Click on the 3 bars in the upper left hand corner and then click on contact us.

I have had those before. People need to be very careful.

God Bless!

Yes, everyone needs to be very careful and learn all their tricks. I found the most recent one is when getting an email that the return email address looks EXACTLY like a friend's email address but it's not!! It's a hacker that's managed to make it look like it's from one of our friends. When opening the email the only thing in the email is a link to a site and when clicking on that link it puts a virus on your computer :( When friends send friends a legit link it's always good to have a message inside the email where someone can know it's really from their friend otherwise I am very suspicious a hacker sent it and not one of my friends.

If this came via your ds messages, then you need to report it. But be forewarned, ds may tell you that the spammer has been banned (and they NEVER EVER did that on the old ds!!!), but that doesn't mean they deleted the account any more like they used to!!!! It's been over a month since I reported one and that account still shows up as "This user's profile is private. If you would like to view this profile, please request their friendship." If the account is deleted, it used to say that the account no longer exists (or something to that effect).

It is up to us to spread the word here and never ever click on links or respond to the message (or emails) in any way.

Oh come on....he contacted me first!! (joking)

Actually DS is VERY safe. As long as you only talk to people on here through PMs and hugs...as long as you stay anonymous, don't give out your real name, address, phone number, pets names (come on...everyone has used them as a password at some time), or bank. Going off of DS and contacting people through your email is risky.

Patti22 you are right a lot of risky sites but DS is not the only safe site on the Internet! And any site with ads can be risky whether it's DS or another site. I am not saying DS allows risky ads but I am saying it can happen when there are ads, emails, messages, etc. at any sites as well as other unsafe risks. Going off DS is risky only if you don't know it's a legit site where you are going or if you don't keep your private information safe where you are going.

Yes MyTrueColors, I was contacted on Daily Strength... That's why I'm asking where to report it (how to do so).

And thanks everybody for your advice. : )

Oh, and thank you Bob! You being the first replier then continuing to read through the other replies, I forgot that I received the answer. Sorry : )

@CountryGal, I didn't mean to imply that there aren't other safe sites on the internet.

What I meant was that communicating with a con artist on here isn't going to make it possible for them to track you down, the way using your personal email could be risky.

Once someone has your email address, they can try to hack into your email. Or into a credit card or another account that may use your email address as one of the checks on your ID. Or they can send you emails that look and sound like they come from businesses you know...but will infect your computer if you open them.

PMs on DS don't have the ability to infect your computer...that's what's safe about staying on DS.

As for the ads, I'm not sure what that has to do with anything.

Just a update,

The way of "contact us" is incorrect. There was no way to do so.

I searched around and found on the very bottom in the left hand corner of your screen that there is a "Report Abuse" link.
They have the option of reporting spam there as a reason for contacting them.... Click on "request type" and then scroll down to
"Report Abuse and Spam"
and select that reason.

I done so there, but thanks everybody! : )

Or this link may even work for future viewers of this thread

https://support.dailystrength.org/hc/en-us/requests/new

Thanks for clarifying Patti22 and as for the ads if you had ever got a virus warning when clicking on one of them then you would know what that has to do with! Hackers can infect ads, too! I don't purposely click on ads but I have accidentally opened them up when running my mouse across one just going from one side of the page to the other. Knowing how to keep our emails safe is just one very important way of keeping our computers and our personal information safe :)

CountryGal22? I'm sure Patti doesn't mean anything derogatory. Can we please move on. : )

@Country, true, true....good point. Yes, I hadn't thought of that. As with you, I very seldom click on them except by mistake.

Lexilynn I never said Patti22 meant anything derogatory! I am just pointing out different ways we can stay safe that I would think everyone would want to know about. I've been on the Internet since the 1990s and the only time I had problems was when I purchased something off ebay and someone got my credit card number that way. I have never purchased anything off ebay since but a lot of people have and never had any problems but I have got virus warnings at times that thankfully my virus protection took care of when accidentally opening up ads. I took screen shots of them and sent them in to the web sites :)

By all means, report them ASAP!

There was a great ad on TV a few years ago. It showed a shady looking guy who would go up to people and offer to sell them a bridge or some other such nonsence. The ad closed by saying something like

"You don't fall for this in real life, so why do you even consider it when they contact you online?"

They are casting a wide net, hoping that they get a couple of replies that they can then focus on.

Someone may have already mentioned how to report this. If not:

Scroll all the way down to the very bottom of this page. There you will find "Report Abuse"; click on that link and follow the instructions.