keestha Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 (edited) My main e-mail account is at hotmail, and it is convenient for me to have msn messenger running the whole day, so that I can easily check if any mail came in, and I know instantly about new mail when I am working behind the computer. Since about a month or so, pop ups are appearing constantly that so and so almost surely unknown person requests to be put on my contact list. Of course I always decline. The names often make clear right away it cannot be an acquaintance: who would call herself Cathy444xz? Wondering now what these people want. A newspaper article I read recently, suggested their aim could be identity theft: getting hold of someone's password, and then mailing everybody in the contact list with a story of having ended up penniless in Wladiwostok, asking for money to be sent by Western Union immediately. Edited March 26, 2010 by keestha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 sex or money, everything is about sex or money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanh-BKK Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hi. Sex AND money. I, too, have experienced that recently. Seems to be some kind of spam bot. Once you approve them you'll get a message asking something like "Hey, you're male, right? I'm 31/f". You can answer whatever you want, next is something like "hey wanna cam? I have found a way to cam without anyone able to record, it's free too" (the "sex" part) followed by a link to a webcam site (the "spam" bit). "Free" it might be but of course there is an "age check" which, no surprise, requires your credit card number (the "money" part). All scam/spam. Just decline the "new contact" request. Best regards..... Thanh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I hadn't signed into messenger for about a week now, just did it, and had 7 "people" wanting to be invited to my contact list. Simple, decline and block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
featography Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I hadn't signed into messenger for about a week now, just did it, and had 7 "people" wanting to be invited to my contact list. Simple, decline and block. They're called BOTs and if you're looking at porn sites, thats how they find your messenger, or email id, whether you are signed in or not. They attach themselves to porn sites and other not so reputable types of sites and then get your isp address that way. Also chat rooms are notorious for BOTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I hadn't signed into messenger for about a week now, just did it, and had 7 "people" wanting to be invited to my contact list. Simple, decline and block. Great, I was one of them, guess im never going to meet the great metisdead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanh-BKK Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I hadn't signed into messenger for about a week now, just did it, and had 7 "people" wanting to be invited to my contact list. Simple, decline and block. They're called BOTs and if you're looking at porn sites, thats how they find your messenger, or email id, whether you are signed in or not. They attach themselves to porn sites and other not so reputable types of sites and then get your isp address that way. Also chat rooms are notorious for BOTs. Hi. Agreed they are bots however they must have other modes as well.... because i am using my Hotmail address (that one where it happened) exclusively (!) for MSN messenger chatting - i have never signed up to any website (porn or otherwise) with it and i don't even send e-mail with it. Most likely someone among my MSN chat friends has a virus/trojan that harvests their MSN messenger contact list and transmits that data to the programmer of that virus/trojan. Can't be myself as i'm running Linux and using aMSN. Best regards..... Thanh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUDAS Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 sex or money, everything is about sex or money I have it on good authority that the two are quite often combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyd Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 I have it on good authority that the two are quite often combined Now, now, you know we're not supposed to talk about that on Thai Visa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 webcam birds most likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 ...Most likely someone among my MSN chat friends has a virus/trojan that harvests their MSN messenger contact list and transmits that data to the programmer of that virus/trojan... I get quite a few of these requests as well in MSN Messenger and that was my feeling as well as to their origin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaka Posted March 27, 2010 Share Posted March 27, 2010 sex or money, everything is about sex or money I have it on good authority that the two are quite often combined Is your good authority called Howard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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