When you sign up for FanBox, it asks for your permission to email everyone in your address book. After you give them your password (DON'T do it!) it will start spamming everyone in your contact list / address book. It will send them these stupid ":____ asked you a question" spams.
We've received them here; and verified that the senders had no intention of sending them to us, or "asking" a question. They felt victimized.
Here is the one I received this morning, obviously from someone I know - who likely fell victim to it.
P.S. DON'T CLICK ON ANY LINKS BELOW, they are there just to show you what they look like and I don't want you falling victim to this scam!
From: {name of my friend} [fbNOREPLY@yourfanbox.com]
Received: from [208.69.101.171 helo=smtp171.sms.ac]
To: {me}
Subject: {name of my friend} shared some photos with you
{name of my friend} shared a new photo slideshow with you View now
http://profile.fanbox.com/DeveloperOptin/BlogROME.aspx?vet=146&mlid=91144420&vlsid=31700&dt=081311&cid=31700&evt=708316703&src=BLOGROMESOCUSTOMTEXT&encemail=Iqknz%2f0G3SFW2CwCgByrpc5jPun6o6yFrpZestLSRCLT1ExbYh%2bq%2fQ%3d%3d&ptid=1584{name of my friend}'s time spent in this site helps fight Children Blood Disorders.To reduce unwanted emails: if you don't respond to (click) emails from any person, all further emails to you from that person are automatically blocked for 24 hours.
To ensure you don't miss anything from {name of my friend} please check your feed
or inbox
regularly.This message was intended for {my email address} and was sent as a notification, invitation or reminder (digital goods subject to change in reminders) of an event initiated by {my friend's name} using a third-party or platform application and may contain promotional materials and/or services for sale including digital goods received.To control messages sent to or from you, your contacts and/or FanBox, click here
http://profile.fanbox.com/ApplicationManager/ROMEBlogSettings.aspx?cid=31700&em=Iqknz%2f0G3SFW2CwCgByrpc5jPun6o6yFrpZestLSRCLT1ExbYh%2bq%2fQ%3d%3d&vet=146&mlid=91144420&dt=081311&ptid=1584&aec=-1&tec=-1&pid=31700&sendid=221470708.Our offices are located at: FanBox - 113 West G Street, STE 510, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
This seems to be spreading through facebook. I just received another one, that seems to be an artist I am connected to on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteFrom: [Name of Artist] (fbNOREPLY@yourfanbox.com)
Subject: [Name of Artist] shared some photos with you
[Name of Artist] shared a new photo slideshow with you View now [Name of Artist]'s time spent in this site helps animal rescue.
To reduce unwanted emails: if you don't respond to (click) emails from any person, all further emails to you from that person are automatically blocked for 24 hours.
To ensure you don't miss anything from [Name of Artist] please check your feed or inbox regularly.
This message was intended for [my email address] and was sent as a notification, invitation or reminder (digital goods subject to change in reminders) of an event initiated by [Name of Artist] using a third-party or platform application and may contain promotional materials and/or services for sale including digital goods received.
To control messages sent to or from you, your contacts and/or FanBox, click here.
Our offices are located at: FanBox - 113 West G Street, STE 510, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
I just got an email about the shared photos, from someone I am no longer in contact with, so instead of openning it, I googled it and found this. Thanks for the info, I will pass it on!
ReplyDeleteI was fanbox user since more than1 year and at the beginning all was good and I earned and received some money just blogging. Now the things are changed, they put a new feature called IPL, you use IPL that is a credit that fanbox gives to you to invest in their products. To use this IPL you must pay the fees every months, for 4 months, when you can make a cash out of your earnings you must give back the ipl used, and at the end you will never ever earn and you loose the money you paied for the fees. People who earn are personal from fanbox that are there to show people that is possible to earn and deceive the person.
ReplyDeleteIt's a loosing game,