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Looks like spammers are scraping dpreview for addresses. I just received a spam from "fineartamerica.com" to the unique address used for my dpreview account.

The dpreview FAQ says that our email addresses are protected...??
 
bani said:
Looks like spammers are scraping dpreview for addresses. I just received a spam from "fineartamerica.com" to the unique address used for my dpreview account.

The dpreview FAQ says that our email addresses are protected...??
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I got an email from "fineartamerica.com" as well, didn't know where it came from, I just deleted like the rest of the spam I receive daily and moved on. I think life is too short to worry about such trivial things.

Hopefully you get an answer to your statement/question. Have you tried contacting DPR directly?
 
Framer said:
bani said:
Looks like spammers are scraping dpreview for addresses. I just received a spam from "fineartamerica.com" to the unique address used for my dpreview account.

The dpreview FAQ says that our email addresses are protected...??
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I got an email from "fineartamerica.com" as well, didn't know where it came from, I just deleted like the rest of the spam I receive daily and moved on. I think life is too short to worry about such trivial things.
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I don't know whether it is trivial. For many years I left my Dpreview email address available to other forum members. No spam until recently - now multiple spam mails from the above company.

As a result I have now:
1. changed the email address and discarded the old one
2. hidden my email from other members.

Perhaps the new "private messaging" facility makes this less of a problem. However in the past it was sometimes awkward when email addresses were hidden, and there was no way to communicate other than via a forum post, which of course might be missed.

Regards,
Peter
 
bani said:
Looks like spammers are scraping dpreview for addresses. I just received a spam from "fineartamerica.com" to the unique address used for my dpreview account.

The dpreview FAQ says that our email addresses are protected...??
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I got the same one today
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Brian Schneider

 
bani said:
The dpreview FAQ says that our email addresses are protected...??
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Yes, from an automated bot. There is no protection from a real human clicking each one of your e-mail link.

To be completely safe, we have implemented the Private Messaging system. You can keep your e-mail private, it is not shown anywhere on the site unless someone posted it in plain text.

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Adrian Godong
DPReview.com
 
by doing so you only confirmed to the spammer that your address is working and actively being read by a human. so they sell your address to other spammers as a confirmed "hot" email address.
 
bani said:
by doing so you only confirmed to the spammer that your address is working and actively being read by a human. so they sell your address to other spammers as a confirmed "hot" email address.
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Hmmm.. could be. We'll see.
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Regards,
Baz

Well, I'll see your Cher, and your Streisand... and I'll raise you an Alice Babs!
 
These bots are getting so sophisticated these days it is shocking .

On forums I run , they can beat all the "Human" tests (alphanumeric codes in a rough picture) , they select avatars and even can respond to forum members (in a fashion) .
 
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