Re: Are scammers attempting to join our group?
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Thank you Bruce,
Our Group is:
MAGANAK (Tagalog for family) is a private mailing list for discussion of
Filipino/Non-Filipino relationships. This is not a site for
introductions which is prohibited.? Members advise each other on
adjustments to Filipino and non-Filipino culture, immigration
procedures, and other issues of interest in these relationships.
Group Information
- 2,045 Members
- 76,513 Topics, Last Post: Jan 7
- Started on 12/11/00
Group Settings
- All subscribers can post to the group.
- Posts to this group do not require approval from the moderators.
- Posts from new users require approval from the moderators.
- Messages are set to reply to group.
- Subscriptions to this group require approval from the moderators.
- Archives are visible to subscribers only.
- Wiki is visible to subscribers only.
We are not doing anything to advertise.? I don't believe they can see the archives until they are approved.? I thought these people might be bad actors or possibly just not technically proficient.? Only one of these had an email address that had been having difficulties receiving email that I had found searching the forum such as RR was having trouble for awhile and I remember a couple of others that I had never heard of were marking as spam for some reason.? But I think that had been straightened out.? For now I suppose I can only assume these were bad actors and maybe some percentage of technical proficiency.? The process does work and we have so many more options here than we had before the move.
John
On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 06:05 PM, John Pearce wrote:
We have been getting a number of members, in fact 99% who apply, who are sent a pending message asking for a reason to join, and some also have NC status.? They never reply, NC or not and drop off after 14 days.? Are these scammers or what?
John -- Probably. The "bad guys" tend to be quickly discouraged by anything that asks them to identify themselves.
One of the moderators has also sent emails asking about their request from his personal account thinking that is possibly marked as spam by their email provider.? We've heard that happens.? They don't reply.?
All the more reason to think these applications aren't legitimate.
We have had many more requests to join since moving with the automated move from Yahoo a couple of months ago.? In fact we had 10 requests to join in 2018 and none in 2019 with yahoo.? We've had 15 or more since the move 2 months ago.? I can't explain this.
Not sure what 99% of 15 is.? :-)
Are you doing something to publicize the group now that you weren't doing before? Simply sending repeat notices that you're moving could generate interest. I would also be interested to know the subject matter of your group. Some subjects seem to attract more bad eggs than others.
In any event, it sounds to me that your pending subscription notice and other efforts to screen new subscribers are doing what they're supposed to do.
Regards,
Bruce
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