Dodgy messages!
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Thank you to Admin for getting rid of the dodgy woman who had messaged me. I figure other members may have had similar cases of odd messages and all that.
A lady from London messaged me and on both messages she had put her email address persuading me to reply to her actual email rather than on the site. She showed far too much interest considering she didn't know me and said she wanted to get to know me better and if I emailed her she would send me pictures and we could get to know each other better after which I stopped messaging her, although I am single I am on the site for friends. I am not on facebook so got a friend to check if her email was genuine and so it was! Who knows what her game was. |
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I GOT THAT ONE TOO VIRUS??? BEST AVOIDED
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Thanks Mole, happy she has gone. She should try and find something better to do. There was no way I was going to email her anyway the fact she kept pushing it I knew something didn't add up plus she didn't actually answer any of my questions!
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I have experienced it a few times where people share their email address/phone number really early on getting to know them. I find it a good test of their motives to say that I'm not prepared to contact them that way when I hardly know them and would prefer to continue using the site. The number of people who have stopped speaking to me because of that is unreasonabley high - not sure if they don't like the honesty or weren't genuine in the first place or a combination!
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When you get "dodgy messages" or that certain feeling that someone is up to no good, you need to report that case to Admin please. Admin tries to look out for unusual and unkind behaviour but it does not have second sight and needs your co-operation.
I think we all agree that we would like to have a friendly site that is safe. Apart from the odd little blip it is getting pretty darn close to perfect... with your help. |
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Cool no problems Adminfish will do thanks.
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Yup, I got those messages also, plus they must surely understand native English can easily spot broken English. I led one on purely for the laugh.
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Can see how some would fall for it, I feel sorry for them they obviously have nothing better to do.
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I understand this.
On another forum, I kept getting the following personal message... -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi! I am Miss Becca How are you today and how about your health,hope you are fine and good.Any well after going through your profile in this site i became interested in you.I will like to have you as my good friend whom i will like to share my life experience with.Your sex, age, race nor distance does not matter to me rather what matters most in a relationship is the maturity,truth and honest that exist between friends.So i will like you to contact me back through my private mail address(.......... at yahoo.com )So that i can tell you more about my self and send to you my photo.I am glad that we can meet and be in community.I hope all is unfolding in all aspects of your life in ease, abundance, harmony, and joy!!!!! Feel free to join any of my light groups Yours Sincerely, reply me here (............ at yahoo.com) ------------------------------------------------------------- The forum admin removed this member, as one member who contacted this woman(?) was nearly conned out of £2000. |
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I am glad to read it was not on THIS forum.
It does frustrate me though to hear that someone nearly got conned - why would anyone join a friendship site and contemplate handing money over to a stranger with a sob story? Would the same person nearly hand over £2000 to a stranger in the street after hearing a sob story, or to a letter writer or to someone who knocks on their house door? |
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Hi
I have a different perspective on this issue. I offer my email or mobile early on because I'm frustrated by the website slow 1-2-1 chat service. Takes ages for each member's reply to come through. Why can't the organisation design the chat on similar platform as yahoo messager etc? I always give the person the option of continuing chat on fff 1-2-1, mobile text or personal email instant messager. The email I give is disposal, so if I get any problems I can delete the email account. If I don't like what they say on mobile text I can block. I've only had 1 bad experience so far. I gave my mobile for texting only and the guy called me straight away asking if I was single, had kids etc. Thankfully he never called me again. Even if he did, I can block his call. I don't log on this website everyday. With mobile texting/email messager I can go about doing my personal stuff and still chat. That's the way I see it. |
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£2000 is a lot of money, lucky they saw sense before it was too late. When peoples emotions get involved they can do the strangest things.
spacebox99 I get you point, think people may be over cautious because of all the things you hear that happen. I once had a disposable email which I used but found I didn't use it enough and forgot my password, same thing happened to my work email. Even if someone is genuine to receive contact details early is concerning for me, guess you think about who you are talking to as in cyber space you can be just about anyone. Just like one of the first ladies who contacted me wasn't genuine and every message she gave me her email address, was right to be suspicious with her. Saying that all those I have met from the site have been genuine. |
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I must admit I started passing out my email when I first joined this site as I discovered number of mails I could send was very small. later on the site increased my mail allowance. Like spacebox says, it is easier to keep in touch with people via mobile texting/email messanger.
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SHE WAS,NT FROM CHELSEA BY ANY CHANCE?
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i have had 3 simula attempts from very attractive young woman.Not from this site 2 on dating sites and one on facebook.It starts out as how gorgeous and how looks don't really matter in a meaning full and loving relationship.And you are giving a private email add to reply to.Then it moves onto a hard luck story and guess what the hard luck story is about.
 ..So single guys and lady's if its too good to be true it probably is.Beware of the smooth emails. 
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