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spam alert (seen on gumtree, maybe others?) job ads with biscuit themes..
brightonman123
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seen LOADS of biscuit / dough etc themed job ads on gumtree lately, which are drowning out the genuine ads..
all include variations of a website which i dare not click on..
tonights flacour of spam include the letters yj, and .ae ( ever heard of a domain ending like that?), tho others have similar formats..
are these the results of much heralded work from home jobs?? geesh!
i have reported each one i see, but think there needs to be a concerted effort to get the spammers to lose interest.. or be stopped? just who do you report to, apart from gumtree?
i would be interested to see if just a local thing, or more widespread..
gumtree have many people 'on the case', but clearly not enough..
all include variations of a website which i dare not click on..
tonights flacour of spam include the letters yj, and .ae ( ever heard of a domain ending like that?), tho others have similar formats..
are these the results of much heralded work from home jobs?? geesh!
i have reported each one i see, but think there needs to be a concerted effort to get the spammers to lose interest.. or be stopped? just who do you report to, apart from gumtree?
i would be interested to see if just a local thing, or more widespread..
gumtree have many people 'on the case', but clearly not enough..
Long time away from MSE, been dealing real life stuff..
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
Sometimes seen lurking on the compers forum :-)
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brightonman123 wrote: »tonights flacour of spam include the letters yj, and .ae ( ever heard of a domain ending like that?), tho others have similar formats
Yes. I've heard of domains ending in that...it's the country ending for the UAE (United Arab Emirates) - so Dubai and Oman etc...We may not have it all together, but together we have it all :beer:
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