aol instant messenger spam (1 Viewer)

[Christ Reynolds]

i get about 5-10 messages a day from all sorts of hot female college coeds who want to show me how creative they can be with their latest 'gadgets'. doesnt sound all that bad, except it is freakin SPAM coming from aol users. i dont display my screen name anywhere, except maybe here at the htf. when i get these messages, i warn and block every one of them, which may or may not be a good idea. the majority of the spammers are using icq to spam me. anyone know what i can do?

CJ

 

[Kyle McKnight]

They're probably random. I've been getting audio advertisments from AIM, I think.

 

[Christ Reynolds]

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They're probably random i dunno, i'd like to think so, but my brother is on the same network and he said he has yet to receive one. i dont know of anyone else that has received them either, so i can say that it is probably not random, unless i have terrible luck. today, i have received 11. this has been going on for a couple months now. i'd hate for some low-life scammer to cause me to change my screen name, but i will if i have to.

CJ

 

[liana]

edit profile--->uncheck "allow people to search for me"

this should fix it, it worked for me. there isnt actually a person behind them, its a script that pulls random s/n's and shoots them ads. quite clever, actually.