Spam Emails?

[lauren3189]

Sorry to go off topic, i have just received an email from someone on here which said message me with their email address. This was clearly spam. Just letting people know if they get anything like this

[Tugsgirl]

Me too. I've reported it xx

[lauren3189 in reply to Tugsgirl]

Thanks hun just concerned as i clicked through from my email xx

[E_05 in reply to Tugsgirl]

I got one to - how do you report them? X

[Tugsgirl in reply to E_05]

Click on the three little dots to the left of the message and it will drop down and say report xx

[E_05 in reply to Tugsgirl]

Thank you x

[Hidden]

I got that I just deleted it x

[HannahTramaseur Partner Fertility Network UK]

Hello please report anything like this so we can investigate.

Thanks,

Hannah

[Hidden]

There is so much spam / weird posts on here lately... it's so distracting. Thx for the warning.

[Tugsgirl in reply to Hidden]

Everyday I'm reading through posts and wondering if it's all from the same person; the way they write and the words they use.. maybe they're genuine I don't know 🤔 xx

[London7 in reply to Tugsgirl]

Me too! And to at least one of those suspicious posts there was a series of responses that all sounded suspiciously like they might be from the same original poster using different IDs - the way they write and language is all the same. But WHY? It is a lot of effort to go to and what on earth do they get out of it??

[Tugsgirl in reply to London7]

Attention? It's getting a bit much now isn't it? xx

[Hidden in reply to London7]

I noticed that too. It's so freaky. I've noticed a lot of similar sentencing. Very similar language profile. I'm also convinced it's the same person. Some of it is a bit insulting, one that i reported yesterday said about being barren.

They never have any details of actual treatment or proper diagnostic tests for infertility. Many of the posts talk about surrogacy and many ask to get in touch. Its driving me mad and its put me off the site over the last few days.

I'm concerned that the person is trying to strike up relationships with who they think are vulnerable people (us) because we are infertile. In an attempt to get into private messaging then potential friendships. Scary. I for one, have met 2 lovely girls who I am in regular contact with since being on this and the endometriosis forum since 2013 (I used to have a different ID but stopped using the site for ages so rejoined). My concern is that some people reply to these emails and may get hooked in via PM.

Perhaps my imagine is going crazy.. but it's a crazy world out there and I just think it's odd that someone is taking this much time, to create all these id's. I wonder can the admins check the source email address? Or does this person have multiple emails addresses too.. takes some work..

Just because we are infertile doesn't mean we are stupid. But i am concerned when I see some people replying to these people / person... xx

[London7 in reply to Hidden]

I agree it is really scary. I was duped into responding to one, at the start (but because it was also rather insulting and I felt I had to say something). If you don't notice the pattern it would be easy to fall for it. I also hate it because it has made me really suspicious - when I see a post now I'm always thinking: is this real? Some posts obviously are real (the ones with specific questions and treatment) but sometimes there are borderline ones and I am not sure. It is awful having to be so suspicious like that in a forum like this. It would be terrible if people couldn't form real friendships like you have because they felt they had to have their guard up with everyone. Xx

[Tugsgirl in reply to London7]

If I'm in doubt now I report and don't comment. I've also noticed a lot of comments on activity that's 6 months or older... the odd one isn't too suspicious but this is happening a lot too xx

[Hidden in reply to London7]

Totally agree re some of the posts being borderline.. that's what's making it difficult. I've barely read anything the last few days..

[misswinky34]

I've just got the same off some guy called mark said he has to have a urgent discussion. 🙄 reported and deleted. Have people got nothing better to do? Grrrr

[Clare_lou]

I agree with you all. I'm relatively new on here and reading through some posts I was left thinking 'wow, there's some weird people on here' and it kind of put me off a bit. It doesn't feel like such a supportive place when there's all this strange, sometimes insulting and rude activity. What a shame that this safe place is being hijacked by people with their own strange agenda. Really sh*ty!

[Suzannah1985]

I have had an email from a Mark too, I just deleted it.