lozkerr Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 Morning folks, Just had an out-of-the-blue message from this character on JMB. He either thinks I'm stupid or it's a scam - there is no way I'm giving my email address to some semi-literate stranger. There's also someone called Ger sniffing round the Edinburgh musicians groups on Facebook. I'm not sure they're related, but that's the only connection I can think of. Anyone else heard from this character? Here's his profile and the messages: Quote
lozkerr Posted July 10, 2019 Author Posted July 10, 2019 And needless to say, I haven't and won't be replying. 1 Quote
baldwinbass Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 Precisely, geraldkam77 will have a long wait! Quote
fretmeister Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 Give them the Brexit Party's mail email address. 5 5 Quote
paul_c2 Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 I wonder if they've targeted JMB to try harvest emails because its easier than other routes. I imagine its a bot, not an actual real person at the other end. I'm not on it, but is there a profile section etc? What kind of information is publically accessible to others, they might be able to piece together eg location, rough address, age, etc. Quote
paul_c2 Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 I wonder if they've targeted JMB to try harvest emails because its easier than other routes. I imagine its a bot, not an actual real person at the other end. I'm not on it, but is there a profile section etc? What kind of information is publically accessible to others, they might be able to piece together eg location, rough address, age, etc. Quote
lozkerr Posted July 10, 2019 Author Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) 40 minutes ago, paul_c2 said: I wonder if they've targeted JMB to try harvest emails because its easier than other routes. I imagine its a bot, not an actual real person at the other end. I'm not on it, but is there a profile section etc? What kind of information is publically accessible to others, they might be able to piece together eg location, rough address, age, etc. You might be right. Fortunately, there isn't a lot in the profile section - you can choose to show your email address (which I've disabled) and your location. Nothing about age or gender and there's no option to upload a photo. The only thing that might alert a bot is that I had 'show online status' set on and I'm pretty much permanently logged in. The list of online users is shown below the main classified headings, so it would be trivial to write a script to contact them all. UPDATE: I've just had another look at my inbox and the messages have disappeared along with the user name. Looks like JMB have been alerted. Stay safe, folks! Edited July 10, 2019 by lozkerr Quote
upside downer Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) I had this message too. It has since disappeared. A quick Google of the name came up with this. The good news is that she loves me ❤️ Edited July 10, 2019 by upside downer 2 Quote
BassTractor Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 2 hours ago, upside downer said: The good news is that she loves me ❤️ You're lucky. I've done some more digging, and... her name is Gerald. 3 Quote
upside downer Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 28 minutes ago, BassTractor said: You're lucky. I've done some more digging, and... her name is Gerald. Short for Geraldine, no? Gender down as female, after all. Regardless, we're going to be very happy together 👫 2 Quote
ambient Posted July 10, 2019 Posted July 10, 2019 He/she probably wants you to play in his/her classic rock band. 1 Quote
stingrayPete1977 Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 7 hours ago, ambient said: He/she probably wants you to play in his/her classic rock band. I bet they've got gigs and a recording contract already agreed along with a world tour too! 2 Quote
ped Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 The internet has been failing nice guys like Gerald since 1983 Quote
krispn Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 5 hours ago, stingrayPete1977 said: I bet they've got gigs and a recording contract already agreed along with a world tour too! Or the Edinburgh Tattoo! Quote
musicbassman Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 If it pleasing you, I have GENUIN 1934 fender prestigion bass guitar for export. But He is in Nairobi airpot waiting for custom payment and thensending to you directly to you place of abode in England, United Kingdoms Pleaseplease Sir send money order to $1000 by Phoneygram to PO Box 666, Lusaka. It is my humblest opineon that All will be blest with you Good Fortunes! 2 1 Quote
Ricky 4000 Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 26 minutes ago, musicbassman said: If it pleasing you, I have GENUIN 1934 fender prestigion bass guitar for export. But He is in Nairobi airpot waiting for custom payment and thensending to you directly to you place of abode in England, United Kingdoms Pleaseplease Sir send money order to $1000 by Phoneygram to PO Box 666, Lusaka. It is my humblest opineon that All will be blest with you Good Fortunes! I'm interested. Would you accept $950? 😀 1 2 Quote
Maude Posted July 11, 2019 Posted July 11, 2019 Perhaps he's re-releasing Voodoo Ray and wanted you to lay down the bassline. You'll never know now. 😉 1 1 Quote
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