Advertisements with links to Frauds, Scams or possible malware in this forum

[OneDayMatisyahu]

Our AARP Forum is continuously bombarded with folks who are newly registered with postings seemingly with 'useful information' but with hyperlinks to possible 'frauds/ scams/ spams or possible malware sites.'

Please 'do not click onto any links' of any infomercial with a link to a "solution, the cure" = possible fraud or to a malware site.

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---- sign of scams -  they may talk about some medical information in the "Housing or Game Talk or Destinations' AARP forums = not in the proper forum = content is 'wrong' for forum heading.

And they are newly registered with a 'neat'  copy and paste but with a "link available = the cure, the solution, the treatment."

    They may talk about some other common problems and issues and lay out a nice informative treatment or solution. 

--- crypto recovery scams - I've seen twice or more here

---- Be wary of posts talking about 'cannabis' with an all too convenient link available - may lead to frauds and/ or they "just want your money by selling their goods and services"

---- Be wary of posts talking about 'Medicare / Insurance'  with long seemingly helpful information with a hyper link " to their website "  - they are a private company who have not been vetted/ verified by AARP or other entities. Will they offer free advice/ low cost fee? 

🙄  Will you give them your name address, telephone, birth date and SS number? for further assistance/ consultation from them???  

 🙄 This still an advertisement in AARP Forum and should not allowed here.

-----check out their profile if newly registered and if they 'copy and paste' a  tale and "they have the answer, the cure , the solution" - If only you click on their link??

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   Additionally

Be wary of newly registered users "advertising" any good or services.

Possible fraud at the end - gathering info on you personally - invading your privacy.

    It's against AARP Forum policy to 'sell goods and services' here; blatant 'advertising'. 

😠  The AARP Moderators need to be more 'proactive' in removing these posts - Scammers/ Spammers/ Fraudsters; this AARP  Forum is not appropriate for 'advertising of goods and services - medical and otherwise.'

[DirkB349973]

Good message! Maybe AARP should limit posting access to people that have or have had an active subscription. Having to pay a few dollars will probably eliminate most of the spam.

[EricC28201]

Thank you for the helpful update @OneDayMatisyahu .

Hopefully others will post replies so this one stays 'Popular' and 'Recent' for a long time.

...Perhaps appropriately, the security challenge was ear...this one's worth listening to.