"Unapproved Visitor Message"?

jkv45 · January 15th, 2018, 07:26 AM

Anyone else get one of these as a Visitor Message? -

"I’m Florie. I work for Bolero, a French web marketing company. Our client, Michelin, would understand better his customer behavior purchasing tire.
To do so, I wonder if you mind answering some few questions about motorcycle and bicycle tires. It’s less than 10 questions and wouldn’t take lot of your time.
If you’re okay, please follow this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...rm?usp=sf_link
It will guide you to the short inquiring.
Thank you for your attention. Have a good day.
Florie"

csmith12 · January 15th, 2018, 08:58 AM

Looks like spam, smells like span, most likely is spam. Legit surveys from legit marketing companies will not leave a "public" visitor message like that.

Steps;
DO NOT click on the link
Do not contact the user that created the message
Notify @Alex
Alex will let you know how to proceed

Triple Jim · January 15th, 2018, 09:45 AM

I copied and pasted the link into the Tor browser, and I got a message saying that the page doesn't exist. It's not even good Spam.

jkv45 · January 15th, 2018, 09:56 AM

Seemed odd. I didn't try the link.

I was curious to see if it was something that everyone got.

Never had any SPAM messages come to me directly through the forum before.

Thanks guys.

Alex should be chiming in shortly...

Alex · January 15th, 2018, 01:10 PM

What username sent it to you?

jkv45 · January 15th, 2018, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

What username sent it to you?

"Florie-Bolero"

Alex · January 15th, 2018, 01:15 PM

Got it - was able to see what you had deleted. Yes - it seems hinky. I can't (easily) see all of the visitor messages that someone sends without looking in other profiles - but there is a feature to wipe out all visitor messages that someone has sent. All of their messages have now been deleted, and the account is banned.

choneofakind · January 15th, 2018, 04:30 PM

Justice is swift!

Snake · January 15th, 2018, 08:38 PM

CTarna · January 16th, 2018, 12:26 PM

Damn hacker wannabes

DannoXYZ · January 16th, 2018, 02:32 PM

I wonder if we can track this person down and beat them!

JohnnyBravo · January 16th, 2018, 07:51 PM

I was hoping Michelin wanted my opinion too :'(

jkv45 · January 17th, 2018, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyBravo

I was hoping Michelin wanted my opinion too :'(

I don't mind giving my opinion (I have Michelins on my SV and 2 of my cars), but only if it's legit.

Can't be too careful these days. Seems like everyone one is trying to scam something from you.

JohnnyBravo · January 21st, 2018, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkv45

I don't mind giving my opinion (I have Michelins on my SV and 2 of my cars), but only if it's legit.

Can't be too careful these days. Seems like everyone one is trying to scam something from you.

Idk about that; but if you'd care to donate to starving orphans I'd be happy to process your donation

choneofakind · January 21st, 2018, 08:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnnyBravo

Idk about that; but if you'd care to donate to starving orphans I'd be happy to process your donation

a whole 3% of your donation gets given to the cause, so you better donate a lot of money to make sure someone actually gets fed!!!

jkv45 · January 21st, 2018, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

a whole 3% of your donation gets given to the cause, so you better donate a lot of money to make sure someone actually gets fed!!!

The other 97% covers "administration fees" and the CEO's salary.

Triple Jim · January 21st, 2018, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkv45

The other 97% covers "administration fees" and the CEO's salary.

When I got out of the U of MD, I started getting the usual requests for money. The one I got most was the "Annual Fund". The first time I got the call, I asked them to send me an annual report. I got a brochure with no substantial information. The next year I told them I wanted an annual report, and the girl I was talking to didn't know what that was. She told me that all the money goes to the cause, and I asked if she was getting paid to make the calls, to which she admitted she was. I got her to get her supervisor, who knew what one was, but didn't have any. Instead I got another brochure that actually had something like "Yes, we know our operating costs last year were too high, so we're working to reduce them." I quit talking to them at that point.

Alchemist · January 21st, 2018, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CTarna

Damn hacker wannabes

What y'all wanna do?
Wanna be hackers? Code crackers? Slackers
Wastin' time with all the chatroom yakkers?
9 to 5, chillin' at Hewlett Packard?

DannoXYZ · January 21st, 2018, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

a whole 3% of your donation gets given to the cause, so you better donate a lot of money to make sure someone actually gets fed!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkv45

The other 97% covers "administration fees" and the CEO's salary.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triple Jim

When I got out of the U of MD, I started getting the usual requests for money. The one I got most was the "Annual Fund". The first time I got the call, I asked them to send me an annual report. I got a brochure with no substantial information. The next year I told them I wanted an annual report, and the girl I was talking to didn't know what that was. She told me that all the money goes to the cause, and I asked if she was getting paid to make the calls, to which she admitted she was. I got her to get her supervisor, who knew what one was, but didn't have any. Instead I got another brochure that actually had something like "Yes, we know our operating costs last year were too high, so we're working to reduce them." I quit talking to them at that point.

I once donated couple cars to "Cars 4 Causes", boy was that a mistake. They ended up being taken to court by IRS and one of the founders went to prison for tax-evasion. Of course, none of the monies actually made it out. I should've kept cars, sold them myself and donated proceeds to my favourite charity.

I like to use a ratings site that lets you compare various charity's efficiencies. http://www.charitynavigator.org

I give lots to The Hunger Project as they have some of the lowest admin & operations overheads so that 80% of collected funds actually makes it to their target audience.

JohnnyBravo · January 21st, 2018, 04:55 PM

Some folks are just crooks

January 15th, 2018, 07:26 AM	#1
jkv45 Rev Limiter Name: Jay Location: WI Join Date: Jul 2013 Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jun '18, Oct '16	"Unapproved Visitor Message"? Anyone else get one of these as a Visitor Message? - "I’m Florie. I work for Bolero, a French web marketing company. Our client, Michelin, would understand better his customer behavior purchasing tire. To do so, I wonder if you mind answering some few questions about motorcycle and bicycle tires. It’s less than 10 questions and wouldn’t take lot of your time. If you’re okay, please follow this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...rm?usp=sf_link It will guide you to the short inquiring. Thank you for your attention. Have a good day. Florie"

January 15th, 2018, 08:58 AM	#2
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	Looks like spam, smells like span, most likely is spam. Legit surveys from legit marketing companies will not leave a "public" visitor message like that. Steps; DO NOT click on the link Do not contact the user that created the message Notify @Alex Alex will let you know how to proceed __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

January 15th, 2018, 01:10 PM	#5
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	What username sent it to you? __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)

January 15th, 2018, 01:15 PM	#7
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Got it - was able to see what you had deleted. Yes - it seems hinky. I can't (easily) see all of the visitor messages that someone sends without looking in other profiles - but there is a feature to wipe out all visitor messages that someone has sent. All of their messages have now been deleted, and the account is banned. __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)
	2 out of 2 members found this post helpful.

January 15th, 2018, 04:30 PM	#8
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	Justice is swift!
	1 out of 1 members found this post helpful.

January 15th, 2018, 09:45 AM	#3
Triple Jim Guy Who Enjoys Riding Name: Jim Location: North Carolina Join Date: Jul 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja 250 Posts: A lot. MOTM - Oct '18, Aug '17, Aug '16	I copied and pasted the link into the Tor browser, and I got a message saying that the page doesn't exist. It's not even good Spam.

January 15th, 2018, 09:56 AM	#4
jkv45 Rev Limiter Name: Jay Location: WI Join Date: Jul 2013 Motorcycle(s): '06 SV650n, '00 Derbi GPR, '64 CA77 Dream 305, '70 CL450 Scrambler, numerous dirt bikes Posts: A lot. MOTM - Jun '18, Oct '16	Seemed odd. I didn't try the link. I was curious to see if it was something that everyone got. Never had any SPAM messages come to me directly through the forum before. Thanks guys. Alex should be chiming in shortly...

January 15th, 2018, 08:38 PM	#9
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14

January 16th, 2018, 12:26 PM	#10
CTarna Ghost... Name: . Location: . Join Date: Jan 2017 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot. MOTM - Oct '17	Damn hacker wannabes

January 16th, 2018, 02:32 PM	#11
DannoXYZ ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: AKA JacRyann Location: Mesa, AZ Join Date: Dec 2011 Motorcycle(s): CB125T CBR250R-MC19 CBR250RR-MC22 NSR350R-MC21 VF500F CBR600RR SFV650 VFR750F R1M ST1300PA Valkyrie-F6C Posts: A lot. MOTY - 2018, MOTM - Nov '17	I wonder if we can track this person down and beat them!
	1 out of 1 members found this post helpful.

January 16th, 2018, 07:51 PM	#12
JohnnyBravo Certifiable nontundrum Name: Harper Location: NC Milkshake stand Join Date: Mar 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2013 SE NINJA 300 Posts: Too much. MOTM - Sep '13, Sep '16	I was hoping Michelin wanted my opinion too :'( __________________________________________________

January 21st, 2018, 04:55 PM	#20
JohnnyBravo Certifiable nontundrum Name: Harper Location: NC Milkshake stand Join Date: Mar 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2013 SE NINJA 300 Posts: Too much. MOTM - Sep '13, Sep '16	Some folks are just crooks __________________________________________________

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