. If for some reason you did, might I suggest you contact the bank and change it immediately? I can't think of any good that could come from sharing that type of information. Quote Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I banned the account and emailed everyone who received this survey to ask them not to respond to it. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 Will+Bill, You said you had already replied to the message. As noted earlier, question #22 goes WAY beyond any info I would share with anyone. Give out your PIN number? I hope you didn't pass out this information. If for some reason you did, might I suggest you contact the bank and change it immediately? I can't think of any good that could come from sharing that type of information. Someone edited it as a joke to add that question. Take a look at my original post. #22 is the political party one. You had me scared for a minute there. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 Yeah . . . Question #22 is wierd, also . . . 1. How old are you? ___________2. Are you: Male___ Female___? Single___ Married___ Divorced___? 3. Where are you from? __________ 4. What is your highest degree of education? _______________________________ 5. What is your occupation? _____________________________________________ 6. How long have you worked at this job for? _______________________________ 7. Do you have any kids? ________If so, how many and how old are they? _______ ______________________Do they also play with you? ________________________ 8. How long have you been playing Geocaching? __________ 9. How often do you take part in this game? _______________ 10. How did you first find out about it? ______________ 11. Do you own a GPS system? ____________How much did you pay for it? ______ 12. What has been the greatest prize you found so far? __________ 13. Do you like challenges? ____ 14. Have you ever been part of a dating service through the internet? _____ 15. Are you involved in other athletic activities? _____ If so, what kind? _________ 16. Do you like outdoors? ____ 17. What kind of car do you drive? ________________________________________ 18. What is your favorite thing to do on your spare time? ______________________ 19. Do you have any pets? _______If so, what kind and how many? ______________ 20. Do you play Geocaching in groups____ or by yourself____? 21. Do you play with people you've never met before? _______ 22. Do you have any credit cards?______If so, what is the PIN number?________ 23. What political party are you leaning toward? _________ 24. What kind of movies do you like best? _________________ Rick Must have been him. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted June 1, 2004 Author Share Posted June 1, 2004 That is not the least bit funny. Do you think that he deserves a warn? Quote Link to comment
+Team Flying Dachshund Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Somebody needs to find this person before there are more incidents like this. Did he just send it in bulk or did he send it to every person individualy? Think they might have found the oregon geocaching yahoo group (or similar if it exists?) adn just looked up all the members adn sent it to them? Quote Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Think they might have found the oregon geocaching yahoo group (or similar if it exists?) adn just looked up all the members adn sent it to them? If you look at the last paragraph of the original post, he doesn't live in Oregon. And I don't think it is possible to send bulk email through gc.com. I believe he had to send each one individually. Quote Link to comment
+Ltljon Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 vanou I knew it, he's into "hinking". They're always up to no good! Quote Link to comment
+southdeltan Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 (edited) Would it be wrong to add his address to the normal spam lists? Yea, I guess it would... southdeltan Edited June 1, 2004 by southdeltan Quote Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Would it be wrong to add his address to the normal spam lists? Yea, I gues it would... southdeltan Uh, oh. Now ya done did it. Quote Link to comment
+southdeltan Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Would it be wrong to add his address to the normal spam lists? Yea, I gues it would... southdeltan Uh, oh. Now ya done did it. Actually I didn't - but I figured I wasn't the only one thinking that.... All's fair in love and spam.... sd Quote Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Would it be wrong to add his address to the normal spam lists? Yea, I gues it would... southdeltan Uh, oh. Now ya done did it. Actually I didn't - but I figured I wasn't the only one thinking that.... All's fair in love and spam.... sd I really wasn't suggesting that you had. I only meant that you had planted the seed in the minds of people (like me) who hadn't already thought of it. But now that the idea is in my head, I wouldn't dream of doing that. Really I wouldn't. Quote Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I banned the account and emailed everyone who received this survey to ask them not to respond to it. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Ahhh, nothing like a little admin masonry... Quote Link to comment
+southdeltan Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I really wasn't suggesting that you had. I only meant that you had planted the seed in the minds of people (like me) who hadn't already thought of it. But now that the idea is in my head, I wouldn't dream of doing that. Really I wouldn't. I know you weren't. And I bet you wouldn't. sd Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Well, if anyone replied to that "survey", even in jest. You can bet your bottom dollar THEY are on all the spam lists in the world NOW. And when you get the first spam, be sure to click the "remove" link so they can put your address on the "verified" list. SPAM SUCKS! Quote Link to comment
+eddthejailer Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 oh yes the remove link...dont you love it. i fell for that the first time.still deleting e-mail address from that first e-mail Quote Link to comment
+Torry Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I banned the account and emailed everyone who received this survey to ask them not to respond to it. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Wow! Now THAT'S service! Quote Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 I banned the account and emailed everyone who received this survey to ask them not to respond to it. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Wow! Now THAT'S service! I hope you didn't get too much piggy slobber on Jeremy's tush with that one. Quote Link to comment
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