MATLAB: Attack of the spammers

metaspamspammers

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Hello
My name is miss Jelin,i am looking for a new friend i saw your profile today at www.mathworks.com and became interested in you,i
will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send a mail to my email
address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom l am.Here is my email
address (meetjeliin82@yahoo.co.uk)
I believe we can move from here.I am waiting for
your mail to my email address (meetjeliin82@yahoo.co.uk) Remember that distance, color or age
does not matter but love matters allot in life Please reply me with my email
Jelin
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Anybody else getting these?

Best Answer

We are looking into ways to cut down on this type of unwanted communication. For now our suggestion is to prevent spam, consider hiding your email address from your community profile. You can do this by:
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  • go to your community profile by clicking on the "My Community Profile" link at the top right of this page
  • click on "Edit my profile"
  • check the box for "Do not display my email address"
When users come to your profile, they will see a link "Contact author". Logged in users can use this to send direct email messages to you. If you are receiving messages from a spammer, please do forward the message to Lindsay or me and we will remove the account.
Thank you!
Helen
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