Weird message

[Priest]

Hey everyone...I received a strange, out of the blue message from someone called "Elena" on here, saying something about she wrote a book and her boyfriend and her made a bet and other nonsense. Does anyone know anything about this? Under her name it says "banned," so should I just delete it ot what?

 

[Atown]

It was a mass spam message to everyone, the admins might say something bout it but it was a minor thing.

 

[|CoR|Braveheart]

Lol, i just got that two...and it says shes banned.

 

[mist_01]

yup same.

 

[Abba San]

I received it too - it did say "banned" on the email. This was one area on my computer I was not getting spam. So much for that.

 

[Stc95]

ya, just delete it.

 

[MaidMirawyn]

I admin several sites. Really, you can't totally keep people from doing stuff, without locking it down so much that it makes the members jump through hoops and bogs down the admins.

 

[Jawsofwar]

yep got that message too.

 

[ajmucha]

I agree with MM, i once was admin over a mytholgy RP-site...lemme say, waste of time, waste of effort, waste of money. Despite having a fair amount of rules and that to keep spam and that to a minimum..well...let's just say i shut it down in 2 months..

 

[RubberDucky]

i got it too. kinda boring book....
Joey.

 

[MaidMirawyn]

LOL you actually followed the link?

They should have used the name "Elona" instead of "Elena."

 

[ChickenSoup]

Hey everyone...I received a strange, out of the blue message from someone called "Elena" on here, saying something about she wrote a book and her boyfriend and her made a bet and other nonsense. Does anyone know anything about this? Under her name it says "banned," so should I just delete it ot what?

Me too, I got spammed. The book is kinda inappropriate too >_>

 

[RubberDucky]

i didnt read that far! i didnt finish the first chapter. i feel asleep. LOL.
Joey.

 

[Emily]

i got that too - i think i made it to the end of the first page - lol.

 

[Tek7]

It was a mass spam message to everyone, the admins might say something bout it but it was a minor thing.

The user who sent the mass spam has since been banned and CGA staff is reviewing the incident to figure out how to prevent the same thing from happening again in the future.

 

[Stc95]

Thank you Tek! You all are doing a great job!

 

[MaidMirawyn]

May I suggest that you should NEVER, EVER follow links in random, suspicious messages you receive, either by email or by PM?

 

[sdenotter]

Yea, thats a smart call... I saw it, and decided to delete the message when i saw her name was banned

 

[ajmucha]

I would think this thread has outlived its usefulness, as there is a topic in CGA general as well as here, and the matter is not so much a mystery anymore.

 

[vibrokatana]

Nothing ever outlives its usefulness unless there is no more market for it.