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Does MNHQ Check Our Inboxes?

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Chillyourbeans · 14/04/2020 22:43

Just wondering. I received a private message and sent 2 replies and now the recipient has received a message from MNHQ saying the replies were removed at my request. Except that's not true, I made no such request.

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Puzzledandpissedoff · 14/04/2020 23:33

Someone is trying to recruit members for a brand new site? By PM?

Yep

They report that it's growing like crazy too ...

ChandlerIsTheBestFriend · 14/04/2020 23:31

I’m a bit more alarmed to see people have had messages including their passwords!! Have HQ made any comment on that? Has the site been hacked? Again?

AlCalavicci · 14/04/2020 23:30

To get it moved to site stuff report your own OP (on the blue banner at the top of each post ) and ask for it to be moved

ArriettyJones · 14/04/2020 23:28

Don’t panic @Chillyourbeans it sounds like a bit of cheekiness that MNHQ has stamped out, not like a security issue.

ArriettyJones · 14/04/2020 23:26

What? Someone is trying to recruit members for a brand new site? By PM?

That’s a bit ambitious and vaguely like the Moldies debacle.

Or is it an existing site swooping in to get more members off the back of the premium service thing?

Badbilly · 14/04/2020 23:25

I had the same- message about the mums chat forum. Now it’s says “message deleted at user request”. Obviously that’s not true. HQ have clearly deleted them. They need to change the deletion message to “message deleted by MNHQ”

That’s it!

n00bMaster69 · 14/04/2020 23:25

Report thread and ask for it to be moved.

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Chillyourbeans · 14/04/2020 23:24

Well now I'm worried. How do I get this moved to Site Stuff please?

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UserDeleted · 14/04/2020 23:23

I had that message about the new site too. And now its been deleted at the request of the user. Yeah, right.

MnHq can see our inboxes if they wish. And clearly are happy to snoop.

BringMeSunshineInMyLife · 14/04/2020 23:22

All in the past few days plus at least one other that has gone:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3877155-Blackmail-email

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3876328-Email-from-random-saying-they-know-my-password-AND-THEY-DO-What-next

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3879944-Freaky-hacker-email-with-part-of-my-password

Not a good time for Mumsnet to be hacked again if that is what has happened.

ChandlerIsTheBestFriend · 14/04/2020 23:21

They’ll have checked who the spammer sent messages to and deleted them that way- they won’t have checked peoples inboxes just because.

ArriettyJones · 14/04/2020 23:20

Oh sounds more like a mass spamming.

I’d get this moved to Site Stuff, OP.

Watertorture · 14/04/2020 23:20

Oh mine's gone too. Obviously it's a bit rude to advertise a competing web site via this one. I think HQ has always been able to read messages I don't think they've ever been private in that sense.

ArriettyJones · 14/04/2020 23:19

MNHQ have said before that they can check PMs, and that they do so if they feel it is necessary for modding.

No idea why several people would have had this happen today, though.

Not unless PMs are going to be for the paying MNers only.

Cherrysoup · 14/04/2020 23:18

This happened to me too, a few hours ago. The subject was Hello, Sorry for the out of the blue PM but if yo.

Had exactly that message myself. I was all excited about getting a message, it hardly ever happens!

wildcherries · 14/04/2020 23:16

Concerning. Following

CheshireChat · 14/04/2020 23:16

I'm curious what MN will reply to this, but I expect it'll be in the morning

BringMeSunshineInMyLife · 14/04/2020 23:15

So people think the site hasn't been hacked again?

Isn't sending multiple messages something that hackers do?

I did notice lots of people posting recently about receiving extortion emails containing partial passwords. I wonder if it is linked?

ChandlerIsTheBestFriend · 14/04/2020 23:13

I had the same- message about the mums chat forum. Now it’s says “message deleted at user request”. Obviously that’s not true. HQ have clearly deleted them. They need to change the deletion message to “message deleted by MNHQ”

vodkaredbullgirl · 14/04/2020 23:10

Nobody messages me Sad lol

BringMeSunshineInMyLife · 14/04/2020 23:10

I thought that private messaging was private?

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Chillyourbeans · 14/04/2020 23:08

The message is received and replied to was from a long-standing member. All a bit strange.

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n00bMaster69 · 14/04/2020 23:08

Messages were probably about that new site.

BringMeSunshineInMyLife · 14/04/2020 23:07

Looks like someone has sent the same message to loads of users and MN has deleted them all.

That sounds like hacking to me?

Fuchsake · 14/04/2020 23:04

Looks like someone has sent the same message to loads of users and MN has deleted them all.

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