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1. RJLRebo wrote:

   I have not gotten any spam messages, but have been watching out for them since this post… thanks for the heads up!

   Posted 06 Jun 2009 at 12:08 pm ¶
2. Pyke wrote:

   All three messages have the line “You can ask me ANYTHING and I’ll answer from the heart.”

   If you use gmail, here’s a quick link to search your entire inbox (privately) for this text.

   Harvesting thousands of emails only takes seconds (this has happened in my past employer) once someone gains access. eHarmony’s techs can investigate because I’m sure the db will have a few test email addresses in it, but I doubt we’ll hear anything official from eHarmony.

   Yes, guys, please watch your inboxes. I hope a few people can corroborate this. Otherwise I am willing to post a retraction if I am wrong.

   Posted 06 Jun 2009 at 2:02 pm ¶
3. SingleGuyInNC wrote:

   I don’t have an eHA account, so I can’t help you there.

   I can spot dating spam/scam mails from a mile away after I carried along the conversation for a while with one a long time ago. They all are very similar wherever they try and reach you. Since eH has cranked down on the scammers using their service they need to apply whatever they did to eHA.

   Try posting a personal on craigslist for grins and giggles. 99% are spam/robots. To weed them out, I put something in my ad that requires the responder to actually have read the ad (i.e. respond to a simple question) and hardly any do so. So, either all the real responders aren’t very intelligent (occasionally you get one that you can pick out that is real) or they are mostly robots. This is supposed to be after craigslist added extra steps to verify accounts posting on there and require a valid phone number to you call back with a code before posting.

   Posted 06 Jun 2009 at 7:12 pm ¶
4. Elizabeth R wrote:

   I have not gotten any, either, Pyke. Maybe it went only to male accounts? Just a thought!

   Posted 07 Jun 2009 at 5:19 am ¶
5. Anonymous wrote:

   Hey, I got this exact one too! I do think EHA was hacked.

   Here is the text from mine:

   Hello, how are you?
   My name is Natalya, you you remember me?
   We have chat on eharmony com it was in a long time and probably you
   have forgot about me,
   I had long business trip and now I have decided to write you. Ok, I shall remind you about me.
   Im 30 years old, light blond, never married, haven’t children. I like to be active and go out and about.
   I like to do things like bowling and playing pool along with camping and going to the beach.
   I love to laugh and have a good time. I try not to take life to seriously. Also I send you my photo,
   I think you love it and will recollect me. In a real life i’m very open and truthful about my life.
   You can ask me ANYTHING and I’ll answer from the heart. If I receive from you answer.
   I can to you as to send photos. I wait for the answer.
   With hope, your new friend, or more Natalya.

   Posted 07 Jun 2009 at 9:45 am ¶

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