Oborudovasw and XRumerTest

SandyHood

Dear Oborudovasw and XRumerTest

Each of you has tried to send me a private message. However, my private messages box on AAT Discussion Forums has reached the specified quota and will not accept anymore.

Just as for you, I've received messages from members who do not appear in the Members List in the past.

I don't understand whether you are asking for guidance and advice as students studying for AAT membership, or if you want to make contact for a different reason.

I welcome questions whether posted on the appropriate forum or as emails.
I have deliberately allowed my PM box to become 100%.

Sue

The message from Oborudovasw will be Spam.

I have received one as well and have reported it to the AAT.

SandyHood

Dear XRumerTest (two more failed attempts to PM me this morning)

You are either a genuine student who has not quite got to grips with the full PM box, or a spammer who managed to give such a good impression of being interested in studying AAT that you were granted discussion forum membership.

I hope that you are a genuine student. If so, please start a thread using your question.

System

Thanks for raising this Sandy, i have banned XRumerTest and removed all PM's they sent from all accounts.

Anthony Cordina
AAT Web Team

SandyHood

Thank you Anthony

Is antiosuwas another spammer?
Not listed on the Members List, and an attempt to pm at 3.07am today

SandyHood

antiosuwas is on line at the moment
So am I, if you are genuine, why not post a thread or send an email?

I can't click on your name because I get a v bulletin message

SandyHood, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

blobbyh

Pretty sure that's another spammer, Sandy. You can usually tell them by their highly unusual user names - usually just a random collection of letters - and are also fairly long.

There five online at the moment, currently trying to register by the looks of it.

System

Hi Sandy, that user name certainly appears very 'spammish'! blobbyh makes a good point regarding user names, they are generally a giveaway as Robert said, although the user name 'blobbyh' seems a bit random too! . If you think someone is a spammer or find inappropriate posts/threads, please log in and mark these as spam/report them and we'll be notified automatically.

Kind regards

Anthony

SandyHood

tedoodolOchugen
No thread or posting but I am suspicious

Another attempting to send me a PM
(currently logged in)

SandyHood

hubamymmenrer

hubamymmenrer appears to be another spammer

- no posts as far as I can see
- not on the members list

Are these the ways to avoid the automatic notification?

NikkiJ

You're very popular Sandy... I'm not getting spammed, hehe!