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has Sony been notified of this $#!7 yet? Getting real f*(#!ng tired of this.
I heard you can disable messages. How do you do that? As for friends, i have none and want none, so no loss for me.
Don't turn around I will go away. Leave you at the middle of nowhere in hell.
Forgive my sin never feel you again. You won't remember the time we were in love. |
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I got notified that someone added me to a party through the PSN message app. Then right after I got a message saying "Hey, you there"?. I long pressed and selected disable from this group I think, on my phone. No more messages from them. If it's happening with a lot of accounts though I don't know how to solve that.
Too bad you don't have to pay for PSN + to make an account and send messages. It would stop these scammers pretty quick. |
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Only needed de this once so iam not 100% if its all correct.
Press up on mainscreen there are several tabs there, go to friends (even if you dont have any) and select that, there should be a tab in that one about messages in that should be an option to select from whom you want to receive messages set to from friends only.
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I keep getting these from sex cam websites -_-
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LankyKong posted...
I changed my message setting to friends only to stop the messages, now they're sending me friend requests. Anyone else? ._. O_O Oh you gotta be f***ing KIDDING ME! Is there no way to stop these f*****s? I wouldn't mind this $#!7 so much, but it feels like such an invasion. I wanna play games, not be bugged by f***bots. interestingly enough though, after i told the latest one to, and I quote, "F*** off.", they left me alone. still haven't blocked them either.
Don't turn around I will go away. Leave you at the middle of nowhere in hell.
Forgive my sin never feel you again. You won't remember the time we were in love. |
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cheddarsword posted...
LankyKong posted...you really want to block them .just put everything to block .they can not send you messages and it even stop you from sending messagesI changed my message setting to friends only to stop the messages, now they're sending me friend requests. Anyone else? ._.
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There must be some way of blocking people right? I still haven't gotten any of these messages, but it sounds pretty widespread so I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
I hope everyone is at least reporting them to sony.
Love conquers everything ... except knives, swords, axes, guns, spears, fists, rocks, strong gusts of wind, and/or dangerous wild animals.
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stekim40 posted...
I just set it so only friends can message me and only friends of friends can send me a friend invite. genius. that might work. also i really should have reported them, but considering they're all new accounts, sony would simply be aware that there is a problem with little in the way of fixing it. can't really stop people from making new accounts. that'd be bad for business.
Don't turn around I will go away. Leave you at the middle of nowhere in hell.
Forgive my sin never feel you again. You won't remember the time we were in love. |
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ResidentGear31 posted...
Some of the girls who text me seem like theyre pretty hot. right, provided they're actually women. Guys know what guys want to hear.
Don't turn around I will go away. Leave you at the middle of nowhere in hell.
Forgive my sin never feel you again. You won't remember the time we were in love. |
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So I'm not the only one getting these, huh?
The first message I got goes back to the end of June. (Edit: I figured it was a friend from class who thought I'd just recognize their PSN ID), but it was really just some guy/gal claiming they're looking for someone to talk to. They follow up with "How old are u?" and I just cut them off there. I thought they were just some desperate low-life looking for love on the Playstation Network of all places, but ever since I blocked them, I've gotten messages from these bots about every other week. All of them have the default profile icon, and zero trophies. Does anyone have an explanation for this? Are these guys really trying to scam people on the Playstation Network (yet again - of all places), and I think most importantly, where are these guys pulling the names from? PSNProfiles? That's really the only place online I've made my PSN known. |
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Seano_thegr81 posted...
I got a message too but mine was real. She's really cute and great personality. I've given her my credit card details and she's gonna send me a strip tease video! Nothing come through yet but she's probably busy. I can't wait il let you guys know how it goes! Yeah, for real. Speaking of which, Best Buy rejected my card today, so I hope that this Nigerian prince guy gets back to me on all the money he said that he'll give me. |
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Now these b**** bots are sending friend request. This is making me slit my wrist while listening to My Chemical Romance. just set it so only friends of friends can send you friend requests. that'll solve it. i have yet to do this though, and another one contacted me. It's a bit hard to tell if they're really bots though. Maybe they are... at any rate, sending them the message "F*** off." actually makes them not message you again. if it's a bot, it's likely programmed to recognize the phrase. So much technology, wasted. At any rate, if someone has an idea for me to try testing their humanity (as in seeing if they're a bot or a human) i'm all for it the next time one contacts me. seems to be every few nights.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
On days like these, people like me... Should be burning in hell. |
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cheddarsword posted...
I have told a few of them to stop messaging, but not specifically "F*** off". I'm willing to try it next time one pops up. Here's an idea: Reply to them with just a single line of random garbage, or any stupid question, and see how they respond. And if your interested in following this, let's see what they respond to. It could just be a single word like "Who" or "How" or a character like a question mark? And speaking of which, has anyone on here been -asked- for information from the bots (if they are bots)? I've been asked my age, but I haven't seen anyone on here say they've been asked multiple questions or done any proper "investigation". Maybe we could feed them bull, but then maybe it's best to let this die. Thoughts? (edit: Come to think of it, this kind of thing is meant to prey on younger players [based on the first question it asked me]. I think that you're right in that we could gather info, so maybe we should, then afterwards send what we found to Sony? I mean, maybe they can't do anything to stop it, but it might be worth a shot? I'm cool with going down this rabbit hole for a little bit.) |
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IomMeza posted...
It's easy to tell if they're bots. Well, they -could- all be accounts manually set up just for the purpose of scamming people. I'm just wondering how the system works. For instance, the bots could possibly automatically send out their messages to a bunch of users, but the person/people behind it could start actually typing if they feel they've gotten a "hook." |
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Cromnley posted...
IomMeza posted...It's easy to tell if they're bots. right, it's not too difficult to create a new account if you have an email site that you can create multiple accounts on with minimal information. I'll start making a list of the names that contact me for a while too. in fact, here's the two most recent: bouncybeatriz loud_gwendolyn Here's the bouncybeatriz conversation (censored to prevent moderation): bb: Hey me: Leave me the f*** alone a******. bb: i got ure name from the profile search here on this psn app cuz i was bored and lookin for new people to talk to. :) bb: how old are u? me: F*** off. the loud_gwendolyn one started out with Hey typed the same way, but i started with F*** off this time, and they never responded. both times it shows that they created the group, then added me. It's interesting too, because i generally keep my online status hidden. as of now, it says i've been offline for a month. yet they still contact me. It's hard to tell because there's almost something human about them.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
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cheddarsword posted...
It's hard to tell because there's almost something human about them. They never react to what you say, just that you said something. What on earth is human about a blindly followed script? You could respond to their every message with "a;fhnas;dfbfsa;fo" and they'd continue on regardless. Well, I guess they respond to "f*** off" and sometimes "bot" but if you ask any actual questions, ignored, and on to the next line in the script.
I would, but it violates an axiom I live by.
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Lollybomb posted...
cheddarsword posted...It's hard to tell because there's almost something human about them. really? think i might experiment next time. as for why they seemed a little human, i dunno, i guess responding the way they did with me, that was just how it felt. at least, a little. I'm easy to trick, aren't i?
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
On days like these, people like me... Should be burning in hell. |
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Here's my list of names so far:
serinastraighted shihomartita_sna cheyennemcheese itsmeek0_jewel igurl_z23 dejatoucy Where are these names even coming from? cheddarsword posted... bb: Hey That looks a lot like my exchange as well, though worded a little differently. I think Lollybomb's right, in that they may be responding to the hostility. So next time, maybe we should try made-up answers to see if we can get past the age question? I wonder if it responds to ages in different ways, or if it's just one of the "blanks" they're filling in. Feel free to type complete lies by pretending to be a gaming granny, or (what I think they're after) a young kid. Also, side-note: We could probably determine they're telling the truth in, yeah, they've somehow signed up using the PSN app on phones. Though, the one problem with that is that if a user is using the app, it usually shows up to the left of the profile icon. Just an observation. |
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Cromnley posted...
Here's my list of names so far: Usernames are probably coming from a username generator like this one: http://jimpix.co.uk/words/random-username-generator.asp what makes you think they're targeting kids though? I guess it's worth looking into though. Curious if i would get a response from one of the previous accounts though... what do you think, worth a shot? Also, i'm not seeing anything about them using an app. their icon is just the grey square smiley face.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
On days like these, people like me... Should be burning in hell. |
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Got one today, it was sort of a dead give away though; level 1 with no trophies, and their names was something like Hottie_Rose or something.
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re_ru posted...
Got one today, it was sort of a dead give away though; level 1 with no trophies, and their names was something like Hottie_Rose or something. yeah, they're all level 1 trophies. they're new accounts that were created for the sole purpose of... well, their purpose is TBD for the time being, but whatever it is, it's not good. I sent messages to the previous accounts that have contacted me. the first one, i sent jumbled text. the second, i said "Hello".
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
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Cromnley posted...
IomMeza posted...It's easy to tell if they're bots. I've got 3 in the past couple days (0 trophies & such) They send them to me during times that I would never be near my PS4, so I know it's not somebody that I played with the night before or anything.
"While you were wasting your time castrating a priceless antique, I was systematically feeding babies to hungry mutated puppies!" -The Monarch
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Thermador446 posted...
Cromnley posted...IomMeza posted...It's easy to tell if they're bots. I'm a bit of a night owl myself, so 3AM is common for me. I've had them send me messages at both midnight and a little after 6AM. I don't really play online much anymore. a random match or two in tekken 7 to show of my favorite character edits (made Steve Fox look like Sans from Undertale!).
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
On days like these, people like me... Should be burning in hell. |
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Sorry for DP, but i got a new one. Here's the chat session (note: spoilered a word due to it's possible adult nature):
super_deeanna: Hi me: Hello sd: i got ure name from the member search here on this psn app cuz i was bored and lookin for new people to talk to. :) sd: how old are u? me: 31 sd: 22/f... watch up 2? me: Eating lunch. sd: ahh, i just got done playing cod. my vacation ended and i'm not exactly excited about it lol i'm still in university right now so now i was really enjoying the time off with my friends ya know?? me: Sounds like fun sd: lol, soo i have an idea if ure up for a lil fun me: Ok. sd: i was actually gonna get to 'work' here shortly. my girlfriend was working online and i kept askin her about it so she showed me what she was doing when we got back to school last fall sd: i thought she was crazy at first haha, but it's pretty cool actually. we work online doing private webcam shows which sounded super sketchy at first believe me. but i freakin' luv it!!! me: That does sound fun sd: well what i was going to say is i have some free passes and i usually just do a private show before i get started to 'warm up' lol. no one is online though so i was going to give u one of the passes if u wanted but u have to give me a really good rating so i can get more if u do tho k? me: Ok sd: don't u worry tho... ill earn it lol. k it's [removed link, details below] and u should see a lil button to accept my invite and connect now to create your profile. u just click on that... sd: then u just make ure own username or w/e and u can cumm into my private chat for us 2 and type to me and tell me what you want me to do ---------------- (as stated above, spoilered for adult nature) I didn't reply any more after that. I got the site name and figured the message string was basically over anyway. I can PM the site name to someone if they want to know, but i won't post it here due to it being an adult webcam site. i don't want to get modded. i WILL share a few details though. first, when entering the site they gave me, it took me to a site with a different name. still an adult webcam site, but it only makes it seem more fishy to me. anyway, it's made to look like someone's profile page. there's a countdown timer that resets every time you reload the page. it's supposed to be for accepting the invite to the private chat. Once the timer runs out (it's a 5 minute timer, yes, i waited it out) it just switches to an image of an alarm clock with the text: "Hurry!" beside it. noticing two different names here. one is an actual name and it's on the site, but in the url, i'm seeing what looks like a screen name. GamerBabe. there's a picture of a girl there too, with what's supposed to be a chatbox below her. She's clothed, but... she looks like a mei cosplayer from overwatch or something. chatbox has her saying different things each time you reload the page. I get a real sketchy vibe from this site. not sure i'd trust it. Also, this may just be me, but in my message session on the PS4, they mention being a female, yet also mention having a girlfriend... i wonder if they simply mean girlfriend in the way girls refer to their friends, or if they're playing at a guy's interest in lesbians? Anyway, if you want the site name to see it for yourself or hell, try it out (use caution and give no private info!) just send me a PM. Next time one of them contacts me, i'm gonna give a minors age just to see what it does. Any suggestions? i was thinking 15.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
On days like these, people like me... Should be burning in hell. |
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Whoa, nice work!
So... they're trying to scam people into fake webcam sites... That's... weird. Maybe you could send me the link so I can put it into the doc I'm creating to send to Sony? I'll PM you the idea I have for what can be done about it. Yeah, next time, I would try a minor's age, and if they respond with the same thing, that's pretty incriminating. The reason I think they're targeting kids is that usually sh**y people set up these kinds of spam chains to prey on the gullible and the younger demographic (who might have access to their parents' credit cards). Speaking of which, I did a little bit of research, and though I couldn't find any results for the usernames (so yeah, they're purely randomly generated like you said) I came across two main bits of info that I think are interesting enough to mention. The first is that these PSN spam services can sometimes be used for free by users. I found this one called SpamPSN, and though their website went off-line this year, they're still on Twitter. I don't think they're doing this though, because their username generator isn't as good(?) as this one here. The second thing I found out is where they're possibly getting our PSN names, which could either be through the huge list that leaked a couple years ago, or even the massive hack back in 2011. |
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It is rather annoying, and it does seem to be happening more frequently. Never recall this being a problem last gen either. I at least never experienced it up until now on the PlayStation 4.
Thing is, it does ruin it for regular folk. I'm one of those that don't mind receiving messages from randoms not on my friends list, especially if it is within a game I might be able to help (Destiny - when a random would ask for help on a Nightfall or whatever), and sometimes it could lead to a new console friend. Blocking all messages except from those on the friends list to counter this erases that possibility.
Currently playing: Borderlands (PS3)
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Cromnley posted...
Whoa, nice work! It can't be the 2011 hack, because my current account was created after that. I do remember that hack though. I had a different account at the time.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
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cheddarsword posted...
LankyKong posted...I changed my message setting to friends only to stop the messages, now they're sending me friend requests. Anyone else? ._. Lol. If they report you, you probably get banned for profanity... And no, you can't do anything about that, you can block messages but not "group invites" or "friend" requests afaik. You're also unable to delete any messages. Only way to avoid this is not being online at all. Welcome to playstation! #4theplayers |
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PsychoWolfX posted...
There must be some way of blocking people right? I still haven't gotten any of these messages, but it sounds pretty widespread so I'm sure it's just a matter of time. Ffs, there is, also a way to report them to get banned. Any of you actually own or use a ps4 around here lol? So many at a loss with the most basic well known functions Also what an utterly pointless scream for attention topic where the tc goes on n on about nothing and ignores the simplest of solutions, so can keep going on n on, like staring at the sun, whining your eyes burn only to continue staring at the sun so you can whine your eyes burn while going on n on about crap nobody cares about lol
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Psychodrama_80 posted...
PsychoWolfX posted...There must be some way of blocking people right? I still haven't gotten any of these messages, but it sounds pretty widespread so I'm sure it's just a matter of time. reporting the accounts do nothing. they're spam accounts created for various reasons. this time, it's to get people to go to an adult webcam site that looks VERY fake. also, you can't stop people from adding you to a group? even if your messages are set to friends only and friend requests are set to friends of friends?
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
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cheddarsword posted...
Psychodrama_80 posted...PsychoWolfX posted...There must be some way of blocking people right? I still haven't gotten any of these messages, but it sounds pretty widespread so I'm sure it's just a matter of time. It actually does, they get banned,thats one less spam account lol.... can also block ppl and mess with your settings. No need to play dumb to drag this stupid topic along lol. Also funny, most dont have this issue and whn have thy took steps to prevent over simply whining n going on forever about nothing on a forum lol Oh and a tip, dont ever reply to them, feed them replies, insult argue with them, your account will be attacked by spam over n over and they can also report you, kinda common sense, block and ignore report. Go into your settings if it gets really bad so dont deal with it....fckn simple lol
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Psychodrama_80 posted...
cheddarsword posted...Psychodrama_80 posted...PsychoWolfX posted...There must be some way of blocking people right? I still haven't gotten any of these messages, but it sounds pretty widespread so I'm sure it's just a matter of time. 1: you obviously haven't dealt with the same spam accounts i have. leave one alone, and more just message you. 2: i'm not playing dumb, i don't know how all the settings work. 3: i'm not whining, this is a problem that obviously doesn't affect you. With that in mind, why are you here? 4: As I said, these are spam accounts. once the account has accomplished it's goal, banned or not, it's abandoned, and a new account is created to spam you and others with. 5: i would like something done about this. If i can help put a lid on this before someone falls victim to it, (like a kid or something) then yeah, i'll keep "whining" about it and try to get something done about it.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
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cheddarsword posted...
really? think i might experiment next time. as for why they seemed a little human, i dunno, i guess responding the way they did with me, that was just how it felt. at least, a little. Basically, there's varying degrees of complexity of a bot's scripted AI. A simple one will run through the script so long as there's a response. It doesn't matter what the response is, it will follow its own replies automatically in a preset manner. Bot: Hey there, how are you? A more complex one might be set up for several possible responses with replies that look for key words in your responses. These tend to still be easily confused. They'll look for things like greetings, key phrases like "my name is," and other such things. Bot: Hey there, how are you? An even more complex one will be very well-scripted and look specifically for not only those key words, but will also try to lead the user into answering its questions because it will essentially "refuse" a gibberish response. Of course, since it lacks context, telling it your name is "Bob Dole" is the same as telling it your name is "Car Buffalo," or "Nicholai Koleshnikov." But it won't take "f*** off" as a valid answer because it might have in its criteria to not accept "f***" and "off" as valid name strings. Bot: Hello there, how are you? There's actually a website all about chatbot creation, it's been around a while but I'm honestly drawing a blank on the name of it. You can probably find it via Google, but they go into the whole idea of chatbots in a bit more detail and even let you whip up your own going as complex as you want. Of course, since chatbots even at their most complex are still "stupid," they pop up in the news like a year or two ago when that one on Twitter started repeating Nazi propaganda because people spammed it with pro-Nazi stuff, which led it to take its cues as "Nazi = good" and act accordingly. Surprisingly useful for a tool for how individuals and cultures perpetuate ideas and the like when you remove the element of morality from what's regurgitated to a bot (i.e. our concept of "this good, that bad" is fairly flimsy and reliant upon little more than "this will get me accepted" and "that will get me scorned.")
Stupid, stupid rat creatures!!!
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theshoveller posted...
cheddarsword posted...really? think i might experiment next time. as for why they seemed a little human, i dunno, i guess responding the way they did with me, that was just how it felt. at least, a little. That's actually pretty interesting about the twit bot. Might have gone unnoticed if they had removed the auto learning.
It's a beautiful day outside. Birds are singing, flowers are blooming.
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Dude A) they don't get banned and B) you'll get a warning from Sony for reporting them because they don't do anything that's against the TOS (according to Sony).
Which you will learn sooner or later if you've reported them. cheddarsword posted...
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