The Sword and Laser discussion
Have scams come to Goodreads?
It happens from time to time but goodreads is pretty good about weeding them out. You should have a link that lets you flag the message as spam. I've gotten 2 of those sort of messages since I joined.
It happens from time to time, I had similar messages twice since I joined Goodreads. Report the sender, the admins are good at fighting spam.
Don't worry, you can still be a hunk of man-meat.Now... I am a Nigerian Prince currently residing in Switzerland. I would like to offer you the opportunity to to bathe in a tub of riches. All I need is your Western Union... *trails off*
Western Union what? I didn't catch the end. Please take my money, your highness!
I've definitely gotten one of these before. It's honestly relieving that other people get them, too. Definitely call an admin about it.
I guess I was just naive. It never occurred to me to try to scam avid readers. It would seem they would be a more skeptical audience.
Mr. Noah wrote: "I guess I was just naive. It never occurred to me to try to scam avid readers. It would seem they would be a more skeptical audience."Well there are those that read the Twilight books ...
Nick wrote: "Mr. Noah wrote: "I guess I was just naive. It never occurred to me to try to scam avid readers. It would seem they would be a more skeptical audience."
Well there are those that read the Twilight ..."
+100 :)
Well there are those that read the Twilight ..."
+100 :)
Mr. Noah wrote: "I guess I was just naive. It never occurred to me to try to scam avid readers. It would seem they would be a more skeptical audience."A lot of the people here seem quite young. As Nick noted, reading alone doesn't make you smart, reading critically and carefully, might.
I haven't had any spammers before, but when my profile pic was a pic of my back tattoos I got about 4 friend request things a day by guys, so I changed it, because it was getting a little annoying. I wanted people who wanted to talk about books, afterall :)And if you're quietly wondering why I had a fully exposed back pic as my profile pic but didn't want untoward attention from it, it's because the tattoo is associated with one of my favourite book series, and I felt like here at good reads that'd be a positive thing :p
Candice wrote: "And if you're quietly wondering why I had a fully exposed back pic as my profile pic but didn't want untoward attention from it,...."Actually, I'm wondering why I don't recognize the book series it comes from. What's the book?
Candice, I took your tattoo idea and made it another thread, because it is awesome. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
It isn't exactly spam, but I have had a couple guys ask me how old I am, and if they could see a picture of me. :/
Oddly comforting that creepers can be found everywhere. They still need to be hit with clown hammers though.
What does it say about me that I've never gotten one of these?Is it my deodorant?
P. Aaron wrote: "What does it say about me that I've never gotten one of these?Is it my deodorant?"
It's the "P." in "P. Aaron". Reminds of a good-ol' dog whose tongue is flapping out the side.
Bob Dobbs wards off the spammers with the power of SLACK!
Lol!Will we see more spammers with the Amazon merge? I don't really use amazon (from NZ) so I have no idea if that's something that happens with them.
P.Aaron, you must need to use more mascara or something, it's fairly obvious that your eyes need to 'pop' more to attract this kind of lovely attention... Yep..*cough*
P. Aaron wrote: "What does it say about me that I've never gotten one of these?Is it my deodorant?"
Try changing your pic to that of a (generic but pretty) young girl, remove the 'male' from your profile, and see how long it takes to get a dozen!
kvon wrote: "Try changing your pic to that of a (generic but pretty) young girl, remove the 'male' from your profile, and see how long it takes to get a dozen! "From Nancy?
I get these from time to time. Some are spammers but once someone was genuinely hitting on me, because he wrote back! That was creepy. I report the spammers.
Jenny wrote: "I get these from time to time. Some are spammers but once someone was genuinely hitting on me, because he wrote back! That was creepy. I report the spammers."Be a guy, it's the only way to deter the "OMG I'm fapping so hard to your posts" ever-virgin contingent.
CREEPTASTIC!!That has never happened to me on GR
That is um well freaky and um a little odd "the reality of love" oh please
Dawn wrote: "CREEPTASTIC!!That has never happened to me on GR
That is um well freaky and um a little odd "the reality of love" oh please"
fappity fap fap
/kidding
I don't mind it if I don't have to hear about it.
Jenny wrote: "I don't mind it if I don't have to hear about it."I can't fap to this.
/huge grin
Firstname wrote: "Dawn wrote: "CREEPTASTIC!!That has never happened to me on GR
That is um well freaky and um a little odd "the reality of love" oh please"
fappity fap fap
/kidding"
LOLs
Fresno Bob wrote: "So, what are you wearing? :D"
Funny!
And this thread took a turn for the weird.....
I think I need my mommy.I've never had the kind of spam at GR that the OP mentioned...I'm not sure if I'm happy or disappointed. ;)
Fresno Bob wrote: "So, what are you wearing? :D"Three goats and an alpaca.
Firstname wrote: "Fresno Bob wrote: "So, what are you wearing? :D"Three goats and an alpaca."
That's hot!
Fresno Bob wrote: "Firstname wrote: "Fresno Bob wrote: "So, what are you wearing? :D"Three goats and an alpaca."
That's hot!"
How YOU doin'?
Well, I'd say my question was thoroughly answered. Scams are present, but they can never be replaced by good and honest home-grown perversion.
We are so much more than a form letter!
I had one the other week. Much to my disappointment it appeared to be from a new member and not from one of the hot chicks in the Vag Fantasy group :(
Dick Lit group? I got that invitation too.
Unless this is a group devoted to Richard Matheson and Richard Kadrey, I don't want to know about it.
Mr. Noah wrote: "Unless this is a group devoted to Richard Matheson and Richard Kadrey, I don't want to know about it."So many jokes, so little time.
I dont know about the spam messages, but these super loud video ads on repeat are rather annoying. Scars and Madrid. Two things now on my hate list.
Well, now I feel like I'm part of the club, I got a GR spam Mail from someone who wanted to get to know me more. Sadly, it was someone who claimed to be a woman. Just not my type. ;)
terpkristin wrote: "Well, now I feel like I'm part of the club, I got a GR spam Mail from someone who wanted to get to know me more. Sadly, it was someone who claimed to be a woman. Just not my type. ;)"Still probably a guy.
Firstname wrote: "Still probably a guy."I had this exact thought. ;)
I feel sorry for all of these single women named Natasha, Nancy, Bianca, Laura, and Sarah who can't seem to find love.I mean according to the messages they sent me they are incredibly nice people who could tell how amazing I was from my blank GR photo.
They are obviously a good judge of character, I wonder why they can't find love... :P
I could actually see someone being attracted to another person based on talks on forums and comparing book lists. Romantic, right? But, I the scammers just don't have time to put in that one on one attention. Poor Nancy, I hope you find the gullible man of your dreams... who turns you into the police for fraud.
Sounds like a sad tragedy in the works...
Here is the message I got today.
my name is miss Nancy i am a single girl never married.
i saw your profile today,i will like to be your friend and i will like to know more about you,i believe in reality of love,please contact me back with my email(nancypaulson28@yahoo.com)so that i can tell you more about myself and for us to know more about each other,i await your mail.
thanks Nancy
Obviously, I am a gorgeous hunk of man-meat, and am used to being hit on, but has this happened to anyone else?