[Ann Drysdale]

But these are in a different ballpark, Seree - mine refers specifically to light poetry - very creepy.

What did Siham's offer by way of temptation?

Can it be Sphere-related?

[R. Nemo Hill]

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.

The hidden address of mine is infoaxe.net despite the fact that it says it comes from Siham's gmail address.

Nemo

[Jayne Osborn]

Sorry, everyone, I've only just noticed Ann's query but I see that Jerome has already told you about my response to his email.

Like Nemo, I've been a bit bombarded by 'Friend' requests allegedly coming from Siham's gmail address and I think I might have once pressed the 'Accept' button in an attempt to silence them.

The 'lightversetojayne' email address was specifically created for the purpose of sending poems to me for a Light Verse Bake-off we had here a couple of years or so ago. It's no longer in use so just ignore anything that comes your way via it.

If I can get into the account and KILL it I will, and I'll let you know, because I definitely haven't gone in for peddling Viagra, nor do I require any assistance with internet banking in third-world countries!

Jayne

[Jayne Osborn]

It is done. That gmail account is dead but it doesn't get buried for another two days.

After that, I hope no one gets any more nuisance messages, including me! (That is, if it was the 'lightversetojayne' account that caused the problems. We'll see whether we get any more claiming to be from Siham's gmail account, or anyone else's.)

Jayne

[Curtis Gale Weeks]

Originally Posted by R. Nemo Hill

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

First para:

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.

[John Whitworth]

Peddling is a interesting word, Jayne. Can one peddle good things or only bad things? Seems a bit unfair on pedlars, doesn't it? Let's hear it for Autolycus and Jonathan Jo, the man with a mouth like an O. If you do it on a bike then..

I peddle poems, here, there and everywhere. The old verse pedlar. Or peddler.

[Brian Allgar]

Ever since, for one specific reason, I joined the Washington Post Facebook site, I keep getting 'friend' requests, including John Whitworth, Bob Schechter ... and Lucy Vickery, which seemed a touch unlikely. Perhaps they are generated automatically by Facebook in the same way as the pestilential LinkedIn does.

[Roger Slater]

Brian, I think Facebook "suggests" friends, but doesn't actually make requests on behalf of them or you. I don't recall whether I sent you a friend request, but there's a good chance I did upon your arrival in Facebook land.

[Jerome Betts]

Yes, thanks Nemo for the infoaxe warning. I got as far as noticing a Caliifornia address before smelling a rat. Tries to look like gmail at one point. Googling, as Nemo suggests, provides information about ways to remove infoaxe and 'Flipora' if you've been deceived into downloading it.

[John Whitworth]

Oh Brian, I am sure Lucy wants to be your friend. She dwelt among untrodden ways, don't you know.