why are there random people talking to me in my hotmail? | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 20793599 Australia 12/09/2012 06:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | lol what? you mean in messenger or youre getting emails from randoms? if your profiles open to anyone(you can change that in your privacy settings)you could be getting tracked down by people just getting in touch from just looking at your profile or tracking you down via it. If you have a skype acc. attached to that email addy, skype and hotmail messenger are merging and if you share contacts your skype friends can get at you via messenger. elaborate? |
T-Man Entitled title User ID: 29401667 Netherlands 12/09/2012 06:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 20793599 Australia 12/09/2012 06:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
T-Man Entitled title User ID: 29401667 Netherlands 12/09/2012 06:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Chris Hansen (OP) User ID: 29401197 Australia 12/09/2012 06:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | lol what? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20793599 you mean in messenger or youre getting emails from randoms? if your profiles open to anyone(you can change that in your privacy settings)you could be getting tracked down by people just getting in touch from just looking at your profile or tracking you down via it. If you have a skype acc. attached to that email addy, skype and hotmail messenger are merging and if you share contacts your skype friends can get at you via messenger. elaborate? the messenger inside of hotmail.com a little pop up comes up with these random girls talking to me... ..why don't you take a seat over there |
Chris Hansen (OP) User ID: 29401197 Australia 12/09/2012 06:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26795689 United States 12/09/2012 06:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 26795689 United States 12/09/2012 06:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | lol what? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 20793599 you mean in messenger or youre getting emails from randoms? if your profiles open to anyone(you can change that in your privacy settings)you could be getting tracked down by people just getting in touch from just looking at your profile or tracking you down via it. If you have a skype acc. attached to that email addy, skype and hotmail messenger are merging and if you share contacts your skype friends can get at you via messenger. elaborate? the messenger inside of hotmail.com a little pop up comes up with these random girls talking to me... Oh that... Same thing happens with Yahoo's Chat service... Spam |
Chris Hansen (OP) User ID: 29401197 Australia 12/09/2012 06:58 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's email spam.... Some server gets access to your information (email address & name) and suddenly you start getting emails addressed to you from some totally random, made-up names... It's just spam, not real people emailing you. Quoting: ANHEDONIC its not an email tho ..why don't you take a seat over there |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 20793599 Australia 12/09/2012 07:06 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's email spam.... Some server gets access to your information (email address & name) and suddenly you start getting emails addressed to you from some totally random, made-up names... It's just spam, not real people emailing you. Quoting: ANHEDONIC its not an email tho change your privacy setting in messenger you want to set it so only people in your contact list can see when youre online and chat.You can also block them individually by right clicking and selecting block. But you need to make your whole profile more private and stop using your addy for registering at random sites.get a shit email you dont use for personal stuff for that crap. |
Chris Hansen (OP) User ID: 29401197 Australia 12/09/2012 10:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's email spam.... Some server gets access to your information (email address & name) and suddenly you start getting emails addressed to you from some totally random, made-up names... It's just spam, not real people emailing you. Quoting: ANHEDONIC its not an email tho change your privacy setting in messenger you want to set it so only people in your contact list can see when youre online and chat.You can also block them individually by right clicking and selecting block. But you need to make your whole profile more private and stop using your addy for registering at random sites.get a shit email you dont use for personal stuff for that crap. couldn't block them since i dont even have them added, and there was no option to block them.... i just found the sign out of messenger button so its all good now.. ..why don't you take a seat over there |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17090286 United States 12/09/2012 10:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |