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theHand

Oct 01, 2015 at 09:01

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theHand

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

Oct 01, 2015 at 09:01

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

I normally ignore spam, till I received the e-mail below.

I hope like hell you're not selling e-mail addresses. I have to wonder, how did they know that I'm into fx ? Where the **** did they get my e-mail from...?

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Staff

Member Since Jul 31, 2009 1418 posts

Oct 01, 2015 at 10:16

Member Since Jul 31, 2009 1418 posts

@theHand, please note we have never sold (and never will) any personal data of our clients. You must have signed up with your email with another service which shared your email.

Moreover, we're not affiliated with the service offered - it is simply using our logo and partial screenshot to show the Myfxbook system page.

Please feel free to refer to our privacy policy: http://www.myfxbook.com/privacy

Thanks.

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theHand

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

Oct 01, 2015 at 11:06

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

At least remove his account. Be a good start.

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togr

Member Since Feb 22, 2011 4573 posts

Oct 01, 2015 at 12:40

Member Since Feb 22, 2011 4573 posts

theHand posted:
I normally ignore spam, till I received the e-mail below.

I hope like hell you're not selling e-mail addresses. I have to wonder, how did they know that I'm into fx ? Where the **** did they get my e-mail from...?

While I do understand your frustration I would recommend you delete the post immediately otherwise you make these spamming assholes an advertisement...

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theHand

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

Oct 01, 2015 at 13:28 (edited Oct 01, 2015 at 13:31)

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

Not so.

Lets let people on fx book know not to go to there.

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theHand

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

Oct 06, 2015 at 10:42 (edited Oct 06, 2015 at 10:46)

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

And again, new identity....

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Vitautas

Member Since Jan 27, 2012 49 posts

Oct 06, 2015 at 16:21

Member Since Jan 27, 2012 49 posts

I suspect that some Brokers sell your E-Mail address plus your cell-phone numbers. I receive a lot of forex-spam by E-Mail and spam calls from UK (they look for gullible Investors for their crap Investments). I can recommend the App "Calls Blacklist" for your phone, so you can add the Spammer-number directly from your call-protocol to the blocking list. And for the e-mails: just mark them as spam, they come mostly from the same assholes.

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forex_trader_29148

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

Oct 06, 2015 at 21:18

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

ethan btw while you are are why are you not stopping the main recent topics board from spamming

example you will find it all over the place

REAL Account has already made profit of more than 6000% within 3 months!!!
Empty Star Empty Star Empty Star Empty Star Empty Star Holy Grail Forex Robot!!! in Trading Systems By holygrailfxea , 4 Hours ago

2.06 million % profit has been made within 8 months..Fully verified results!!!

why don't you stop that abuse😡

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aeronthomas

Member Since Dec 04, 2010 1447 posts

Oct 07, 2015 at 03:04

Member Since Dec 04, 2010 1447 posts

Agree Rob myfxbook has to do something to stop this spamming and scamming from the same person who just keeps setting up new profiles every few days and blocks everyone in their thread who are warning others about the scam which originated with Ammy scalper then mbot now holygrailfx and the list goes on and on...

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charlesadethib86

Member Since May 08, 2014 34 posts

Oct 07, 2015 at 06:24

Member Since May 08, 2014 34 posts

agree too... Its very annoying and it impacts the quality of this site I like very much. Please do something Ethan ;o)

charles-antoine.dethibault@

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Staff

Member Since Jul 31, 2009 1418 posts

Oct 07, 2015 at 06:33

Member Since Jul 31, 2009 1418 posts

rob559 posted:
ethan btw while you are are why are you not stopping the main recent topics board from spamming

example you will find it all over the place

REAL Account has already made profit of more than 6000% within 3 months!!!
Empty Star Empty Star Empty Star Empty Star Empty Star Holy Grail Forex Robot!!! in Trading Systems By holygrailfxea , 4 Hours ago

2.06 million % profit has been made within 8 months..Fully verified results!!!

why don't you stop that abuse😡

@rob559 can you please provide links to these topics?

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forex_trader_29148

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

Oct 07, 2015 at 14:19 (edited Oct 07, 2015 at 14:21)

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

http://www.myfxbook.com/community/trading-systems/fx-robot-live-account6800-profit/1041713,1

http://www.myfxbook.com/community/trading-systems/forex-robot2-million--profit/1041716,1

oops ,suddenly there is less of those today for the first day in 3 or 4 months ,they must have read the thread and decided to to slow down a litle bit,they have an i.p adress you should ban amy ,and the other link cause they make the forum looks like a banana forum,affecting the forum credibility and seriousness

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aeronthomas

Member Since Dec 04, 2010 1447 posts

Oct 07, 2015 at 23:28

Member Since Dec 04, 2010 1447 posts

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forex_trader_149646

Member Since Sep 09, 2013 406 posts

Oct 08, 2015 at 06:22

Member Since Sep 09, 2013 406 posts

1. Don't allow New registered Member post comments or Open discussion for 60-90 days would help.

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des12

Member Since Jun 25, 2015 29 posts

Oct 08, 2015 at 11:06

Member Since Jun 25, 2015 29 posts

Didn't take him long to create a new account and spam the board with another fake system
http://www.myfxbook.com/community/trading-systems/2-million--profit-8/1042316,1

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charlesadethib86

Member Since May 08, 2014 34 posts

Oct 08, 2015 at 11:30

Member Since May 08, 2014 34 posts

This is probably the right way to filter , although the issue is that non spammers new comers will also be penalized. But I do not see a better solution as for now

RedRhino posted:
1. Don't allow New registered Member post comments or Open discussion for 60-90 days would help.

charles-antoine.dethibault@

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forex_trader_29148

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

Oct 09, 2015 at 09:53

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

that i.p address should be blocked

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theHand

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

Oct 09, 2015 at 12:07

Member Since Sep 20, 2014 342 posts

C'mon @rob559

Need to brush up mate, blocking an IP address is like blocking a rain drop. Still going to get wet. Takes me about 1 second to change my IP and I have a nearly infinite supply of them.

There's just no point.

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forex_trader_29148

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

Oct 09, 2015 at 20:04

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

ok guys better to find a solution cause he is still spamming more that ever,ethan kno how to do it just go head and proceed

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forex_trader_29148

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

Oct 10, 2015 at 07:25

Member Since Feb 11, 2011 1768 posts

this website is sucessfull for many reasons but one reason is that we feel very free here not too much bearing rules ,that's ok we like it that way but it seems that a gang of scammers found a loophole that let them hijacking the the main board in order to get free advertisement ,we could call them system abusers,it's time that you take care of this problem myfxbook administrators

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