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Anyone else get a PM from a new member W/o posts headed "need help" or something similar with only a link for the message?

I got one last night and deleted it.

Just wondering???

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It was a spam PM with a link to a bad site. I have erased all the pm's

from that person, and temporarily turned off PM's for registered

users until we get the next patch in place to prevent. [now applied and pm's back on]

Sorry for the inconvenience.

thanks,

bruce

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Bruce

2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing

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I just got a SPAM email from Brad Pitt's Twitter page. My Twitter screen name was given as my Caddyinfo login in the Internet headers. I do NOT have a Twitter account. The link was to twitter dot com/JrBradPitt; I did NOT click it. It's probably a page with a bunch of scam, gambling, or porn links.

It's a jungle out there.

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-- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes
-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data
-- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC
Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars.

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I forwarded the message to Bruce and he said the Twitter page consisted of a bunch of ads and links to other web sites. I had already forwarded it to Twitter abuse so I figure that the account is gone by now, unless abuse@twitter.com is just a black hole.

The thing that bothers me is that the email gave my Twitter screen name as Jims_97_ETC which I use only on Caddyinfo -- and CadillacFoursm, where I'm not active. Maybe I better check my profile over there -- I just did and my email address is private there, too. So, how did this guy associate my Caddyinfo screen name with my real email address?

CTS-V_LateralGs_6-2018_tiny.jpg
-- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes
-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data
-- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC
Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars.

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I think it is twitter spam from that account is all.

On twitter you can block this person on their twitter page.

Bruce

2023 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing

Follow me on: Twitter Instagram Youtube

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It turns out that I did have a Twitter account. Apparently is was mapped from another service that collects resumes in the ruse of a professional networking site, linkedin.com; the profile was something I hoked up to check out a friend's account, and I found that it was a resume generator. Linkedin.com is probably a resource for headhunters, and is the same outfit as twitter.com. In any case I just cancelled my Twitter and Linkedin accounts.

The key question is how Twitter got my Caddyinfo display name.

CTS-V_LateralGs_6-2018_tiny.jpg
-- Click Here for CaddyInfo page on "How To" Read Your OBD Codes
-- Click Here for my personal page to download my OBD code list as an Excel file, plus other Cadillac data
-- See my CaddyInfo car blogs: 2011 CTS-V, 1997 ETC
Yes, I was Jims_97_ETC before I changed cars.

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