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    #122
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users Posts: 18,921 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    Received a message from 'Oria2' at 840am this morning.


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    #123
    Patser
    Registered Users Posts: 7,871 ✭✭✭Patser


    Siara19 is new name in town


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    #124
    Rossi IRL
    Registered Users Posts: 8,369 ✭✭✭Rossi IRL


    Why not just make it so that you can't send PMs from new accounts.


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    #125
    oholly121
    Registered Users Posts: 193 ✭✭oholly121


    Yeah Siora1 here too


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    #126
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 28,097 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Just got one Recipients: bambooman2, DARCHA22, drunkmonkey, paul_ie86, washwell


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    #127
    Dtoffee
    Registered Users Posts: 652 ✭✭✭Dtoffee


    I got one at 07.44 this morning ..... Siora1


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    #128
    barefoot
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭barefoot


    I got a PM...Slara19... and an email.....Siora1


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    #129
    wally79
    Registered Users Posts: 2,929 ✭✭✭wally79


    Siara19 in PM inbox since 8:27


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    #130
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 75,285 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Beasty wrote: »
    All the new PMs from overnight should now be deleted. Unfortunately though there are a very large number of e-mails with content sent which we cannot deal with, so please remain vigilant

    Apologies, but it seems that with so many PMs it takes the system some time to catch up with the deletions. The development team should be in now and looking at ways to accelerate the deletions


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    #131
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,190 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Can't access boards from my mobile since last night. Just get this twirling circle kind of thing. Do I have some kind of virus or what? Laptop seems ok so far. I had thought about uninstalling it but checked first with the Playstore and it doesn't seem to be there to download at all. What's going on?

    Can anyone explain what Touch Site, Responsive Site [/I]and Legacy mean? Never understood all of that.


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    #132
    Sin City
    Registered Users Posts: 2,375 ✭✭✭Sin City


    Got a message from siora91


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    #133
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    There’s a thread in the Help desk which explains how you can download the app from the Play store.

    There’s nothing wrong with your mobile or app. Cloudflare Protection for this site has been dialed up as a response to these spam attacks. This is causing some people to have difficulty in accessing the site. Please bear with it, it should only be temporary.


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    #134
    vicwatson
    Registered Users Posts: 28,403 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Siora91 at 07.43 today, didn’t open


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    #135
    Mr.Crinklewood
    Registered Users Posts: 12,386 ✭✭✭✭Mr.Crinklewood


    Received one at 0830


    Can boards temporarily deny access to PM and do a mass delete of spam?


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    #136
    PinkGeekette
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭PinkGeekette


    I would love to know how these people got my email address??? Boards.ie, have you investigated this? Your Logo is attached to the email and the email was received from no-reply@boards.ie. I would like to receive a response from boards.ie within the next 24 hours or I will ask the data protection commissioner to investigate it for me.


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    #137
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    wally79 wrote: »
    Siara19 in PM inbox since 8:27

    Likewise, name and time same.


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    #138
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    PinkGeekette wrote: »
    I would love to know how these people got my email address??? Boards.ie, have you investigated this? Your Logo is attached to the email and the email was received from no-reply@boards.ie. I would like to receive a response from boards.ie within the next 24 hours or I will ask the data protection commissioner to investigate it for me.

    This has already been explained in this thread. They did not get your email address. They sent you a PM on Boards. This automatically triggered a system notification from Boards. The spammers did not directly send you an email.

    To the best of our knowledge, there has been no data breach. Please see Section 7 of the Privacy Policy for details on how to raise any privacy concerns that you may have.


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    #139
    gifted
    Registered Users Posts: 4,837 ✭✭✭gifted


    I received a pm from a girl this morning...deleted it without opening the link....












    A shame because I reckon it would have been magic between us...


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    #140
    Bigsliothar
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Bigsliothar


    Sara earlier this morning !!


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    #141
    dudara
    Registered Users Posts: 33,519 ✭✭✭✭dudara


    Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »
    Received one at 0830


    Can boards temporarily deny access to PM and do a mass delete of spam?

    We are working on restriction measures. We have deleted the spam PMs, but several chronjobs need to run in order for the deletion to take full effect. We have also blocked the bit.ly link. In the meantime, do not click on any links.


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    #142
    rostalof
    Registered Users Posts: 330 ✭✭rostalof


    PinkGeekette wrote: »
    I would love to know how these people got my email address??? Boards.ie, have you investigated this? Your Logo is attached to the email and the email was received from no-reply@boards.ie. I would like to receive a response from boards.ie within the next 24 hours or I will ask the data protection commissioner to investigate it for me.

    These people don't have your email address. As explained throughout this thread, they got your username from a public forum (boards.ie) and used a fake account to send you a private message (PM).

    As is always the case, on receipt of a PM, an automated notification email is sent from no-reply@boards.ie by boards.ie to your email address. If you receive email notifications for threads that you comment on, you'll see they come from the same no-reply email address. There hasn't been a data breach of any kind.

    Perhaps the Admins should add a sticky to this effect at the start of this thread before the blanked out number plate brigade have a GDPR meltdown.


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    #143
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Charge 1 euro to signup while de Emergency of 2019 is going on, donate it to SSF

    Should reduce dodgy signups from bots


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    #144
    shamrock55
    Registered Users Posts: 7,208 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    I'm very upset, I thought Sara was just messaging me


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    #145
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    PinkGeekette wrote: »
    I would love to know how these people got my email address??? Boards.ie, have you investigated this? Your Logo is attached to the email and the email was received from no-reply@boards.ie. I would like to receive a response from boards.ie within the next 24 hours or I will ask the data protection commissioner to investigate it for me.
    If you would be kind to read all or at least pages 1-5, you would know where you mistaking and how it works.
    history of boards 2021




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    #146
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    I received it too and deleted it.
    Thanks to the admins and techs for working on this.
    Life is busy enough for them without having to deal with crap like this.

    Would it be a good idea to put an alert/message on the boards home page or possibly on every forum to remind users not to click on links in these types of e-mails. There will always be a % of users who will click on links in these types of messages, so it might be beneficial to add an extra warning to all.


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    #147
    jmreire
    Registered Users Posts: 8,263 ✭✭✭jmreire


    Just received an PM purporting to be from Boards.ie

    "Message from Sareo1" giving a link ,with the boards.ie logo.

    I have not opened it, so what's the best thing to do now? Delete without opening, for sure, but do I need to change my Board's password? Or any other measure's to take?


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    #148
    Prestonites
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 304 ✭✭Prestonites


    What I wanna know is why anyone would set up a profile using their personal email. I set up an email years ago that I use for Social media and forums. Never compromise yourself.


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    #149
    smuggler.ie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,083 ✭✭✭smuggler.ie


    Prestonites wrote: »
    What I wanna know is why anyone would set up a profile using their personal email. I set up an email years ago that I use for Social media and forums. Never compromise yourself.
    But then you will never get chance to meet Sara!!!:D
    history of boards 2021




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    #150
    Prestonites
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 304 ✭✭Prestonites


    smuggler.ie wrote: »
    But then you will never get chance to meet Sara!!!:D

    F**k I'll pass tinder and coppers is out there for that


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    #151
    Kivaro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Kivaro


    Just noticed the "notice" now.
    I might have ignored it initially or it recently appeared, but good job for putting it up there.
    Maybe add an red exclamation mark to highlight it just in case it is treated as a regular notice and not treated with the urgency that it should be.


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