There's Something About Nellah.

Hello guys.

To any of you Archive warriors - you have most likely seen this within the archives. This is just a condensed down version of what I have stated.

You will have, by now, all received an email from a new user named "Nellah", which states the following:

"مرحبا
لطيف لمقابلتك على الشبكة الاجتماعية
أنا مهتمة لمعرفة هل أفضل ومشاركة الصور
يمكنك الاتصال صندوق بريدي
(n e l l a h 1 9 7 8 @ h o t m a i l c o m)

شكر



HI
nice to meet you on the social network
am interested to know you better and share pictures
you can contact my mailbox
(n e l l a h 1 9 7 8 @ h o t m a i l c o m)
thanks"


Do NOT try and respond to this email. To those who may not know why, Nellah is most definitely a bot designed by a person out there possibly targeting a younger audience for decent or indecent pictures, as clearly stated in this private message. If possible, do report this PM to forumotion so they can check it out. This is a possible attempt to groom users into a situation in which they will be blackmailed. Although I may not seem like it, I really don't want something terrible happening to any one of you. Even if each and every one of you already knows not to respond to Private Messages like this - it still helps if there is a small chance that somebody does not know what to do.

I'd like to thank you for reading this PM, and of course - remember to stay safe online.

While this is all true, Luke, it IS super weird that he knew us all by name...

What do you mean by that? Did your version contain your name?

If you are just talking about the fact that he has individually pm'ed each and every one of us - the bot is able to do a little trick in which he is able to mass-pm each and every individual at the click of a button. That's why bots are considered a threat - they can perform tasks quicker than anything you will have ever seen.

I mean, the subject of the PM sent to me said "Holy". Not my entire name, but a nickname-like thing. Should I be worried about that?

I had the same subject. It's coincidence

Huh. Okay then...

It's just a subject name - don't worry! I have the same subject name, so does Scyl, so does Monkey.

I've been analysing into the title - and my best bet is that it could be just relating to religion. A lot of bots do have trigger words - however holy generally relates very closely with religions. It could just be another trigger - yes - and it could also be relating with possible religious activity - yes. However, it isn't anything to do with your name.

Alright, I'm good. Thanks for the conformation.

Wow, this nellah seems like a neat guy! I'm going to contact him and see where it leads me~

No worries everyone. We took this into account and Nellah is banned from the site.