Spammers On Nairaland And My Former Classmate

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Seun (m)
Spammers On Nairaland And My Former Classmate
« on: November 05, 2007, 08:22 AM »

Sope Scott: some dude spammed me yesterday,
Sope Scott: from your site
Seun: how do you know he/she is from my site?
Sope Scott: An Urgent Message From A Fellow Nairaland Member!
Sope Scott: that was the subject
Sope Scott: I tot it was u
Seun: heh. yeah.  hope you dutiully clicked the "report as spam" button?
Sope Scott: ello Friend,

I'm a fellow Nairaland member and I saw your profile from the forum. I have some vital information I feel you may want to know about and that you may possibly thank me for after discovering it. Please use 3 minutes to digest fully.
Sope Scott: I'm pressing charges,
Seun: that's what I do when I recieve such junk.  takes 2 secs.
Seun: I'm sure you won't contact Bill Gates if someone sends spam in his name (and they do).  cheers!!
Sope Scott: misuse of member info
Seun: there's a "hide my email" option when you register.
Seun: but you know, the fact that they used the name "nairaland" doesn't mean they got your email from nairaland
Seun: so, hmmm, your silence implies that you've been enlightened. cheers!

Sope Scott: nope
Seun: well, give it time. you will eventually grow up (just kidding)

Sope Scott: he got my email from the forum
Seun: are you saying you neglected to click the "hide my email" checkbox?  nah, you're a smart guy, you can't make that sort of mistake.

Sope Scott: so you're saying that, if someone gets spammed its none of your biz?
Sope Scott: and u arrogate the responsibility to the user?
Sope Scott: not bad
Seun: i do my best to keep spammers off the forum, but I can't moderate your inbox. that's your duty.
Seun: i recieve up to 50 spam messages every day; they are correctly clasified as spam by google.
Sope Scott: exactly
Sope Scott: always be seen to be making an effort
Seun: one more is not something that can't be handled.  just click "report as spam"
Sope Scott: statesments like what u said earlier could really knock people off
Sope Scott: even when u feel its out of your control
Sope Scott: that's how to deal with people and probs
Seun: oh. yeah.  I see what you mean. let me try again.
Seun: we are sorry about the spam you recieved.
Seun: to prevent this from happening again, we will activate the email hide feature on your nairaland account right away.
Seun: meanwhile, please be adviced that spammers can use the name of the forum even when your email wasn't taken from the site.  being popular makes us a target
Seun: thanks for your kind understanding. regards,
Seun: the nairaland customer care team.  We Care (TM) about you.
Seun: may we remove your MSN ID also, since it happens to be an email address?
Seun: sir?
Seun: we are sorry to have offended you and do hope you'll forgive us eventually. wishing you a lovely Friday

At this point, he just logged off, and I felt that was rude.  I found the entire attack ridiculous.
As an ex-classmate and 'friend' in school, what's his motivation for wanting to "press charges"?
Is he jealous?  If so, of what?  I'm a just humble webmaster doing my best to keep my website alive.
niceuzor
Re: Spammers On Nairaland And My Former Classmate
« #1 on: November 05, 2007, 09:40 AM »

Good Job Seun!!! . . .wait a min.  Shocked Who is that Guy!!!
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