In the last few days you may have gotten an email through the UCA “Contact” system that was suspicious. It was. We are now large enough to be of interest to spammers… Yay!
What should you do if a message looks suspicious?
Ignore it for a while, then if you are still curious, check the person’s profile page (there’s a link in the email). If their profile is BLANK, then we’ve already spotted them and removed them. All good. Move on.
If there is information on the profile page, then we haven’t deleted them (yet). Let us know that the contact was suspicious. You can forward your strange email to support@unitarianchristianalliance.org, or you can message Mark Cain through his Profile page.
We’ve put some more triggers in place so it will be harder to use our directory as a spamming system. There’s a good chance we’ll detect the odd behavior and have the account deleted soon.
So, if you really are unsure about a message, you can ignore it or wait a while for us to clean it up.
Tips
When you get a Contact message, check the profile and see where they are from. If they are in your area, it is more likely to be real. If they are far, far away, they probably are NOT interested in having coffee with you.
Don’t click on links that someone puts in their message. If it seems like a legitimate contact, look at their profile, reply, and then get to know them through some conversation.