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a friend request by email from boards and on messages but looks like a website link.

swoofer · 2014-07-10 13:48:47

I just had an email from boards ie with a friend request but looks like a website, it was also in notifications, never had this before and it used my boards latest username??? I can delete and mark as spam but curious as to why I am receiving it now after all these years?? swoofer

10-07-2014 1:48pm

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swoofer

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I just had an email from boards ie with a friend request but looks like a website, it was also in notifications, never had this before and it used my boards latest username???

I can delete and mark as spam but curious as to why I am receiving it now after all these years??

swoofer

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#2 10-07-2014 1:51pm

Spear

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Do you mean there was a URL as a username perhaps? Users don't get do control what goes in a friend request.

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#3 10-07-2014 2:10pm

swoofer

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wynnie.wu this is the username. And never heard of it. And for me to accept it without knowing would be rare if ever.

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#4 10-07-2014 2:14pm

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That's a spammer. Micr0 banned the account at about 12.20pm today.

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#5 10-07-2014 2:17pm

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swoofer wrote: »

wynnie.wu this is the username. And never heard of it. And for me to accept it without knowing would be rare if ever.

There's no .wu TLD/cTLD, it's just a username with a full stop in it.

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