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the_wine_snob
Inspiring
August 27, 2010
Question

Spammers Working Adobe PM's Again

  • August 27, 2010
  • 2 replies
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Looks like Spammers are back at it, with Adobe PM's. Been about 6 mos., so I guess that it was time.

Here's the most recent on [Links Removed]:

Hello,
Please write to my email address box: [Link Removed]
My name is Precious, a good looking Liberian girl.
I
became interested in you after going through your profile and i wish to
continue relationship with you which if nature will permit we have a
long way to go.
I
have a special reason of contacting you which i will make known to you,
tell you more about myself and also send my pictures to you. I will
like you to get back to me through my email address:
[Link Removed]
Precious

Hunt

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    jake_draper
    Participant
    September 7, 2010

    I'm really surprised that you would get a pm like that in an Adobe forum.  I would think those types of pm's would be on dating/social forums.

    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    September 8, 2010

    In my case, this was only the third such PM, since the changeover to Jive. The first, and the third seemed quite limited, or at least I was one of the few to bring attention to them. The second, about 6 mos. ago, hit dozens of forum users, and especially in the Premiere fora.

    So far, it has been a very limited attempt by the spammers, or so it seems. Perhaps they have only been "test runs?"

    Hunt

    adobe-admin
    Legend
    August 27, 2010

    Account name so we can disable the account?

    the_wine_snob
    Inspiring
    August 28, 2010

    Thank you.

    Here is the full PM:

    Hello,
    Please write to my email address box: (elkaprecious@yahoo.com)
    My name is Precious, a good looking Liberian girl.
    I
    became interested in you after going through your profile and i wish to
    continue relationship with you which if nature will permit we have a
    long way to go.
    I
    have a special reason of contacting you which i will make known to you,
    tell you more about myself and also send my pictures to you. I will
    like you to get back to me through my email address:
    (elkaprecious@yahoo.com)
    Precious

    Here is the Profile.

    That is all that I can furnish, unless there is something more in that PM. Let me know if there is a way to access more info.

    Appreciated,

    Hunt

    adobe-admin
    Legend
    August 30, 2010

    Above the body of the message there should be a block with:

    To: Your Name

    From: User Name

    Sent: Date

    Subject: Subject Line.

    The From name is what we need to find the account and deactivate it.

    If you are looking at your list of private messages it should have columns for Subject, From, and Date. Give us the name in the From column.

    Thanks!