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spammed by Kalmbach!
Posted by The Meatcan on Saturday, March 16, 2019 4:30 AM

I recently received messages from Kalmbach informing me I had *subscribed* to Scale Auto, American Snowmobiler, and Trains.  What the heck is that all about, Kalmbach? I have never signed up for any of these! I attempted to *Unsubscribe* but the Kalmbach website would only allow me to unsubscribe from FSM. Odd. I definitely do not appreciate the spamming.

Has this happened to anyone else?

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    April 2013
Posted by KnightTemplar5150 on Saturday, March 16, 2019 5:21 AM

Same situation here. The funny thing is that I haven't touched a model car since December of 1981 and I don't have any interest in either snowmobiles or trains.

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Posted by oldermodelguy on Saturday, March 16, 2019 5:45 AM

I think it's the same log in as here. I had trains and also auto come into my email this morning thanking me for subscribing. I've never signed up to either one. But I recall after the mess here where many of us couldn't sign in for a couple of weeks or more I did sign in at fine scale auto using the sign in for here. I don't know, I dump about 80% of my emails anyway so I just checked those off too and they went in my trash bin with the rest. When I get 300 emails in the trash bin I'll delete them all.

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  • From: Summerville, SC
Posted by jeffpez on Saturday, March 16, 2019 6:18 AM

I also got two emails but they thanked me for registering to Trains and the auto mag and asked that I subscribe. I didn't register at either and it's probably related to my being a FSM subscriber and registered on this forum. Hopefully they don't do this again.

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  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Saturday, March 16, 2019 6:39 AM
Same thing here,I deleted them,no big deal.

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  • From: Bethlehem PA
Posted by the Baron on Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:19 AM

Tojo72

Same thing here,I deleted them,no big deal.

It may not be a big deal, but then again, it might be.  I didn't sign up for any of those publications, so when I get emails saying, "Thank you for registering for Scale Auto", etc, my first thought is that my Kalmbach login was hacked or spoofed.  Or that some other account of mine was hacked.  I'm sure that I'm not the only one.

 

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Posted by murph on Saturday, March 16, 2019 8:03 AM

Nothing in my inbox or spam folder...yet.

Retired and living the dream!

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  • From: East Bethel, MN
Posted by midnightprowler on Saturday, March 16, 2019 8:20 AM

I got them as well, it didn't say thanks for subscribing, they said thanks for registering.

Hi, I am Lee, I am a plastiholic.

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  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Saturday, March 16, 2019 8:55 AM

Yup, me too.  Maybe this is the beginning of problems due to the upcoming web site redesign.  Please clean up your act, Kalmbach!

Angry

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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Posted by ugamodels on Saturday, March 16, 2019 9:10 AM

Me too. To two different email addresses. I wonder about the Web site update also. I'm more inclined to think a hack and spoofing. 

I type on a tablet. Please excuse the terseness and the autocorrect. Not to mention the erors. 

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  • From: Forest Hill, Maryland
Posted by cwalker3 on Saturday, March 16, 2019 10:25 AM

I got them too. The ‘deleted’ folder in my mail program list emails alphabetically, so it’s easy to see that Kalmbach is one of the largest contributors to this file. They normally don’t bother me, but I did have to look twice at the ones they sent today. That kind of marketing really turns me off to a vendor. 

Cary

 


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    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, March 16, 2019 10:32 AM

Lo and behold, this morning the same “thank you” emails were in my in box as well.... delete, delete, delete...

 thanks for the heads up guys...

 

 

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  • From: East Bethel, MN
Posted by midnightprowler on Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:28 AM

Both mine came from this email address

ScaleAutoMagazine@mail.kalmbachmail.com

the ad says a special of $19.95 for a year but I click on the subscribe link and it says $29.95.

Hi, I am Lee, I am a plastiholic.

Co. A, 682 Engineers, Ltchfield, MN, 1980-1986

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 1 Corinthians 15:51-54

Ask me about Speedway Decals

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Posted by ddp59 on Saturday, March 16, 2019 11:40 AM

got them too in my hotmail so i put a block on both so should not have them appear again hopefully. i wonder if the site got hacked which might explain the spam?

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  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, March 16, 2019 12:11 PM

Yes, getting them across several emails as well from at least 3 different magazines.

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    July 2018
  • From: The Deep Woods
Posted by Tickmagnet on Saturday, March 16, 2019 12:16 PM

Same here, I filed them in file 13.

 

 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Saturday, March 16, 2019 12:35 PM

Blocked and reported them as junk. 

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Posted by roony on Saturday, March 16, 2019 12:41 PM

I got them as well.

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    February 2011
Posted by GreySnake on Saturday, March 16, 2019 12:52 PM
Got one from auto & trains as well. Wondering if it was just a glitch?
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  • From: Vancouver, the "wet coast"
Posted by castelnuovo on Saturday, March 16, 2019 1:16 PM

 I received a "thank you for registering for trains, click here to subscribe". Don't care about trains. Flaged it as spam, hope I won't receive it any more. 

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Saturday, March 16, 2019 1:56 PM

castelnuovo

 I received a "thank you for registering for trains, click here to subscribe". Don't care about trains. Flaged it as spam, hope I won't receive it any more. 

 

I got that one as well.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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  • From: Wyoming Michigan
Posted by ejhammer on Saturday, March 16, 2019 2:27 PM
Same here. I don't like this at all. EJ

Completed - 1/525 Round Two Lindberg repop of T2A tanker done as USS MATTAPONI, USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa Dec 1942, USS Yorktown 1/700 Trumpeter 1943. In The Yards - USS ESSEX 1/700 Hasegawa 1945, USS ESSEX 1/700 Dragon 1944, USS ESSEX 1/700 Trumpeter 1945, USS ESSEX 1/540 Revell (vintage) 1962, USS ESSEX 1/350 Trumpeter 1942, USS ESSEX LHD-2 as commissioned, converted from USS Wasp kit Gallery Models. Plus 35 other plastic and wood ship kits.

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  • From: Close to Chicago
Posted by JohnnyK on Saturday, March 16, 2019 2:31 PM

Yep, they hit me this morning.

Your comments and questions are always welcome.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Saturday, March 16, 2019 2:53 PM

Well there you go... this is an FSM issue. Time to tell them to quit spamming us.....

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Posted by CaddMann05 on Saturday, March 16, 2019 2:58 PM

I worked the night shift, and I received 3 notifications for emails from Kalmbach between 2:30am and 3:00am. It said thanks for registering to Trains, Scale Auto and a snowmobile website and now I can get a reduced subscrition by clicking this address.

It's a big deal to me, if someone has hacked Kalmbach and trying to steal info. This may be the last straw for me as far as Kalmbach pertaining to Finescale Modeler also.

The forum for Finescale is nothing but one effing mess with way too many login issues, lack of thread notifications and customer service.

I think I will just let my current subscription expire and buy my magazine at the newsstand.

fox
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  • From: Narvon, Pa.
Posted by fox on Saturday, March 16, 2019 6:47 PM

Haven't gotten any of that stuff "yet". Hope that I don't. My old senile brain can't handle much more computer noncense.

Jim  Captain

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  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:21 PM

Yep got all that crap too. Welcome to the “new improved “ site. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

 GIFMaker.org_jy_Ayj_O

 

 

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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  • From: Longmont, Colorado
Posted by Cadet Chuck on Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:27 PM

I am waiting for a reply from a Kalmback manager acknowledging the problem, and what they are going to do about it.  I wonder if they or the moderators are aware of this.  Not sure how to go about contacting them.

Gimme a pigfoot, and a bottle of beer...

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    July 2004
  • From: Sonora Desert
Posted by stikpusher on Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:33 PM

Cadet Chuck

I am waiting for a reply from a Kalmback manager acknowledging the problem, and what they are going to do about it.  I wonder if they or the moderators are aware of this.  Not sure how to go about contacting them.

 

Its the weekend. Don’t expect any reply until Monday morning at the soonest.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

LSM

 

  • Member since
    November 2008
  • From: Central Florida
Posted by plasticjunkie on Saturday, March 16, 2019 7:58 PM

Cadet Chuck

I am waiting for a reply from a Kalmback manager acknowledging the problem, and what they are going to do about it.  I wonder if they or the moderators are aware of this.  Not sure how to go about contacting them.

 

I sent Elizabeth a PM regarding this.

 GIFMaker.org_jy_Ayj_O

 

 

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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