10X 3,278 Posted November 6, 2018 I'm getting absolutely slammed by spam emails that seem to be linked to conservative causes, but seem more like scams. Literally a dozen or two every day, all with short emphatic subject lines 'Mitch McConnell', 'Newt Gingrich', 'Paul Ryan', 'Chris Smith', 'Steve Scales', 'Scandal', 'Horror', 'Look', 'Watch', '3X Match', '5X Match' etc. etc. etc. The email I have linked to NJGF is a spam catcher I use for almost nothing else (OK, I did use it to sign the 'Recall Murphy' petition, so that could also explain things...) Has anybody else noticed the same thing? I know there is a lot of election-related spam flying around the 'net right now, but this is really annoying. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs. Peel 7,148 Posted November 6, 2018 Nothing like that in my email... and I also used my email for the Recall Murphy petition. Soooo... not sure what that means! Maybe you're just "special"...? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maksim 1,504 Posted November 6, 2018 5 hours ago, 10X said: I'm getting absolutely slammed by spam emails that seem to be linked to conservative causes, but seem more like scams. Literally a dozen or two every day, all with short emphatic subject lines 'Mitch McConnell', 'Newt Gingrich', 'Paul Ryan', 'Chris Smith', 'Steve Scales', 'Scandal', 'Horror', 'Look', 'Watch', '3X Match', '5X Match' etc. etc. etc. The email I have linked to NJGF is a spam catcher I use for almost nothing else (OK, I did use it to sign the 'Recall Murphy' petition, so that could also explain things...) Has anybody else noticed the same thing? I know there is a lot of election-related spam flying around the 'net right now, but this is really annoying. Thanks for bringing it up. I will take a look however I do not believe there were any attempts.... particularly as most spam is geared towards actual spam and not political messages. In either case, even when registered, members cannot see each other's email addresses as they are all encrypted on back end and not shown. What is possible is that your email was typed somewhere in a message, and someone might have used a screen grabber to capture emails... but it could have been any website and why generally we would not want anyone to write their email in a message that is public. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InFamous 311 Posted November 6, 2018 8 hours ago, 10X said: I'm getting absolutely slammed by spam emails that seem to be linked to conservative causes, but seem more like scams. Literally a dozen or two every day, all with short emphatic subject lines 'Mitch McConnell', 'Newt Gingrich', 'Paul Ryan', 'Chris Smith', 'Steve Scales', 'Scandal', 'Horror', 'Look', 'Watch', '3X Match', '5X Match' etc. etc. etc. The email I have linked to NJGF is a spam catcher I use for almost nothing else (OK, I did use it to sign the 'Recall Murphy' petition, so that could also explain things...) Has anybody else noticed the same thing? I know there is a lot of election-related spam flying around the 'net right now, but this is really annoying. I get the exact same ones, but my email is used in a lot of places. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DirtyDigz 1,793 Posted November 6, 2018 Just checked my spam folder, have not seen any like OP describes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lakota 342 Posted November 6, 2018 i gotz nada Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniper 6,372 Posted November 6, 2018 14 hours ago, 10X said: (OK, I did use it to sign the 'Recall Murphy' petition, so that could also explain things...) That would be my bet where they got it. I use a throw away email for a few outlier polls and stuff, then all types of crap comes soon after. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites