Inbox Phishing or...?

[Sailboat]

So I got this unsolicited PM (username redacted):

 

" Am xxxxxxx by name, I want us to be friends,
email me at  ( [email protected] )  i have something important to discuss with you i don't always come online here please email me now "

 

Long experience online has made me suspicious of phishing attempts.  The apparent urgency to respond now puts me even more on my guard.  Have other folks received similar or identical PMs?  Is this a known thing?  Or just a poorly-constructed but genuine attempt at friendship?

[justicebeliever]

9 minutes ago, Sailboat said:

So I got this unsolicited PM (username redacted):

 

" Am xxxxxxx by name, I want us to be friends,
email me at  ( [email protected] )  i have something important to discuss with you i don't always come online here please email me now "

 

Long experience online has made me suspicious of phishing attempts.  The apparent urgency to respond now puts me even more on my guard.  Have other folks received similar or identical PMs?  Is this a known thing?  Or just a poorly-constructed but genuine attempt at friendship?

Sadly, it's not genuine - a lot of us got these yesterday.

 

 

 

[0th Power]

I got an email from a Nigerian prince. 

[GM Fiddleback]

On 9/3/2019 at 7:27 PM, 0th Power said:

I got an email from a Nigerian prince. 

OOooooOOOoooo, you lucky dog, you.

 

Seriously though, anything you folks get like that, flag it up to us and we will kill it with fire.

[Redlynne]

21 minutes ago, GM Fiddleback said:

we will kill it with fire.

Fire.

Ice.

Negative Energy.

Energy.

Smashing.

Lethal.

Psionic.

Toxic.

UNTYPED ...

 

You get the idea ...

[ChocolateMercenary]

That's an INF seller trying to be sly. I got one a few weeks ago that instructed my to delete the message after I read it. Needless to say, that isn't what occurred.

[Kyksie]

We have RMT people here???

 

[Zaquria]

On 8/8/2019 at 6:27 PM, Sailboat said:

So I got this unsolicited PM (username redacted):

 

" Am xxxxxxx by name, I want us to be friends,
email me at  ( [email protected] )  i have something important to discuss with you i don't always come online here please email me now "

 

Long experience online has made me suspicious of phishing attempts.  The apparent urgency to respond now puts me even more on my guard.  Have other folks received similar or identical PMs?  Is this a known thing?  Or just a poorly-constructed but genuine attempt at friendship?

You can block a member from sending you Private Messages through the forum ignore feature. You can find the Ignore Feature by clicking on your Name (Top right), and select Ignored Users. Enter the person you do not wish to get a PM from and click the 'Messages' checkbox.

 

I know that it doesn't stop them from sending you it in the first place, but it will stop them the next time.

 

I'm not sure if Admin has enabled the ability for users to turn off 'Private Message' Inbox completely, if they have you can always turn off your PM's.... but that is a bit of drastic approach.

Also, the forum admin can set the forum settings to only allow members with a X amount posts from being able to use the Private Message system.