Skype Spam
Software June 22nd, 2009
The last place I expect to receive spam is on Skype, and so far it has remained clean, I assume due to my privacy settings:
So how on earth could this have popped up on my screen:
[12:05:42 PM] Zora Giannoni: hi! i’m briannahh from http://www.slutsdating.com are we still on for saturday?
No, Zora, or Briannah or whoever you are: we’re not on. Anyone with similar experience? Are we seeing major trouble with Skype?
Zoli Erdos
Hi Zoli,
I get at least one request every week to hook up with some person (both guys and girls) or another via Skype.
The latest is a website developer touting for business, who also approached a journalist/blogger I know too: see ’sales calls can find you anywhere’ post from 9 June:
http://markkobayashihillary.computing.co.uk/
It seems to be a mild annoyance at the moment, hopefully it will stay that way.
Ranbir
yea ii had the same thing just mine was Carmel Kimmel or who ever this is from http://www.slutsdating.com im like wat kind of stuff is this.
Hello, I received the same spam message.
Hi, I’m Briannah, are we still for sat.?
The skype contact is camgirlclotilda5sl97pas
Cheers
Same experience here, i’m absolutely baffled as to how these spams can get through with those settings.
I received different spam messages as well.
Somehow these people are adding themselves to my contacts so they can get through my privacy settings. I’ve been getting random messages for the past few days.
When I look, I see they are on my contacts list!
it’s a hole in their software
http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=49841