Spam message

Have just received the same message! Have blocked it.

Do you live outside the UK, as I do? Maybe this is why, because he says "in your country".

I got it too but deleted the message without opening.

Gransnet are already aware and have dealt with it, according to earlier threads.

I got it too. Simply came as a pm from GN so didn't think to delete it first.
Surely we don't have to change all GN account details?

Me too. Got rid of it. Thanks for the heads up!

There was a thread yesterday about this it was reported and HQ have deleted the user.

Sorry Maggie didn't read all posts.

Obviously didn't think it worth asking me, I've not had the message

Are you like me nina stupidly affronted because you didn't get one?
How pathetic is that?
Perhaps we don't flaunt our "wealth" enough.?

Seems to be total random. Wish I had wealth to flaunt!

Did anyone see the story on TV about the couple who lost £100,000 through opening an 'infected' email?
It was one of the most frightening scams I've ever seen, but to cut a long story short....... the programme makers took the couple to a company that deals with this.
What they discovered was horrendous.
The scammers had been watching the family through a camera they ( the scammers) had put on their computer.
when they asked, how ? they were told: * you opened an 'infected email*
The experts had the couples computer there with them and brought up film of the inside of their home, the poor woman was nearly physically sick.

If as some suggest these are seriously phishing emails, I wonder if GNHQ could be held in some way responsible as an intermediary, passing on dodgy emails.
It's one thing to receive an email from an unknown source but quite different if it comes from an ostensibly trusted one.

Perhaps I am being naïve but I don’t think PMs are the same as emails .
When I saw my PM yesterday I reported it, blocked the sender and put a “heads up”on a new thread.

GNHQ subsequently removed the sender from the site (you have to be a member to send PMs) and I don’t see what more they could have done.

PS what I meant mcem is that to the best of my knowledge none of us have received emails from this sender.

Relieved to see that I wasn't the only one to have received this. Is there a bona fide Gransnet member called 'trustee'? If not, then surely there should be some sort of filter to prevent this happening?

This scam has been around for years. They are Nigerian criminals and join forums for the express purpose of fleecing people. If they blitz hundreds of people they will always find a few gullible ones that believe their story, we have all seen these duped people on TV.

How do you block a PM please ? I got one yesterday too .

Open the message in the in box and above it you will see block sender, just click that. Probably no need as GN has removed this person and they can't come back under the same name. Delete the message and that will be enough.

Thanks harri I've done it . I'm on my phone and couldn't find the "block" button.

Thanks maw. I meant that I received notification of the pm via email from GN and, as I trust a GN email I went to my inbox and opened it.
If a flurry of PM's arrive from an unknown poster I'd expect some sort of alert or filter to pick that up at GNHQ. It's quite possible that a few gullible members might have reacted before warnings appeared on threads.

I received the pm too! It seems to be the non UK residents that were targeted. I've deleted and reported it ! I've only just read both the threads about this so I didn't know it has already been dealt with!! It's frightening what can be done with modern technology!!