I just got a PM, and I'm 99% sure it's spam. There was a message going around before about the same topic, so I'm pretty sure this is another case of it.

Here it is:

Hello
My name is Mercy i saw your profile today at zymic and becameintrested in you,i will also like to know you the more, and i want you to send anemail to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am.Here is my email address hidden) I believe we can move from here!
I am waiting for your mail to my email address above.Mercy (Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alotin life.(hidden).

Did it mention my username? No. Is it typed with correct grammar/spelling? No. One word - SPAM.

Cheers,
X96

yep, I received the exact same message, my thoughts exactly.

Please PM me the name of the user who sent it to you and I will look into his/her ban.

Although I've been using zymic hosting a while I've never post anything here so... To someone saying "interesting about your profile" is a 100% spam btw my profile is empty so is kind of obvious

Just seen I've received this too, please do not email them, you'll either be added to a spam list or sent a virus in the guise of an image.

yeah i got it too so i deleted it and added them to my pm block list

I suspended the user earlier, removed all their pm's too.

I think it's best if in the future you get anything like this, that you do not post the e-mail address. There has been situations where people from forums read the e-mail address and think: "oooh, let's see what happens when I e-mail them" and end up getting their computer filled with Trojans and viruses. Later they end up blaming the staff of the forums for something they are not responsible for. In short, do not e-mail these spam users and in the future, refrain from posting any e-mail addresses received from spam.

Liability notice: Zymic is not responsible nor endorse the actions of members of our sites, forums and/or services. In the case of spamming, treat it with a serious manner and will not tolerate it. If we do catch anyone spamming, it may result in the systematic suspension and/or ban of their username or IP from our sites, forums and/or services.

I think we should give a warning to these types of members. They are using the site for they're own agenda and I don't think that's a good practice.

Good thing you bothered to share this to the members.

We do try to prevent such spam but sometimes there are times that one or two do slip though. Unfortunately, there will always be this scenario and there is nothing we can do about it.

theemerchant, it is stated in our TOS, however, like always, not everyone follows the rule. That's how the world is and that's why we often tend to have problems around causing us to do maintenance. If you look at hosting, there are many users who abuse their account. By abusing their account, they are ruining the chance for others to get the opportunity to start up with their site. These spam account also ruin the name of companies (by like when server is taken down to fix errors caused by these accounts, that unis the up-time of servers)

Spam is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it. Most spam is commercial advertising, often for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services. Spam costs the sender very little to send -- most of the costs are paid for by the recipient or the carriers rather than by the sender.

Spam like that is really annoying.