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Alberto Scam

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ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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I recieved a personal message in my email from a new member calling him or herself 'alberto'. It is a money scam how do I report this person to 'the powers that be' (You admin folks)? Thanks for any help you can give me.

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Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted

Hi Ravenwoodglass,

I reported it for you. Down near the bottom of this box, if you click on "report", a box will appear for you to type what it is you wish to report, then hit submit.

Have a great day!

Karen

Guest BERNESES
Guest BERNESES
Posted

I got one too. Just deleted it.

frenchiemama Collaborator
frenchiemama
Posted

Makes you wonder how they got our email addresses, are they not kept private?

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted

Hi Frenchiemama,

If you click on anyone's name, it will bring you into their profile where there is the option to PM them or e-mail them. Some have e-mail options, others don't. If you go into your control panel, click on the left at "E-mail settings" That will bring you to "Privacy Settings". There then are two boxes, the first one giving you the option to hide your e-mail address from other members.

Hope this helps.....

Karen

Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
Posted

HI Karen

Just on line and saw you were on so wanted to say HI

It's so pretty here today...going to get some fresh air.

Always love your posts and your 'helpful nature'

you natural beauty you.... :lol:

Judy in Philly

baggotlane Rookie
baggotlane
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I recieved a personal message in my email from a new member calling him or herself 'alberto'. It is a money scam how do I report this person to 'the powers that be' (You admin folks)? Thanks for any help you can give me.

I have recived the same message. It showed up in a different format here, overriding all other messages. Can Celiac.com junk mail software not cull out these items?

Andrew

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Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted
HI Karen

Just on line and saw you were on so wanted to say HI

It's so pretty here today...going to get some fresh air.

Always love your posts and your 'helpful nature'

you natural beauty you.... :lol:

Judy in Philly

Thanks Judy! It's been a rough week, you have no idea how much I needed to hear that!!! :D My complexion does seem to be a bit metallic lately though, don't ya think? :P

Sun is finally coming out up here too, after weeks of drizzle, rain, snow, the usual S.A.D. fuellers. I think I might go for a nice long, relaxing walk myself.......

Hugs!

Karen

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted
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I recieved a personal message in my email from a new member calling him or herself 'alberto'. It is a money scam how do I report this person to 'the powers that be' (You admin folks)? Thanks for any help you can give me.

Thanks for your replies and thanks for helping me report it.

frenchiemama Collaborator
frenchiemama
Posted
Hi Frenchiemama,

If you click on anyone's name, it will bring you into their profile where there is the option to PM them or e-mail them. Some have e-mail options, others don't. If you go into your control panel, click on the left at "E-mail settings" That will bring you to "Privacy Settings". There then are two boxes, the first one giving you the option to hide your e-mail address from other members.

Hope this helps.....

Karen

Ew, I didn't realize that. I thought that they were private by default. Thanks for the tip.

VydorScope Proficient
VydorScope
Posted

Any one can SEND You email via the board, but they can not see your email address UNLESS you reply.

CeliaCruz Rookie
CeliaCruz
Posted

Well I just gave him my info and now there's $46 million in my checking account. Catch you all later, suckas!

No but seriously? Here's the sad thing: I opened up that PM this morning and started to read and as soon as I saw the whole "Cuba" thing I assumed that he was a legit board member who saw my Screen Name, thought I was Cuban and was trying to reach out to me as a fellow Cubano Celiac. It wasn't until I saw the part about the offshore account that I clicked on what was happening. I get three of these emails a day and I can usually tell that they're one of those scams by the time I've read the first sentence or even the subject line and I trash them immediately. But I ended up reading this one for a while and now I feel like such a dork. I was even feeling kinda bad that i'd have to tell this guy that I'm not really a Latina!

Canadian Karen Community Regular
Canadian Karen
Posted
I was even feeling kinda bad that i'd have to tell this guy that I'm not really a Latina!

Senor Celiacruz, foolin' alot of people with that name, aren't you!! :lol:

Karen

CeliaCruz Rookie
CeliaCruz
Posted
Senor Celiacruz, foolin' alot of people with that name, aren't you!! :lol:

...says CK, modeling her new "Altoids" avator pic.

Scott Adams Grand Master
Scott Adams
Posted

I took care of "Alberto" and banned them. Any member can send personal messages or email to other members, but they cannot see your real email address--email is just relayed to you through the board. In this case Alberto created an account and likely used a script that went through every member and sent the same message.

Take care,

Scott

Judyin Philly Enthusiast
Judyin Philly
Posted

Thanks Scott,

You take good care of us :P

Judy in Philly

celiac3270 Collaborator
celiac3270
Posted

Yes, but I never received that :). I must be exempt... special.

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