NEW MEMBERSHIP DENIED?

Lately there has been a daily barrage of obvious spammers applying for membership here at FRETS.NET.

Some time ago, I added those simple questions to weed out those bots or people who obviously don't belong, and every day I deny the membership to a dozen or more automated responses (usually two random letters).

Sometimes, though, I do manage to push the "deny" by accident.  PLEASE try again to register if that happens to you!

Cheers,


Frank

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    Mike Semenock

    This morning I got a private message on my forum page from an Erica Woodward asking me to contact her privately on an email address. I reported it to Frank.

    Also, I noticed in the site URL address I had a warning symbol and "Not Secure" message. I checked with Google and it said to replace the URL prefix with https://fretsnet....etc. Then the notice changed to a padlock icon and said Secure.

    Weird.

    Mike

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      Perry Jones

      I just joined this forum within the last 24 hours.  I got a friend request from "member" Ronald Morris.  It sounded phishy so I looked at the membership list.  I doubt that someone from Togo has "something important to discuss" with me so I am not responding.  Having seen Mr. Ford's post about scammers, I thought it prudent to post this event here.

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        Frank Ford

        Perry -

        Thanks for the heads up! As with any other "questionable" members, I dropped him immediately without comment. . .