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We all feel self conscious and scared when it comes to the "Sweetheart Scam."
For those of you that do not know, the Sweetheart Scam is a private message another user sends you that is somewhat like this:
"Hello. My name is Tina. I saw your profile on Wetpaint Central, and I really like you. Email me at ******@*****.com and
we can ex chase photos. Maybe we can go out to the movies or get married..."
Really, do you like these messages?
This is both Wetpaint spam and an Email spam. It is also a scam.
They usually are people from foreign countries trying to get money. That is the "Scam" part.
If you email them back, they just save your email address and send you email spam. This is the "Email Scam" part.
Wetpaint Spam is this and advertising your wiki or another wiki at the wrong place. This is the "Wetpaint Spam" part.
Just ignore the message and copy+paste the letter and send it to all the moderators. Moderators will most-likely ban the user.
You might be able to prevent this in the future by hiding your username. Go to your profile, and on the Preferences tab, check the checkbox next to the text "Do not list my username in the Site Members report". Doing this has the side effect that other users on the wiki will have to know your exact username in order to be able to contact you.
For those of you that do not know, the Sweetheart Scam is a private message another user sends you that is somewhat like this:
"Hello. My name is Tina. I saw your profile on Wetpaint Central, and I really like you. Email me at ******@*****.com and
we can ex chase photos. Maybe we can go out to the movies or get married..."
Really, do you like these messages?
This is both Wetpaint spam and an Email spam. It is also a scam.
They usually are people from foreign countries trying to get money. That is the "Scam" part.
If you email them back, they just save your email address and send you email spam. This is the "Email Scam" part.
Wetpaint Spam is this and advertising your wiki or another wiki at the wrong place. This is the "Wetpaint Spam" part.
Just ignore the message and copy+paste the letter and send it to all the moderators. Moderators will most-likely ban the user.
You might be able to prevent this in the future by hiding your username. Go to your profile, and on the Preferences tab, check the checkbox next to the text "Do not list my username in the Site Members report". Doing this has the side effect that other users on the wiki will have to know your exact username in order to be able to contact you.
