Spammers Mail-Art

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Comment by Ramailart (Gianni Ramacciotti) on February 28, 2023 at 1:05pm

Caitriona O’Sullivan... https://sumit-kumar.medium.com/a-scammer-contacted-me-through-my-de...

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on February 28, 2023 at 1:03pm

I also received emails from these people with the same content - Catherine O'Sullivan and Inaya Suru.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 28, 2023 at 12:56pm

There may be spammers coming on to this platform,

be careful not to reply to these:

Catherine O'Sullivan,

Inaya Suru

Caragh McCarthy

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on February 27, 2023 at 8:06pm

Aaagh. So sorry. Spam 

Comment by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 27, 2023 at 5:48pm

Hi. I would like to draw attention to the strange activity of the user named ‘Inaya’:
https://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/Inaya?xg_source=activity

‘Inaya’ emailed me a letter:

Greetings to you.
From mail Artist.
I know this message may come to you as a surprise. I'm Inaya Suru. I just went through your profile on mail Artist, so interesting. I would like to have a conversation with you and it is very important.
An urgent response will be appreciated.
Regards,
Inaya Suru.

The next day I received a very similar letter:

Greetings from Mail Art.
I hope this Email will find you in good health, and I know the message will come to you as a surprise. I'm Caragh McCarthy. from Portland OR, US. I saw your Email address in mail art. Your profile is so interesting. I would like to have a conversation with you.
Am waiting for your urgent prompt.
Sincerely,
Caragh McCarthy.

Very interestingly, a spammer called ‘Caragh’ was previously banned from this portal.
https://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/comment/list?attachedToType...

I would like to find out if 'Inaya' is really making art and how she sees her future involvement in Mail Art.

Comment by Bradford on February 2, 2023 at 8:07pm

I have been known to alert both the domain supporting their email address and to write to the Attorney General or equivalent of the country specified in their plea.  None of that mail has ever been returned so I know my letter got through.

Also, the pigeon-English used to create their message is often so bad that I deemed some of it comical and saved many over the years in a separate folder in my email portal.

Gmail seems to be the portal of choice although yay-hoo was more popular in years past.

My parents got duped by a "grandchild in trouble" email once, but fortunately a sibling stopped it before any money/credentials changed hands.

At times I wonder what Rain Rien Nevermind would post here; greatly missed.

Comment by Mail Art Martha on February 2, 2023 at 1:59pm

Oh well the invocation to God is a give away, my many rich relatives in Nigeria used to write in the same style, keen on leaving me their money. They have not contacted me for ages. I miss them.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 2, 2023 at 1:20pm

Spam Alert!

Never give money, credit card info online...

Never respond to an email that you do not know...Be Careful.

Ruud does a great job here by examining new members as mail artists,

but a few "spammers" sneak in,

like this one, hopefully soon to be removed:

kacee holmes left a comment ......

"Hello .I am Mrs.Kacee Holmes, an aging widow suffering from long time illness (Esophageal Cancer). I have some important information (charity proposal) for you, May God continue to bless you, Please reply me to my email below for more details.…"

DO NOT REPLY!!!

Comment by Bruno Cassaglia on January 11, 2023 at 4:50pm

I have now read about spammers: I thought that here on IUOMA everything was a lot

Sure, I also left Facebook because viruses were arriving.

Bruno Casaglia

Comment by P. M. Wilson on January 11, 2023 at 4:10pm

MGS, I think 95% of the spammers out there do it in hopes of financial gain, though fraud, theft of financial info., etc.  Then there are the few who truly just like to create "chaos" -- it is their warped idea of fun.  What a world!

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