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Spam Private Message

Posted by (Freedonia) on

A couple of days ago I received a private message with the subject line "Representative" I also got the notification that 'You have 1 unread message."

When I tried to open it, I got a page saying "This page isn't working. HTTP error 422." The notification didn't go away.

I contacted the webmaster who said this was a spammer who was banned and that I should try to refresh the browser and the notification would go away.

I did and it hasn't. I tried contacting the webmaster again but no response.

So I throw it out to you. Any idea how to get rid of the "You have 1 unread message" since I can't technically open the message or delete it?

Posted by
5563 posts

I've had an unread message from a member from last October that I've never been able to open, clicking on it just opens a blank page. She wasn't a scammer because we'd been engaging in a conversation. Consequently I've had the '1 unread message' ever since and cannot clear it.

Posted by
71 posts

It looks like there's a bug where the "unread message" notification isn't fully accounting for banned users. There were a few users who got this spam and I've manually removed these messages. Thanks for reporting this!

Posted by
1530 posts

I had the exact same message a couple of days ago....except I could see the body. It was a solicitation which I reported. You didn't miss anything:)

Posted by
32384 posts

Frank II,

Thanks for the warning! I don't remember ever hearing about Spam messages happening on the forum. Hopefully you've been able to get rid of the unread message flag.

Posted by
16475 posts

It looks like the folks at RS Web Central took care of the problem. Thanks.

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