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Old 10-16-2011, 08:10 PM
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I have received a notification of a friend request, but it is a business site (real estate) I don't know how to remove it. Appreciate your help in removing this request.
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Old 10-16-2011, 08:23 PM
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Sending you a PM to get more details.
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Old 10-16-2011, 08:29 PM
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I got one too. Same deal...Real Estate.
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Old 10-16-2011, 09:58 PM
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Me too. Deleted it when I went to the persons public profile and noted that they had never made any posts.
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Old 10-17-2011, 04:42 AM
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Mine was FBSO didn't open it just declined
What's up TOTV? How can the entire population get "junk mailed" using our TOTV names?
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Old 10-17-2011, 06:20 AM
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I feel left out, I didn't even get one.
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Old 10-17-2011, 06:37 AM
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Mine was FBSO didn't open it just declined
What's up TOTV? How can the entire population get "junk mailed" using our TOTV names?
Mine was also FSBO.
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Old 10-17-2011, 08:02 AM
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I got it too. It's still showing up as a new Notification. Can't make it go away....
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Old 10-17-2011, 08:08 AM
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We've been hacked!!!

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Old 10-17-2011, 08:34 AM
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I did not get it, so, he/she must be doing it selectively. I don't think you can do mass requests, only one at a time. There should be a way to deny the request or unfriend the person. I'm sure Admin is taking care of it.
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I got it too...just declined it!! Wondered what was up with that though!
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Default I also recieved it and can't delete

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Old 10-17-2011, 10:25 AM
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Me too. Deleted it when I went to the persons public profile and noted that they had never made any posts.
I did the same, just deleted it, and I didn't think about it twice. It was a real estate advertising promotion.
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The site was not hacked. The user Central Florida FSBO signed up and tried to steal advertising from the site and was trying to contact members through the 'friend request' feature. The account has been banned. If you ever see anything like this please immediately report this to us and we can address.

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Old 10-18-2011, 03:26 AM
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Thanks Admin!

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