This may not be the right place for this question, but I didn't know where else to put it.
Please forgive my ignorance. Can people find out how to instant message you through this site?
The last couple of days I have had 3 Spanish speaking males from the DR contact me through my instant messenger. I didn?t think someone could contact you unless they already knew your email address, so I assumed they were friends (it just lists there email address, not names) so I allowed them to be added to my contacts. Yesterday, one of them started IM-ing in Spanish. I was trying to find out how I knew this person, but my Spanish is terrible--and his spelling is worse. I kept asking if he knew friends of mine?thinking that would help?but it didn?t.
Today someone else IM-ed me and he had a picture?and I KNOW I don?t know him. In fact?he was young?like college age (I feel so dirty!). I told him I was ?very old? (comparatively, anyway?I?m 30-something) and asked how he found me and this was his response: ?ha po eres joben por ke yo no me concidero viejo.? I?m not even sure what that means (there is no youth, because I don?t consider old???).
At any rate, how ever these young men are contacting me, they obviously know I am interested in the DR. I read (or try to) the DR news on line and I am on this forum nearly every day. This is the only forum I have ever belonged to and I have never given personal information on this site. I have only given my email address to one person (and that was Lambada?I?m pretty sure she is safe . So how would they even know how to contact me--? I?m sure there is probably a logical explanation for this, but it?s kind of freaking me out.
Please forgive my ignorance. Can people find out how to instant message you through this site?
The last couple of days I have had 3 Spanish speaking males from the DR contact me through my instant messenger. I didn?t think someone could contact you unless they already knew your email address, so I assumed they were friends (it just lists there email address, not names) so I allowed them to be added to my contacts. Yesterday, one of them started IM-ing in Spanish. I was trying to find out how I knew this person, but my Spanish is terrible--and his spelling is worse. I kept asking if he knew friends of mine?thinking that would help?but it didn?t.
Today someone else IM-ed me and he had a picture?and I KNOW I don?t know him. In fact?he was young?like college age (I feel so dirty!). I told him I was ?very old? (comparatively, anyway?I?m 30-something) and asked how he found me and this was his response: ?ha po eres joben por ke yo no me concidero viejo.? I?m not even sure what that means (there is no youth, because I don?t consider old???).
At any rate, how ever these young men are contacting me, they obviously know I am interested in the DR. I read (or try to) the DR news on line and I am on this forum nearly every day. This is the only forum I have ever belonged to and I have never given personal information on this site. I have only given my email address to one person (and that was Lambada?I?m pretty sure she is safe . So how would they even know how to contact me--? I?m sure there is probably a logical explanation for this, but it?s kind of freaking me out.