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Brad

120 posts in 1969 days


1696 days ago

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Hey folks I may be wrong her but i got a private message from a Lumber Jock and it didn’t make any sense at all and the bottom line of it was he wanted my private email “for to write with me privately” were his/her exact words.

Be carefull who you share your personal email with!

- Brad

-- Brad / www.bradfordwoodworking.blogspot.com




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CharlieM1958

14932 posts in 2414 days


#1 posted 1696 days ago

Maybe he’s just got a thing for dogs wearing ear protection. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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gator9t9

294 posts in 1900 days


#2 posted 1696 days ago

I have to admit that i got a similar mesg….here is the content of same…......

Hello,
I am Sal,It give me a great pleasures to write you after viewing your profile which really interest me to have communication with you and If that say to you is OK, please agree to write to me with my private e-mail which is: salven5@yahoo.com Yours sincerely Sal.
Email ::sal
ven5(AT)yahoo.com

then when i look at Sal’s page it has a message leading me to think this person thinks this is a dating site…....????????????????/

I dont like this ….......

gator9t9

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

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Brad

120 posts in 1969 days


#3 posted 1695 days ago

The message i got was from the same guy!!!!!!

-- Brad / www.bradfordwoodworking.blogspot.com

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MsDebbieP

18328 posts in 2356 days


#4 posted 1695 days ago

the situation has been taken care of.
Thanks.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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sharad

1059 posts in 2000 days


#5 posted 1693 days ago

I also got a similar message from the “sal”. Sharad

-- “If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life, then it means they have never tried a new thing in their life”.-Albert Einstein

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odie

1675 posts in 2036 days


#6 posted 1693 days ago

I answered it and got laid. You would have chance too without the earphones.

-- Odie, Confucius say, "He who laughs at one's self is BUTT of joke". http://woodstermangotwood.blogspot.com/ (my funny blog)

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dataman

85 posts in 2467 days


#7 posted 1693 days ago

Sal is making the rounds I guess – received a note as well.

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toyguy

1335 posts in 2033 days


#8 posted 1693 days ago

I’m still waiting for her…........ here in front of HD !

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

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Martin Sojka

1891 posts in 2668 days


#9 posted 1691 days ago

All latest spammer(s) removed ;)
I will start some discussion about this problem soon.

-- Martin, http://lumberjocks.com | My Facebook: http://profile.to/msojka

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jockmike2

10635 posts in 2442 days


#10 posted 1691 days ago

I got one too, and I’m pictured with my wife for crying out loud. Is Sal braindead or in heat?

-- (You just have to please the man in the Mirror) Mike from Michigan -

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Shayne

50 posts in 1908 days


#11 posted 1671 days ago

I just received this message also.

Hello,
I am Sal,It give me a great pleasures to write you after viewing your profile which really interest me to have communication with you and If that say to you is OK, please agree to write to me with my private e-mail which is: salven5@yahoo.com
Yours sincerely
Sal.
Email ::sal
ven5(AT)yahoo.com

-- www.wood2wonders.blogspot.com

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sandhill

1989 posts in 2120 days


#12 posted 1668 days ago

For that reason alone I have a gmail address and a hotmail account.

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