I am used to getting random spam instant messages through my Live Messenger account, but today has been a banner day, and I say that with total sarcasm. Today I have received at least five random IMs from a different address (which I immediately block after the message arrives), and each one has been completely trashy.

I’m posting the least offensive here, and the truly offensive ones after the break. Bear in mind that I have my Live account set so that I am not supposed to get any messages from people who aren’t contacts, and yet…they keep coming, and I can’t make them stop.

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Once again, I am warning you that the IMs posted are completely offensive, so no freaking out when you see them. Okay? Okay.

I also have AOL, Yahoo, Google and Facebook IM accounts streaming through Adium, and none of them are spamming me like this.

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hint: if you really want to see exactly how offensive these were, click them, then click the picture that opens

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So seriously Live Messenger, what is the problem? Is there a way to stop these? Or should Live Messenger be marked NC-17? I hate the thought that there is a 13 year old girl or boy out there getting similar messages without any way to turn them off.

I would hate to have to ditch my Live account, especially since it’s got such a fab and easy to remember address, but if this is going to keep up I doubt I would even miss it. Gear Diary Seriously Live Messenger, What is the problem? photo

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I have had a fascination with all types of gadgets and gizmos since I was a child, beginning with the toy robot that my grandmother gave my brother - which I promptly "relieved him of" in 1973. I have long been captivated by devices that did anything interesting or served a unique purpose - however silly. I can't tell you how everything works – but I am known world-wide for using a product until I have a full understanding of what it does, what its limitations are, and if it excels in any given area...or not.
  • http://ssschmidt.wordpress.com ssschmidt

    OMG. Some warning would have been nice….. KIDDING!!!!!
    I’m sure that the aforementioned IM’s are in violation of the TOS. So after your report, the people doing that should have their accounts deactivated. Of course, they can always create new ones.
    Interesting that they SHOULD be blocked by your filter, but aren’t.

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    I know, weren’t they awful? :-P

    Since the messages are so similar, all I can figure is that some spam service has created hundreds (thousands) of accounts, and is just sending them out. As a matter of fact, I have received two more since I posted the article. :sigh:

  • Haesslich

    Well, they’re pretty obviously bots, and someone probably has either a bunch of throwaway IP’s to use with accounts, or maybe a botnet going. Another reason not to join MSN Messenger, and one that their competitors can use in online advertising: “Want an IM experience free from spam and sex-chat solications? Try Yahoo IM!”

  • http://www.geardiary.com Judie Lipsett

    Yeah…Yahoo, Google, or even AOL. None of those have ever spammed me like this account is doing. :-/

  • Haesslich

    I’ve gotten spam from AIM, but it’s pretty easy to shut out people who spam you – you just have to specify the level of access you allow… which means sometimes the old email trick of ‘block everyone but list of approved senders’ equivalent in AOL, IIRC. You’d think, with Microsoft trying to show their chops with regards to IM and everything else with the Windows Live Experience, that they’d cut out annoyances like… y’know, chat-spam.



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