Prevent scams on this community !

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Permalink Reply by Ben on March 1, 2009 at 5:14pm

Dear Members,

The latest e-mail to emerge and in distraction of our members.

At 7:07pm on February 26, 2009, tina80 said…

Hello

My name is vera. i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you more,and if you can send an email to my email address,i will give you my pictures here is my email address (Veraand00@yahoo.com)I believe we can move from here! Am waiting for your mail to my email address above because i have alot to tell you,
Lot's of love,

Miss Vera.

Needless to say this is not acceptable.
Moving forward, I have asked all members to fill out their profiles and add pictures. Members who cannot do this will be removed from the system. I will also monitor new members to make sure that these individuals stay out of the network. If the problem persists, then I will have to screen each new applicant before accepting them.

Needless to say, I hope the community continues to work with me in tackling this problem. Please bring these cases to my attention so we can deal with them as soon as they come up.

Thanks for your understanding and continued support.

Regards,

Ben

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Permalink Reply by Joel on March 1, 2009 at 6:52pm

Ben -- Personally I wouldn't worry too much about this. We are presumably all intelligent adults, capable of identifying and deleting this type of bs. I received a message last week and just deleted it, didn't think twice.

If someone really wants to spend their time sending out these dubious messages, they could easily enough upload a photo or comply with any other hurdles you set. I say don't lose sleep, ask members to quietly forward you these messages and delete the offending members. This is an admin issue -- not something that needs to be elevated by posting this garbage to the entire group.

I'd be much more concerned about the level of discourse. Despite the growth in members the vast majority are silent. I'd spend my time exploring ways of getting more involvement from real members rather than focusing on these oddballs. Just my 2 cents. Best Joel

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Permalink Reply by Ben on March 1, 2009 at 7:44pm

Well you make a good point. Do we focus our energies on the lowest or highest common denominator? However, I do have to say that I take this seriously and will work to keep the quality of members as high as possible. I do not want this platform to dilute over time and it is important we all work together on this. Thanks for the feedback and your views are well received!

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Permalink Reply by Ben on November 13, 2009 at 2:57pm

Just a reminder,

This is a social network and we cannot verify or monitor all activity that takes place within the VC4Africa community. Please take the necessary steps to verify your own contacts and information sent to you. Together we can prevent any scams and ensure that individuals with ill intentions are removed from the system. If you have any issues please report them on this forum or e-mail me directly at ben@vc4africa.com.

Thanks and happy networking!

Ben

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Permalink Reply by Sadouba TRAORE on December 28, 2009 at 11:30am

hello Ben,
Thanks a lot fo all the good work you are undertaking for the continent.
Traore

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Permalink Reply by Sadouba TRAORE on January 3, 2010 at 9:36pm

Hello,
The following message posted on the forum board is dubuous:

2, 2010, Trisha Parker said… Good Day,
From Miss Trisha Parker, Invitation mail from Brunel Hotel London, Pls Brunel Hotel
Needs Men And Women, Who Can Work And Live here In Brunel Hotel London. Hotel
Will Pay For Your Flight Ticket From He's Country, If Your
Interested kindly Contact:( info.hotellondon1@yahoo.co.uk )
Website: www.brunelhotellondon.co.uk
Contact Person Mr Franklin Lay.
Tel: 0044-7024057375.
Fax: 0044-870-974-8333
From Miss

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Permalink Reply by Deborah J. Boyd on January 10, 2010 at 7:59pm

Open communications do bring attention to the thieves in life. As soon as you say wealth, capital, or luxury it attracts the attention of the fakes in life. I would also like to say that it is pretty obvious that many members of the NING community engage in email advertising. Some is pretty harmless but then again some is as bad if not worse than spam. What is worse? Your email information being given or sold to someone who sends you a virus, worm, or Trojan Horse.
Love & Peace, Deborah

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