3:45 pm Tuesday, 4th September, 2018
Read the information within this article and keep yourself aware of the latest tactics used by unsavoury characters.
We’ve had reports of the following ploys being made toward members, should you have any contact which even slightly resembles any of the following, please report that member to us immediately. You can report a member by clicking the three-dotted symbol below their profile description and then selecting the ‘Report Member’ option from the drop-down menu.
UPDATE 30/10/18
Email address: theadulthub@onlineprotectors.com
This is an email address being used by unscrupulous members, please report anyone using this email address or asking you to speak to them via it. Please also read through the rest of this article for more email addresses and things to look out for!
There's No Such Thing As ODP Clearance or Any Other Form of Clearance
Here's an example of a message about supposed clearance that will verify you as a safe member, you do not need clearance, this is a ploy.
Here's another example of an email about this bogus clearance:
We Don’t Do ‘Security Assessments’, There’s No Such Thing!
We will never ask you to do a ‘security assessment’...there is no such thing. Do not trust the communication should there be any mention of security assessments within it.
The extension which we use to email out is @thehubpeople.com. Be wary of any variation on this, no matter how small. For instance, check out one of the email addresses which was reported by a member which is being used to contact people about this so-called ‘security assessment’:
securityassessment@thehubpeoples.com
Notice how they’ve put an ‘s’ into the extension, only a small difference to @thehubpeople.com but it’s still not our extension.
You Don’t Need ‘Hub Clearance’, There’s Also No Such Thing
We’ve had reports of members being contacted about ‘Hub Clearance’, we will not ask you for 'Hub Clearance'...there’s no such thing. Please report anyone who contacts you talking about Hub Clearance.
Once Again, There’s No Such Thing As ‘Online Dating Protector’
We’ve mentioned within previous articles about ‘Online Dating Protector’, there is no such thing and should anyone contact you claiming to be an ‘Online Dating Protector’ or that you need ‘Online Dating Protection’, please report them to us as soon as possible.
Here’s an example of a bogus email address which these people have used to contact a member: thehubpeople@datingprotector.com
An email address’ extension will be after the @ sign, make sure that this extension matches up to our sender @thehubpeople.com extension. In the above example you can see that it doesn’t.
EDIT:Another two email addresses being used are: hubpeople@onlineprotector.org and administrator.odp@thehubpeople.org, please do not open any mail from these email addresses and report any member who uses these email addresses.
There's No Such Thing As Genuine Member Clearance or Anti-Scammer Clearance
There is no such thing as any kind of 'clearance' from our site, don't trust anyone who claims that you need 'clearance' and report them to us. We supply you with information on how you can check that someone is genuine via this Stay Safe section of the site so please keep regularly checking it for updates. We will never ask for any form of clearance or your card details with regards to staying safe, once again please report anyone who claims this.
As always, we advise that our members do not leave the safety of the site to speak to someone until they’re certain that they’re genuine. We can recall any contact made within the site at your request, which is what makes it so protected compared to external platforms. Please keep regularly checking this ‘Stay Safe’ section of the site to make yourself aware of the latest help and advice on how you can continue keeping yourself safe whilst making the most out of all the saucy fun the site has to offer.
