<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">I did a quick web search, found a couple relevant posts:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hindy-tyrnauer-a8642b1a6_scam-alert-when-i-received-an-email-request-activity-7213546616211865603-Pxl_" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hindy-tyrnauer-a8642b1a6_scam-alert-when-i-received-an-email-request-activity-7213546616211865603-Pxl_</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/GMail/comments/1gn6wfr/gainrep_message_is_it_spam/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/GMail/comments/1gn6wfr/gainrep_message_is_it_spam/</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">A reply in the Reddit thread offers this method for cleaning up. I can't vouch for them, please proceed carefully if you try this:</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">If you logged in with Google, here are next steps:</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Log in to Gainrep: <a href="https://www.gainrep.com">https://www.gainrep.com</a> This feels counterintuitive, but without logging in, you can’t stop it from emailing your contacts, even if rescind access on your Google Account. Be sure to log in with the same Google account as you did when making an account.</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Navigate to connections and find the queue of emails at the top. Click “queue” and delete all. This stops the website from continuing to spam your contacts after you delete your account.</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif">Navigate to settings, scroll down, unsubscribe from all emails, then delete your account. It will ask you to retype your name as confirmation. I also changed my name to "Does Not Exist" along the way, as a bonus.</div></blockquote><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif"><div class="gmail_default">Rescind Google account access by logging into your Google account security portal: <a href="https://myaccount.google.com/">https://myaccount.google.com/</a> Navigate to Security, scroll down to Your Connections to Third Party Apps & Services, click on GainRep and delete.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div></blockquote><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM Fred Grossberg via Hidden-discuss <<a href="mailto:hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net">hidden-discuss@lists.hidden-tech.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg947664948786709017"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_947664948786709017WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Can anyone help with this?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Fred Grossberg<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:leverettconnects@groups.io" target="_blank">leverettconnects@groups.io</a> <<a href="mailto:leverettconnects@groups.io" target="_blank">leverettconnects@groups.io</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Louise Antony via <a href="http://groups.io" target="_blank">groups.io</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 21, 2024 3:10 PM<br><b>To:</b> Leverett Connects <<a href="mailto:leverettconnects@groups.io" target="_blank">leverettconnects@groups.io</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [LeverettConnects] Hassle from "Gain Rep"? An inquiry and a warning<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Dear Neighbors,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I'm wondering if any of you have had any experience with a platform called "Gain Rep"? It seems on the surface to be a networking app, like LinkedIn, but my experience with it makes me think there is something very sketchy going on.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I received an invitation to join this network from a casual acquaintance, and thought why not, so I clicked and said yes. But shortly thereafter, I began getting lots of emails from folks who had received "invitations" ostensibly from me. Some of these people were people I barely knew; others were friends and professional acquaintances. Many of them wanted to know whether I had actually sent this "invitation," which I absolutely had not. (I wish I had checked with the person I received my "invitation" from -- it turns out she herself had been victimized in the same way I had.)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I am spending about an hour a day writing apologies and explanations, and I'm sick of it. (Plus I'm very upset that so many people are being bothered with this!). I have tried to get myself off of the platform, but the website doesn't really explain how -- one has to "sign in" to one's "network" and I am loathe to give it any more information or encouragement. I don't know what the scam is, how they got into my contacts list, and what they are trying to accomplish, but I've decided that something stinks<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">If anyone knows anything about this, and especially if anyone knows how to sever connections with it, I'd be very grateful to hear from you.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">All best,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Louise Antony<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Hear the latest from Brooklyn-based performer Rachel Lark:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g0WUELDYkQ" target="_blank">Nothing to Chase</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEAlNDCaHgE" target="_blank">The World is F*cked, But This Show Will Be Pretty Good</a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZNRriHkJsI&t=111s" target="_blank">I Wanna Lose Five Pounds</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kWS6jMYxZA" target="_blank">National Emergency</a><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ALeKk03SoCPCJMugSDWem6of48ddgzD6rA%3A1601579134063&ei=fih2X6S-A8mtytMPuL-uoA0&q=rachel+lark+unicorn&oq=rachel+&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQARgCMgQIIxAnMgQIIxAnMgQIIxAnMgUIABCRAjIECC4QQzIICC4QsQMQkQIyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyBAgAEEMyDQguELEDEIMBEBQQhwI6BAgAEEc6BwgjEOoCECc6BwguEOoCECc6CAguEMcBEK8BOgIIADoCCC46CAguEMcBEKMCOg0ILhCxAxDHARCjAhBDOgUILhCRAlDMQliIT2CPX2gBcAJ4AIABcIgBigWSAQM1LjKYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6sAEKyAEIwAEB&sclient=psy-ab" target="_blank">The Unicorn Song</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Contact information:</b> louise.antony at <a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">This is my personal email account. 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