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RachelEsther
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:00 am    Post subject: Beware Joulie85 and her herbal remedies quackery/commercial Reply with quote

This really steams me! I just got a private message, posted by someone who signed up on Dec 3 and never posted. It's spam, pure spam, and harmful, because the message is to go to an herbal site and find out what to do, for example, to cure breast cancer (they say green tea, yeah, right)! I tried to contact someone on this site, but I couldn't find anything to click. MODERATOR OF THIS SITE - BLOCK THIS PERSON! If you try to contact the webmaster, you find that you have to PAY to subscribe! Anyway, here's the message (I took out the website name so you don't encourage that person by clicking!):

From: joulie85
To: RachelEsther
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:40 am
Subject: Home Remedies
Hi,There

As a fellow member, an advanced Web user & most importantly natural or home remedy lover, I would like to introduce you to our new Fantasy Home Remedy site called: ____________________ I'll appreciate if you could find a few minutes to explore our site and I thought that it would be great to get your feedback by "add suggestions" before we start "shooting" in all directions. Thanks!

____________ enables you to find natural treatments that can really help. Explore treatments for conditions that interest you. View the comments people shared. Check surveys' results to see what actually works. Add your own treatments, comment and vote for treatments from your personal experience and knowledge. Meet people with same health interests. Send Treatments to help your family and friends. Invite others to join. We will all be "earning our sweat" if we help just one person.

How to Browse:- By topic - using the Conditions segments on the left, or by ABC - below. Click the Treatments tab to browse all Natural Treatments. The Ingredients tab will take you to an encyclopedia-like area of natural substances.


Cheers
joulie85
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:17 pm    Post subject: Re: Beware Joulie85 and her herbal remedies quackery/commercial Reply with quote

Rachel, thank you for reporting this to me. I will delete her membership.
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RachelEsther
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Beware Joulie85 and her herbal remedies quackery/commercial Reply with quote

Thanks, Jim!
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Age 50 at diagnosis, Stage IIIA
IDC grade 1, DCIS grade 2
LB Mastectomy, Expander Recon 3/3/2004
Dose Dense Chemo completed 07/01/04
Radiation completed 09/02/04
Silicone Implant 11/22/04, removed 7/05 due to infection (dental cleaning), replaced 12/05. Reduction RB for symmetry 04/06
Tamoxifen 10/04-10/06, Arimidex 10/06 on
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 12:11 am    Post subject: Re: Beware Joulie85 and her herbal remedies quackery/commercial Reply with quote

Actually, by the time I got to check it, someone else had already done it. Or maybe I had done it as I reviewed the profile of our new members. I delete so many that I cannot remember the name. But, his/her membership no longer exists.

Thank you again. Since Private Messages are truly private, the only way for us to find out about abuses is if the members report it to us.
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1992 Astrocytoma grade 2, left motor strip
2005 Recurrence this time said to be an Oligodendoglioma grade 3, same location.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:21 am    Post subject: Re: Beware Joulie85 and her herbal remedies quackery/commercial Reply with quote

RachelEsther

Thanks for the heads up about the member- it drives me crazy too. And unless we have a PM or a post like yours we very rarely know till it's too late.

So thanks- PLease if anyone has any concern about any post etc. Please let Jim, or myself know.
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