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    -grubby is offline May the Ubuntu Be With You!
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    Email form spam thingy

    It appears ali4islam has used the email form on the forums to send me the following spam message:

    Dearest One,

    With warm heart, I offer my friendship, and greetings. However, strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past. I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit.

    My name is Ali Hanif, from Ghana. I have a reasonable amount of money which I would like to invest in your country with a very and honest person and again, in a very profitable venture. And for you being in a business line and for your country being so peaceful I think you are in a good position to assist me.

    Time is not on my side, I will appreciate if you can reply me immediately you receive this letter so that I can give you more information about my proposal. Kindly reply me on this email address (a.hanif2010@gmail.com) for security reason.

    I’m looking forward to hear from you.

    Warmest regards,
    Ali Hanif.
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    Re: Email form spam thingy

    Ive noticed a whole lot more spam and garbage than usual, lately.
    That sucks one of the slugs actually targeted you.
    Sorry man.
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    Re: Email form spam thingy

    Report them - there is a report button at the top right of the message.

    Though this one has been dealt with already.

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    Re: Email form spam thingy

    Quote Originally Posted by forestpiskie View Post
    Report them - there is a report button at the top right of the message.

    Though this one has been dealt with already.
    You're right, the from field is from his address. I was under the assumption it would be the UF mailer address, and I didn't want to mark that as spam. Thank you for dealing with it.

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