...i expect a topic exists already...but i aint in the mood to search.....so i will just say..i got an email entitled "Ford car owners + nobump" obviously passionford are selling our details without permission or have i given it?

I can see now why Stu said trader fees are not the be all end all like they used to be for this site....its mailing lists..also have addresses too if a gold member


...i dont even own a Ford anymore

 

wtf... best fukin not be

 

...well is was an american email offer too.

 

i've not had anything...

 

Attention: Ford Car Owners,

NoBump was directed to Ford owners through the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers. We have recently developed a revolutionary bumper guard, www.nobump.com, designed to protect your car from Rear-end collisions.

Every day millions of cars bump into each other causing scratches, holes, screw marks, indents, removed paint and other significant and expensive bumper damage. Do not let other drivers control your wallet and prevent this from happening to you with the NoBump protective guard. Simply attach the NoBump guard to your license plate and free your worries from bad drivers.

NoBump has successfully saved many drivers from paying thousands of dollars to fix yours or someone else’s car. Purchase your NoBump
today at: www.nobump.com

DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE WITH NOBUMP!

---
Jason Stone
NoBump
j.stone@nobump.com
www.nobump.com

 

looks like a shit product aswell

 

Americans make shite cars, can't expect them to make anything good to stick ON their shite cars can we

 

Phil, honestly how many other ford sites are you a member of?
How can you be certain that its to be blamed on this site.

Proof or STFU

 

Fords are American

 

...just here really mate..oh and stu's forum.

..bit of a coincidence being this is owned by yanks and says ford owners

 

You can get those at B&Q or Homebase - they call them doorstops!

 

ye i got that yesterday just deleted it & marked as crap

 

..nice to see the users are bothered by PF selling our info.

 

If thats true then i am for sure bothered

 

Phil's pissy cos it won't fit on his Merc....

 

I also got this email...

Attention: Ford Car Owners,

NoBump was directed to Ford owners through the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers. We have recently developed a revolutionary bumper guard, www.nobump.com, designed to protect your car from Rear-end collisions.

Every day millions of cars bump into each other causing scratches, holes, screw marks, indents, removed paint and other significant and expensive bumper damage. Do not let other drivers control your wallet and prevent this from happening to you with the NoBump protective guard. Simply attach the NoBump guard to your license plate and free your worries from bad drivers.

NoBump has successfully saved many drivers from paying thousands of dollars to fix yours or someone else’s car. Purchase your NoBump
today at: www.nobump.com

DRIVE SAFE, DRIVE WITH NOBUMP!

---
Tom Price

NoBump
t.price@nobump.com
www.nobump.com





Im only on here...and AFF with ford...

Anyone want to explain?

 

so what are they selling? an email addy or your home address? considering the amount of shite received anyway another few bits of crap in the bin wont really make much difference to me.

 

On the old forum by default your profile was set to display your email address, also many people had their MSN on there.

There is software available that trawls through websites, building database of publically available information such as this.

So your email address (or msn address if thats the same) may well have been extracted from this forum, but it wouldnt have been sold by IB I suspect, as they would sooner market to you directly, its better business sense really as the moment they release your information to one company, that means that company could potentially do the same, even if they arent meant to.

On the new forum software, by default your email address isnt shown, so it shouldnt be an issue anymore, even on the old site though, frankly if you didnt want spam emails you shouldnt have had your email address public TBH!

 

im confused how does some one sell ur info would be pissed off if they were tho

 

The email was sold in a mailing list IMO...other folk are getting the same....its THIS board..FACT.

Not Happy.

 

ok just to summarise what chip said for the sun readers:

NOBODY HAS SOLD ANYTHNG TO ANYBODY, IT'S CO-INCIDENCE AND CAUSED BY PEOPLE PLASTERING THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES ALL OVER THE INTERNET

 

FACT?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact

do you know what that word means? it doesnt mean "this is my biased opinion based on zero knowledge of the subject"

 

..firestarter i never give my main email address to sites i dont trust...i trusted this site.

 

seems fair enough to me...thought I had my email address set to private on the old board...but never mind

 

i had one but it wasnt that one..it was regarding a ford auction..

who gives a shit..click the box on the side and delete..hey presto it wont annoy you anymore

 

..funny aint it that people from this site are saying ford related emails.

Jim/Chip please dont spout your "its not them" bollocks you know shit.

 

Cant think how that led to a problem

 

Yes Phil, after 12 years of IT Consultancy including being employed in that time at various points as an internet security expert and working for an expert internet marketing company, I know nothing at all about how companies harvest email addresses from the internet

And with regards to JimGalbally, come on Phil, you've seen pictures of him, anyone who looks THAT nerdy, knows about the internet, FACT!

 

So chip you think that me and many others that get an email from an american site (never had it before thru AOL) and the fact that stu said IB dont need trader subs as they will get it by other means,is just a coincidence..dont be silly...i dont need to be a computer nerd to know they selling my details.

 

Your email was set to public, you received an email.
My email was set to private I didnt receive an email.

Rocket science this stuff isnt it

 

So is mine

except to ADMIN.

Please stop your "i know it all bollocks"

 

It may be now, but it wasnt on the old forum, as I viewed your profile to get contact information when I was after a wideband sensor from you.

Its the OLD forum they got your address from I suspect, NOT the new one.

 

..i always hid my email as far as i am aware and you pm'd me for the sensor

Dont be silly and stop defending the new owners.

 

Perhaps the hacker, who ever that may have been, gave your details away ???

 

Phil you really haven't got enough to worry about have you.. pmsl
Anyone who uses their primary email address to register with internet forums takes their chances IMO

Post up the header from the email, that's much more useful to see where it came from.

 

..why?..dont be silly Punkie had the same..YOU dont know her so why would you give her details away????

 

FPMSL!!!!!!

Indeed, the number of times the old board was hacked isnt even funny, it was practically daily at one point, so the question isnt who had access to the info, its more a case of who didnt.

Really not much point discussing ANYTHING beyond that point!

 

America is the key.

Stu input please all we getting is geeks

 

how the fuck is america the key? do you think that all the emails you get from nigerian princes wanting to give you $25million were because you signed up to a nigerian website?