Coloholics Private Message spam

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  1. mike406

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    We've been notified that certain spam users are creating accounts to solicit members to join a very fake and rather malicious spam oriented forum, known as ColoHolics Anonymous.

    ColoHolics is not an MLP forum. They spam forums all over the internet to attempt to grab user attention with a topic of interest (in our case, ponies). I would advise everyone to avoid clicking any of the links if you receive such a PM, and to report the PM immediately so that appropriate action can be taken.

    An example of what to look for below:

     
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  2. Bright Heart

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    Thanks for the heads up haven't got one so far so hopefully won't get one at all
     
  3. NotWhatWeExpected

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    Oh, dear. Seems like the entire world is out to get us, eh?
    Thanks for the heads up, Mike! We can always count on you, right? :grin:
     
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    By default, I reject these kinds of PMs.
     
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    That PM liek so totally makes me want to join that forum.
     
  6. mike406

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    Well I'd certainly hope you'd reject the PMs. :derpe: The purpose of this is mainly that I would like them reported as they are found since these users will literally sit there and send around 100 of them to random members.
     
  7. Zephyr Wind

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    Eradicate all the spam PM's, got it!
     
  8. SoulEmber

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    Not just eradicating them from your inbox, but also reporting them so that a staff member can notice them and try to stop the spammer before they send out a ton of messages.
     

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