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Unread 01-20-2014, 07:02 PM
Curtis Gale Weeks Curtis Gale Weeks is offline
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Originally Posted by R. Nemo Hill View Post
Siham's came as a gmail friend request, but gmail doesn't operate such a network of friends. It's obvious that they attempt to lure you in with familiarity.
This might relate: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...g-address.html

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Users of Google's web-based email service Gmail will be bombarded with messages from total strangers following a system update which allows people to send them emails without needing their address, it is feared.
Google recently changed their policies, trying to integrate Gmail with Google+ —which is their social-network service (similar to Facebook and Twitter.)

I had wondered what sort of odd shenanigans might come of the change. I'm not saying this is actually what is happening, but it might be.

BTW, I did a Google search of the site Nemo listed, and it led to a long list of articles about the Infoaxe virus.
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