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A question for you - why have you listed your location as Birmingham, when it is quite clear you are not there? Instead, you appear to be using a VPN to obfuscate your IP address.
Also interesting to note that your avatar is a picture of Hayley Williams; while the forum rules don't prohibit it, it's a frequent tactic used by spammers.
I'd greatly appreciate you showing us what jewellery you make so that my suspicions can be allayed.
Last edited by ps_bond; 07-08-2017 at 09:03 AM.
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I noticed there was also a Skype link that I'd never noticed on a post before, is that a new thing?Originally Posted by ps_bond
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Nah, not new AFAIK - if you put a Skype address in your profile it'll display it as an option on posts.
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I get some very nice emails from Amazon.com which start with Hello dear. I don't think anyone has called me Dear since my Mum died 20 years ago
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What does this mean..when you say " it'll display as an option on posts" because i am not active on skype.
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It's because you have put details in for both Yahoo and Skype in your profile.
Still not answering what's been put to you, I note.
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Forgive me if I'm wrong, but what is the point in spamming a jewellery making forum?
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SEO sometimes; sometimes more blatant attempts to advertise mass-produced stuff.
Given my tending-towards-zero tolerance approach to spammers, there's not much point here (but they still try). There's usually some red flags get raised; a few and I'll ask. Too many and I'll delete them. Here, I've got 5 to work with - no obvious jewellery content, use of VPN to mask location, use of a famous person/model as avatar, zero-content posts ("me too" style of thing) and some of the language used. None of these bode well.
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I'm impresse that you knew who the photo was of Peter, I've never heard of Hayley Williams!
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