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Discussion in 'Site Feedback and Suggestions' started by JamesJoey, Nov 26, 2012.

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  1. JamesJoey Newcomer, in training

    Hi.
    Earlier I tried logging in to Windows 8 forums http://www.forumswindows8.com/.
    I was unable to. I requested a password reset and w3as emailed a new password. After logging The message claims I was banned for being a spammer. This is a lie. I never spammed on any forums at all. Now when I think I can contact someone about this I attempted to register with TechSpot and was told that my username and my email was in in the fspam database (Can't remember the exact site name) and my registration was rejected. I then logged in using my Facebook account. (I'll probably be banned form there too).
    This is scary! Can someone be using my email to spam forums???
    How the heck can I* get this straitened out??

    Any help will be appreciated,
    James
    JamesJoey, Nov 26, 2012
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  2. Julio Franco TechSpot Editor Posts: 6,055   +121

    We use a couple of these services to avoid known spammers to register freely on TechSpot. As you've experienced, we are not alone in the practice. The service that has blacklisted you might be: http://fspamlist.com/

    On their FAQ they give an answer for those that have been included by mistake, check this out:
    http://fspamlist.com/index.php?c=faq#question9
    Julio Franco, Nov 26, 2012
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  3. cliffordcooley TechSpot Paladin Posts: 2,321   +293

    Thought you should know I sent a private message to one of the Mods for http://www.forumswindows8.com/ informing them of this thread. Wish I could help further but I'm not a member of the forum. Hopefully we can get to the bottom of the issue.
    cliffordcooley, Nov 26, 2012
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  4. JamesJoey Newcomer, in training

    I want to thank you all for the assistance.
    I went to fspamlist and found no way to contact anyone.
    I just want to know what I spammed to cause this.
    I've been registered with 35 or so forums for some time now and this never happened. They never even gave me a chance.

    Thanks again,
    James
    JamesJoey, Nov 27, 2012
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