Either it is my lucky day, or there is a spammer here because somebody called ‘anaa121’ just posted the following on my wall.
Hello dear,
I am a single girl never married interested in your profile and I wish to further correspond with you in this regard.
Name:Annabeth
Email Address:(anabet_1@yahoo.com)
Best hoping to read your lovely reply
@ColinPhilipJohnstone - Thanks for the heads up! I’ve taken care of this now. If you see any more spammers (they usually all follow the same tune) then let us know
I don’t understand why they come here. Is it really worth their time signing up for LingQ with a fake account just to post a few strange messages on some people’s walls, or is it all done automatically? What are they aiming to achieve? It is all very strange.
@ColinPhilipJohnstone - I wish I knew. It’s likely automated and they must certainly have some sort of scheme where they convince people to send them money. If you’re OK with a lot of reading, I would recommend the following site: http://www.419eater.com/html/419faq.htm. It has some entertaining email exchanges where they bait the scammers. There’s enough material there to keep you busy for days, and it’s all pretty funny stuff.