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I received a suspicious message yesterday
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It is so disheartening. There is already so many places that members can't post links - & the spammer just finds somewhere else to post their ****!
Yes, for the most part Goodreads is a safe and trouble-free space—such a welcome contrast to most social media—but there’s always someone trying to pursue their own ends at others’ expense. I get people trying to post fake messages on my website all the time, but it’s moderated so it just means I have to log on and mark the message as spam.
Was this also accompanied by a friend request? Last week I had both in the same space of time. I perused the friend request first and wondered why this person would want me as a friend when the 4 books she'd read were nothing like I'd be interested in, and she didn't belong to any groups. I ignored her request.
Then I opened the message only to find it was the same person who was offering me a book to review. That got trashed too. I can't recall whether there was a link included, but I suspect there might have been because I do remember the message suggested I download the book.
I often get strange friend requests which get ignored if they don't share the same reading interests and if they're not members of at least one or two of the groups I'm in.
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Last week I had both in the same space of time. I perused the friend request first and wondered why this person would want me as a friend when the 4..."
No friend request.
At first I wondered if they had sent this because I am a Goodreads librarian & they hoped I would add the book to the Goodreads data base for them. Then a friend in another group pointed out how suss the link looked. That is when I contacted Support & put a message in the three groups I moderate.
Thanks so much, Carol!
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No problem!
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That's ok. I should emphasise that that poor author's account has probably been hacked. 🥴
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offering a book for review with a dodgy looking link.
If you receive the same message here is how you contact Support (Staff)
https://www.goodreads.com/about/conta...
& block him/her! (Block is down the bottom of the author page)