New to forum, already had abusive/spam email

[alastria]

Hi all,
I just joined here this week.  Today I received an email in my inbox here that was inappropriate.  It was a suggestive email asking me to email back - was clearly a sexual type email without going into details.  I reported it as abuse.  I am concerned - is this a common occurrence here?  It's just troubling when you expect support for MS and receive something like this.  Is there more I should do other than sending the email to the "report abuse" button?

Thanks

[nette573]

Hey, sorry this happened to you.  I have been here for a few months and never had anything like that happen.  I hope that it never happens to you again.  Alll of these wonderful people on here are great with support and will help you with anything!

Glad you are here!  Hugs to ya,
LYnette

[alastria]

Thanks everyone!  Med help deleted that person's account.  I really am enjoying checking out this forum.  It's very positive and informative.  I am newly diagnosed.  I read Quix welcome so I put my story in my journal if you'd be interested in checking it out.  

I'm glad to hear the abuse is very unusual.  I look forward to connecting with all of you.

[floridamom2]

Hi and a very big welcome!!!  I don't think we have met yet, glad you are here.

You know 4 months or so ago there was never any of those type of posts or messages and then as Medhelp seamed to grow in the past few months I started seeing them on other topic sites.  Those people are sick but unfortunately they are everywhere.  

This is the first time I have heard of it happening to one of the MS forum people but I am sure if you PM them the sender it will be taken care of.

Welcome and please stay - this is a great group of people!!
Kristin

[Super_sally888]

Hi,

That's happened to me a few times already.   Including yesterday.  I just blocked the message and deleted it.

next time if ever, I'll report it to medhelp.

Sally

[Quixotic1]

Welocme to the forum.  What an awful thing to happen.  I've been on this forum for over a year and never had it happen.  But, lets talk about you.  What brings you our way?

Quix - Den Mother

[jensequitur]

That's never happened to me either, on any forum... knock on woood!

[LLWB]

So sorry this happened to you. I've been here over a year now and have received nothing but an outpouring of compassion, affection, and support. Please stay here, and everyone will do their best to make you welcome, supported, and loved. ((((((hugs))))))

Maggie

[Momzilla]

I'm so sorry that happened.  I have been here forever, and have never experienced that.

MedHelp is great about responding to problems, I have found.

Stay with us.  We are glad you said something and reported the abuse.

Feel well,

Zilla*

[Med Help]

Hi,

Can you send me a private message and let us know who sent it? We ban spammers immediately and will do so here as well. Sorry it happened, unfortunately it does happen, but we do our best to respond very quickly. Thank you.

MedHelp

[Cosmobirdy]

I'm so sorry to hear that happened to you.... I have been here for a few months and that has never happened to me.  Please don't think that is common with this group at all....this really is a wonderful, safe place to be...

Rita

[Heather3418]

This is a very rare occurence.  I hope after you reported the PM, than you blocked that person's name, so they can no longer contact you.  MedHelp will look at what you reported and delete their account with MedHelp anyway.  I would doubt that it will happen again.

This really IS a safe place.

Heather

[pennst8r]

I've been on this forum for a year and have never had a message llike that. I would recommend that you do not open messages from screen names you do not recognize.

Penn

[sllowe]

I've never had it happen, been a member for quite a long time.  Hope it doesn't continue.

[MCBCON]

Not at all.