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5/12/24
SPAM MESSAGES
We are aware that our members have received spam messages in reply to their posts. Please do not click on the link in the message, or reply to it.
Freecycle.org is completely free to use and we will never ask for payment or credit card details in order to use our website. We do occasionally request donations, but this is always optional and not a condition of creating or using a Freecycle account. We are not asking for account verification, or running a lottery.
We are investigating the situation and disabling the spammers as quickly as we can. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.
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To add a little bit more information. Someone (or a group of people) has developed a bot that joins Freecycle groups and uses the Freecycle message system to send their spam/scam message to people with open OFFER or WANTED posts. The messages are pretty obvious, but please do not click any of the links in the message. This has been occurring in Freecycle groups worldwide for a couple weeks, but today is the first day they've targeted Davis members.
The Freecycle tech team is working on methods to mitigate the attacks.
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BTW, I'm aware that these automated notices do not provide an unsubscribe link. If you would like to use your mailer system's built-in unsubscribe feature, I'll remove you from the Davis Freecycle group and you won't receive any more messages from Davis Freecycle -- local DavisCA moderator.