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    Old 04-28-2014, 03:04 PM
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    I received an email today from mind fire comm and it is a quilting survey. They even have a link at the bottom where if I want to unsubscribe, I could click on it(which I did not click on). This sounds like a virus. Anybody else get anything like this?
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    Old 04-28-2014, 03:09 PM
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    No, I have not heard of it, but I am sure glad that you have given us a heads up on this.
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    Old 04-28-2014, 03:56 PM
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    I don't think it's a virus. Probably a paid marketing survey. I Googled Mind Fire Comm and it looks like it's MindFire Communication, which seems to be a legitimate advertising/marketing business. My bet is some quilting-related online business sold your email address.
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    Old 04-28-2014, 05:15 PM
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    it would definitely go into Spam, regardless. without clicking on any links.
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    Old 04-29-2014, 04:13 AM
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    when you hover over the link, look on the bottom left of your screen - does the address match where it is supposed to be going?

    I don't take surveys anyway unless they are paying me for it!!
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    Old 04-29-2014, 05:47 AM
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    I deleted it.
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    Old 04-29-2014, 07:14 AM
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    I filled it out.
    Looks like a survey for quilting machines. Long arm type.
    Also about magazines.
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    Old 04-29-2014, 09:17 AM
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    I got one too, deleted it.
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    Old 04-29-2014, 12:55 PM
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    I received one and immediately sent it to SPAM.
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    Old 04-29-2014, 01:38 PM
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    I got one too. I googled MindFirecomm and came up with Mindfire Communications.
    I emailed Lynn Manternach, President of MindFire and the lady who's email address was used for it and asked.

    She said "Your email came from a database of people who signed up to receive email notifications from APQS"

    I'm guessing that everyone who got one of these emails either signed up on APQS' blog or entered their giveaway
    I think it could have been branded better so that we wouldn't have thought it was spam.
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