kudyba Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 For the past 2 days, I've been "hit" with 4 separate AOL Instant Messages from users with girlish names all spamming me to go to porn sites. I've now learned to block them before even accepting the AIM but for crying out loud how the hell do these losers dig up a screen name?!? I don't have an AOHELL account--it's only for AIM--and only a few people know what it even is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwarf Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Every now and then I get an ICQ message from an ICQ account that doesn't even exist (the account changes each time). It's always spam, always for porn. I wonder how they know I ... I mean, I wonder why they think I'm into that stuff? :wave: -- Rob I have the mind of a criminal genius.....I keep it in the freezer next to mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by kudyba: [b]For the past 2 days, I've been "hit" with 4 separate AOL Instant Messages from users with girlish names all spamming me to go to porn sites. I've now learned to block them before even accepting the AIM but for crying out loud how the hell do these losers dig up a screen name?!? I don't have an AOHELL account--it's only for AIM--and only a few people know what it even is![/b][/quote]AIM was and is a part of AOHell. They started it. Even if you don't have an AOL account but use AIM they can get your screen name. Sorry but that's the way it is. They bought ICQ too so yer stuck there too. The other thing they do is buy that stuff from anyone and everyone so your info could also have been sold to them by someone who got it from some forum or other, web site & etc. Life's a bitch, then you get spammed! :D :D :D Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Damn shit of it is...AOL plays so "high and mighty". I remember when our kids were younger, they got in some chatroom and ended up in a flame war...and AOL cut us off. No problem, thanks actually, because it always seemed like some anal hall monitor was watching your every move. But, like you said, a lot of porn spam comes from AOL users somehow. But, the last straw was when I started getting telemarketing calls from AOL. :evil: :freak: :rolleyes: "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 I cop exactly the same thing a couple of times per week on ICQ :freak: The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by kudyba: [b]For the past 2 days...[/b][/quote]Bob, you've been lucky. I have received SPAM messages since I was only a user of AIM (couple of years ago) and now that I'm an AOHell user -that will end up soon- I suffer of that on a DAILY Basis. It gets even worse in the AOL mail account. I always delete over 10 spam e-mail messages. Arghhhhhhhhh :mad: BTW, the names of those "hot girls" are quite easy to recognize... Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Studio Pet-Rock Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Man, this shit's happening on yahoo messenger as well now. I've gotten plenty of "Instant Spam" over the last few weeks. Pretty lame. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wewus432 Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 I turn instant messaging off most of the time. In AOL go to People-Buddy List-Setup-Preferences-Privacy-Block All. It's just annoying to me when I'm already doing something on the computer to have to stop and talk if I don't want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Posted April 5, 2002 Share Posted April 5, 2002 Find more info about it at [url=http://www.cert.org/incident_notes/IN-2002-03.html]CERT[/url] . By the way, "social engineering" is, in lay man's terms, tricking people. It tries to take advantage of people, not technology (although technology is used). Basically, you shouldn't accept any "calls" that aren't in your buddy list and definitely don't download or click on a link from someone you don't know. aka riffing Double Post music: Strip Down http://rimspeed.com http://loadedtheband.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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