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« on: March 07, 2008, 11:35:17 AM »

Has anyone else noticed the large number of people registering for IHD today? In the hour I've been on, 8 new people have registered. Somehow, I don't think they're legit, especially since a lot of the names look like the spam I get in my e-mail!
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2008, 12:15:57 PM »

Your right there are days we get over 50 spammers. Trolls etc.
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2008, 12:19:06 PM »

I'm up to 15 spam e-mails a day! Most seem to think I'm a man who needs to enlarge something, if you get my drift!   :boxing;
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2008, 12:59:48 PM »

LOL!!!!! That's not as bad as the spammers who want me to email them because they think my profile is so sexy......and they're WOMEN!!!

Uh huh....suuuure you do. 

And let's not forget the spammers who promise us MILLIONS of dollars, if we would just contact them.......
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2008, 04:29:22 PM »

Oh no!  Those are spammers? I'm not really getting millions of dollars just for sending them $2000 to process the account?   :rofl; :rofl;
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2008, 05:49:25 PM »

Oh no!  Those are spammers? I'm not really getting millions of dollars just for sending them $2000 to process the account?   :rofl; :rofl;
:rofl; :rofl; :rofl;
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« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2008, 06:35:13 PM »

I'm up to 15 spam e-mails a day! Most seem to think I'm a man who needs to enlarge something, if you get my drift! :boxing;

Only 15? I had to switch from hotmail to gmail to get away from the 20+ junk mails per day getting into my inbox, not to mention the 150+ per day in my junk mailbox. Ugghh!!

Now I just use my hotmail for signing up for things when I know it's going to send me junk mail.
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« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2008, 06:53:14 PM »

Before I changed my email address due to my computer crashing, I was getting emails from "e-Bay" people saying that they "sent the money" and now I needed to "send the product or they would file charges".  I don't even have an e-Bay account.  My guess is they're fishing for greedy, stupid people who will take their bait and respond with "I didn't get your money.  Resend to acct #####".  Thinking they are scamming the e-Bay person, but in reality they just gave them their acct #.  That's the only thing I can think of.
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« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2008, 06:57:40 PM »

Since my other email (kidney4jenna) was in the newspaper story and on all my posts on livingdonorsonline I get tons of spam created when web bots find emails and send mass mailings. Already today I got several addressed to "Dearest One" and have learned "You have WON the UK Lottery!!!" Can you imagine winning a contest I never entered?? Talk about LUCKY! And the emails where someone died and there's a million or so dollars sitting there unclaimed, poor people, thank goodness I can help them transfer money out of their country, I do what I can to help!
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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2008, 10:55:40 AM »

 :rofl;
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...or sponsor me at http://walk.kidney.org/goto/janetschnittger
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www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1659267443&ref=nf 
www.caringbridge.org/visit/janetschnittger

Diagnosed type 1 diabetic at age 6, CKD (stage 3) diagnosed at 28 after hospital error a year before, started dialysis February '09. Listed for kidney/pancreas transplant at Ohio State & Univ. of Cincinnati.
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