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Beware free iPad messages

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I just received a message from a new account with no posts, Administrator_Jason, offering a free iPad.

The message contains a link that looks like it is from Sonos.com but it is to presentnow.com. This has all the red flags of a scam.

Just a warning to be careful about what you click on, even here.

Mark

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Pinned Reply By Jamie A

Hi All,

We’ve started banning these accounts and have taken steps to prevent more of this type from being created. While we’re looking into longer term solutions, we’ve currently enabled account registration approval by the moderation team on the forum.

Thank you for the reports on this and for your patience.

Edit:

I’ve merged a few threads into this one as they were made before we started banning the spam accounts.

Edit 2:

The accounts involved in sending out messages are all banned and, after making some adjustments on our end, you shouldn’t see any new messages regarding the spam link in this thread.

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Steve1098482

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good to know
so its turned on by default?

and then scammer use the forum to scam

great

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Airgetlam

It makes sense, from a community perspective, to notify a user that they’ve received a PM. It only becomes an issue when that PM is sent by a scammer. And, it’s an option, but yes, it’s on by default.

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Bruce

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Steve1098482

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what do sonos do to actively protect the community from scammers ontheri own forum?

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