Strange and aggravating emails Spam?

definitely spam...and best approach seems to be to let Gather know and they will disable the account

block sender isn't enough in this case, since they don't usually bother with multiple attempts, they just go on and bother others.

Nice pic, btw

I get a ton of spam too...very annoying.

Gather takes spam, scam and solicitous comments and mail messages very seriously, and will take appropriate action against members that use community resources in this manner.

While you have the ability to block the receipt of mail messages from specific members   and to remove comments from your content , you should always report significant abuses of this nature to Gather.

Contact Member Support via email (support@gather.com), or through a Gather private mail message addressed to membersupport. Be certain to include the username (xxxxxxxx.gather.com) of the member you are reporting in your message.




No online community is immune from occasional attempts at 'phishing' or other forms of scams or fraud. Those perpetrating such attempts will have their accounts closed immediately by Gather. To help you identify these activities in the community, Gather will change the offender's display name to include the word SCAM appended to both ends, like this:

SCAM-username-SCAM

If you receive a mail message on Gather from a member with a similar name, it is likely that the message is a scam and that Gather has already taken appropriate action. Unfortunately, their mail message will remain in your inbox even though their account has been terminated.




You should consider any private message questionable if it is from a person you do not know, and they:

• Ask you to respond to a real email address, rather than a Gather private message.
  
• Offer you money, a money-making opportunity, or other material benefit.
  
• Request personal or financial information of any form.
  
• Ask you to transfer, hold, or receive money or other negotiable items regardless of the currency.
  
• Express a romantic or sexual interest in you.
  
• Entice you to visit a website outside of Gather, especially if it involves any of the above.
  

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I have no idea how to stop it. It is very annoying though.

Thank u Kevin lol

I hope the above information is helpful Dave. I know this type of message can be annoying, and hopefully Gather will be implementing some controls soon that will minimize this in the community.

Thank u it helps alot . Thank u again.

i automatically delete my emails since i get so many junk ones! hope i'm not missing out on some important info!

Sorry to hear that. There are all kinds of weirdos out there.

Thanks for sharing.

It is defintely spam.

the upgrades should fix this problem , thank u

Sorry, I can't help you. I get some of the stuff.

10 4 u

Someone had mention in an article earlier today about a program called Incredimail that reject spam and had it sent back to sender saying that - that email address no longer existed! It might be worth a shot!

Hmmm that sounds great Cassandra, I will check it out.

Spam is a PITA... and I get those emails too.