Forum safety and general internet safety

[MaryF]

I have had a member today on here private messaging me asking for my personal details for email and Facebook, naturally I have reported them, so do report to TUK or any other forum you are on should this happen.

MaryF

[beaton]

Thanks Mary.xx

[Hidden]

Thank you Mary x

[LouiseRoberts]

Thanks Mary.

This follows on from my previous pinned post....

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

L

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[cario in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Hi Louise, I've had a bit of a strange message too, this person does not have a profile, I have copied and pasted :

ub01 sent you a message:

let's discuss now

I have an important discussion with you please let's discuss now : Email me : [e-mail]

Thanks, Caroline

[cario]

I've had the same thing, from Hub01 but there is no profile to read, is this the same person who contacted you?

Caroline

[LouiseRoberts in reply to cario]

It is - they have been removed from HU - please ignore! x

[Coastwalker in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Thank you for removing Hub01, Louise, it got me worried for a few moments, it was almost an 'order' to email them back, thought I was getting a telling off from Admin or a TUK member for something I'd said wrong, till I realized it wasn't in our spoken English so I binned them before I read this posting.

[LouiseRoberts in reply to Coastwalker]

I am so cross about this! SPAMMERS are one of the lowest forms of life, in my humble opinion! xx

If anyone is unsure, the Admin team can be found here:

healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...

Most messages from us will follow a standardised format, so should be easily recognisable.

Once again, if are unsure, in any way about any messages, please let a member of the Admin team know!

L

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[Coastwalker in reply to LouiseRoberts]

Thanks Louise, forgot to add that their email address had the words 'plsestaysafe' in it which did not help till I twigged on.

[MaryF]

Yes that is the one... removed pretty quickly, I wrote to HU straight away, would have been a spammer wanting to sell products probably. MaryFx

[MaryF]

Yes, they have gone. MaryFx

[Angel_of_the_North]

Well done. My usual response to that sort of message (not being a polite person) is FOAD.

[MaryF in reply to Angel_of_the_North]

Ha Ha. My new blog is a bit like that. MaryF