Gold spammer calendar event!

[Xylak]

There's a calendar invite from a gold spammer.
Date : 31st march
Event : Other
Created By : Unknown

Details are for spam site kk4g.com

Invites to a load of random people

I suspect it's a hacked account that's then been banned or something but it looks like the spammers have found another way to spam us.
Bastards!

 

[Ronin Storm]

To be clear, that's an in-game calendar event, right?

 

[Auryn]

yarrr

 

[Xylak]

To be clear, that's an in-game calendar event, right?

Yes. Sorry to worry you, Ronin, I should have specified it's the WoW ingame calendar.

Also, seems it's a known issue : http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1622904026

Blue post

... I would just like to add that our developers are looking into ways of preventing this type of behaviour in the future.

 

[Ronin Storm]

Cool cool, just keeping an eye out.

 

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

[strike] kk4g.com[/strike] looks legit.

 

[Huung]

kk4g.com looks legit.

I'm sure the site is real, but it's a gold selling website drawing attention to itself in-game by sending out calendar invites - which is just a new method of gold sellers spamming people.

 

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Sounds like good business, but in future please dont link the sites on the forum, what is the point!

 

[Ronin Storm]

Hey Mk1. Honestly, don't think any harm done here. No actual links made (just checked) so it's all just text and that's a good thing in spam reporting.

 

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

Sounds like good business, but in future please dont link the sites on the forum, what is the point!

The bit in bold was a stupid thing to say.

 

[Windzarko]

[strike] kk4g.com[/strike] looks legit.

 

[Xylak]

Sounds like good business, but in future please dont link the sites on the forum, what is the point!

As as been pointed out, there was no direct link - I made sure of that, I am not THAT stupid.
I only put the website name in for reference and figured it would be a warning to keep an eye out for this sort of thing.

They did leave a rash of these invites all over my in-game calendar with at least one entry per month for the rest of the year. It's easy enough to click "Remove" but it's an unwelcome, intrusive method of marketing.


For clarity: I do not, have not, nor ever will, endorse ANY gold seller site.

 

[Ki!ler-Mk1]

You are stoopid.

 

[Ronin Storm]

[mod]Ya, so, that wasn't an acceptable way for this thread to go. Respect required. Thread has done it's purpose so closed. Other actions as required via Mods/PMs.[/mod]