Odd Spam from the WB Board

[desabol]

Anybody else get something similar in the past few days? I just got mine today.

New Personal Message: IMPORTANT NEWS AND INFORMATION!!!   Inbox
      
WebsiteBaker Community Forum    
<ryan@opensourcebakery.org> to me
    More options     7:03 pm (23 minutes ago)
You have just been sent a personal message by Kelly Ellis on WebsiteBaker Community Forum.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

If you have some time check out this COOL website:
...(removed)
Rest-assured this is great entertainment!!!
Also, check out the following website I came across:
... (removed)
It will knock your socks off!
Finally, the below website is the absolute BOMB!!!
...(removed)
ENJOY!!!

Reply to this Personal Message here: http://forum.websitebaker.org/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=3363;quote;u=3425

[martzweb]

yup... i got exactly the same thing from a user called "Kelly Ellis"

looks like the spam-scum have invaded here too .... unlucky 

[dhdesign]

Yes I got the same PM from the same person.  They have also posted that pic all over the forum!!  Would be willing to bet that all the members got that PM. 

Desabol - would you mind editing your post and removing the image and the links please? All that does is give the spammer more "exposure". (as if they need any  )

[teressa]

Ha, I got this too, I hadn't logged into this forum in months so I thought it was strange, I always thought phpBB was so locked down.

-T

[Ryan]

The malicious user has sent a PM to every community member, as well as made a post in this board.
The user has now been blocked at the highest level, which means their IP, Hostname, Username, and Email are all blocked, so I would hope that they will not be coming back anytime soon.
I have removed all content possible (including the photo from above - although I left the text as an example for identification).

[ztar]

I have removed all content possible (including the photo from above - although I left the text as an example for identification).

Still at least 12 messages plus photo on the boards...

[Ryan]

ztar,

I noticed a couple of things still remaining after that post, and deleted everything I could find.
Could you tell me if you see anything - thanks.

Ryan.

[kweitzel]

hthe problem with this kind of spam is you can not really guard against it. This kind of "user" targets thousands of customers with one post (or PM in this case). Obvious that he/she is willing to go through the signup process ...

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cheers

klaus