Hello all,
I don't know if its the right topic, but I just got strange email on my private mail box - spam or phishing from a first sight - and someone mentioned pbase in it. Here is the main text:
Good Day My Dear friend,
How are you doing today I hope you are fine together with your family members? My warmest regards to them and you in particular. My name is Anta Ngoya, I am 27years old and under graduate student of business management and economic.
I am from Rwanda presently living in Senegal under the custody of United Nations High Commission for refugee my arrival here in Senegal is because of the humanitarian crisis in my country Rwanda some years Ago.
I was opportune to have an access on Internet today, while browsing and searching for a friend then I came across Internet and I found your profile on this site
http://www.pbase.com, so I decided to contact you for friendship,
please my dear i will like you to write me back so that i will give you the full explanation of myself and my family, i will like to read from you soon, THANKS
yours friend,
Anta Ngoya,
Very touchy story, isn't it? There were 2 files attached, one jpg with a girl and one gif with some flowers and a heart
. Of course I didnt touch it (in fact I was happy I have iMac, not PC). But the most annoying thing was this link to pbase. Well, for a first time since Im a member (its few years now, I have 2 accounts) I felt a little... hm, not-so-safe-here I would say. I ask google about that Anta Ngoya name and found that this text was classified as spam or phishing on few more forums and message boards.
The first thing I did was to hide my email - it was visible to all because of the wedding occasion, for any close and far family member. Thats the end of the story, I just wonder if you got something similar or maybe you have any suggestion how to avoid this. To hide email address and disable comments is always a good first choice.
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