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** You won't believe the reply I've just had from
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 25 Oct 2006 00:47 |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 25 Oct 2006 00:49 |
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Regarding the 'spam' emails many of us have received in the past 24 hours, using our private email addresses but with the addition of our GR user names, I complained to GR and this is the reply I've just received: 'Thanks for your email. I can assure you that your email address and contact details are secure on Genes Reunited, please check that your spam/virus protection is updated. Best regards, Abuse Administrator The Genes Support Team' This beggars belief; as per usual they are trying to blame us! I will definitely be taking this matter much further. Mandy :( |
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Willow | Report | 25 Oct 2006 00:49 |
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about the emails??? noooo cheeky sods, cant believe that response! |
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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 25 Oct 2006 02:08 |
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Night Mandy, just think what you were up to 18 years ago, and also 18 years and 9 months ago too!!! lol Sweet dreams, lol Liz |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 25 Oct 2006 07:47 |
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Nudging for the morning crew. Mandy :( |
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Mandy in Wiltshire | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:10 |
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Peter Quite a lot of us received 'spam' emails yesterday advertising a dating site, sent to our private email addresses (not our GR inboxes) but with our GR user name in the subject line. There are a couple of threads about them - one by Gwen Dragonfly - have a scroll down and read. Mandy |
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Yellow Mellow | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:10 |
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Well, Mandy, so far I have not received a reply to my two emails complaining about the spam emails. I suppose there is no point about keeping complaining as it never gets us anywhere with GR. There must be another way. |
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Bobtanian | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:27 |
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I should think that they ARE looking into it. they probably are just a teeny bit pushed at the moment, give em a minute or too... Bob an after thought, have the affected persons even LOOKED at the dating site? it may be possible that thats how your board name gets picked up? Is it a coincidence, is it only female members getting these emails? |
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Steven | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:39 |
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not had any either bob mind u GR `s response dosnt supprise me When i wrote to them once about the Credits dissapearing after 7 days they just said 'We can confirm unused credits are lost after 7 days' I just wanted to know why |
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Guinevere | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:43 |
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I haven't had a mail, Mandy, but I'm pretty horrified about it. Men *have* also received the emails. Gwynne |
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Bobtanian | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:53 |
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Ah! Gwynne, Thats the ''Selective'' theory out of the window then........... Bubbles, correct, precise, and to the point... sounds like something Mr. Spock would have said....... but You wanted an explanation.......... Bob |
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Paul | Report | 25 Oct 2006 08:57 |
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I'm feeling very left out.... I didn't get any..... :'-( |
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}((((*> Jeanette The Haddock <*)))){ | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:08 |
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Unfortunately I do believe it Mandy! It's the same old dismissive attitude we have come to expect from GR. They aren't interested in anything other than taking our money off us. Like Mo, I'm hoping that there is another way something can be done. Jeanette x |
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Germaine | Report | 25 Oct 2006 09:10 |
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I have suddenly been inundated with spam all saying coming from names that fit with my tree Peter/ Robert/ etc though did get one from a name that is a name on the boards.This lady isn't in my contacts so why put her to me? Mine aren't dating but health shops. Won't bounce back so just deleting them . Pain they are. Germaine x |
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Lynda | Report | 25 Oct 2006 10:15 |
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I haven't heard anything from GR as yet, but agree that it must have something to do with the site, as it is what we all have in common. Lynda x |
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Howie | Report | 25 Oct 2006 10:15 |
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Hi Folks I have had an email inviting me to look at a dating site sent by Genes reunited it was for me to visit there sister site that is run by Freinds reunited that had a dating section it had my board name on it and didnt look a any different to other mail genes have sent me i didnt have a problem as it looked totaly genuine xxxneed less to say have nt found a date yet xxxHowie |
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Sandra | Report | 25 Oct 2006 10:25 |
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I have also received the dating spam email and according to my son I have the most up to date virus protection there is. Forgive my ignorance but does this mean that anyone can also get our debit/credit card details that we used when we paid our suscription. |
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Barbra | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:26 |
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Howie The email advertising the freinds reunited dating site is genuine - I got one of those a few weeks ago. The dating site advertised on these latest emails does not appear to be connected to GR (and why would they advertise the competition?) I've still not had a reply to my message to GR - what a surprise. I wonder how they 'know' that our email addys are secure - when they obviously aren't????. |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:49 |
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I am wondering if any of you affected have had previous contact with each other through GR or a common contact - i.e a name collector? There were some postings some time ago about a name-collector with tens of thousands on their tree contacting members out of the blue? Have any of you had any other strange message experiences whilst using GR? Jay |
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Sylvia Ross | Report | 25 Oct 2006 11:55 |
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Makes you wonder if GR moderators know how to moderate......? |
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