Invitations to zoom calls by spammers

[YARB]

Anyone else getting invitations to zoom calls from spammers?

This used to happen a lot to me on other platforms, but it seems that they have now moved to Zoom instead! 

At least on the other platform it was very easy to report it as spam - but I don't see that here - and the Zoom support AI bot can't handle it !! If anyone knows how to reach a human at Zoom HQ to flag this stuff, please let me know...

Here's the title of the latest one I've received:

Eblog Reveal: Auto Create Network Of High-Ranking Niche Sites Without Wordpress, SEO or Tech Skills & Earn $10k-$20k/mo Recurring Income

[MGSR]

Hello @YARB, 

Welcome to the Zoom Community! We're glad to have you here.

If you encounter any spam, scams, abusive behavior, or content, please report them using this link: https://zoom.us/trust-form.

Thank you and have a good day. 

[jrothman1]

Hmm. You seem to misunderstand the problem.

Let me try again:

1. We receive unsolicited email with an invitation to a webinar. Please note the "unsolicited" part of that. We did not register for that webinar.

2. We do not have any way to unsubscribe or report this as spam. Gotowebinar does have this option.

3. We are asking you to fix this lack of a feature.

Several people have asked for this for months, if not years. Here is a link from last year: https://community.zoom.com/t5/Zoom-Events-and-Webinars/Invitations-to-zoom-calls-by-spammers/m-p/212...

There are plenty more examples of this. All you need to do is search for spam webinars and you will find several threads.

We, as users, want you, as the provider, to offer a report-spam option to Zoom. Or, we would settle for unsubscribing from a particular invitation. The one I received today is from noreply-zoomevents. I would add a screenshot, but I do not have permission to upload images.

I have no way of unsubscribing from this email. Nor can I report it to you as spam. 

That is the problem we want Zoom to fix. 

If I have been unclear, maybe you can try your beloved AI Companion to translate my wording into something you can understand. 

[10xgrowth]

Are you going to respond to this? OR are you happy for Zoom to be the platform of choice for spammers? 

[AnnManatt]

You're right. I'm looking for alternatives right now.

[10xgrowth]

Any update or suggestion for this? Facing the same situation.

[CarlaA]

Hi @YARB @10xgrowth @jrothman1, 

Our Trust & Safety team is working hard to take appropriate action based on the results of their investigation on this matter. We understand how frustrating this must be and are committed to finding a solution. Thank you for your patience as we work to resolve this issue. 

[SoapboxBob]

I send all emails coming from GoToWebinar to the SPAM folder and I hope I won't have to do that with Zoom.

This is a copy of the headers as I see them with myEmailAddress removed. Would it help to see the whole email?

from: Zoom <***********>

reply-to: ***********

to: myEmailAddress

date: Feb 13, 2025, 8:13 PM

subject: LIFETIME access to ChatGPT 4, Leonard AI, DALL-E, Canva AI, Claude and 99+ AI Models. No API Costs, No Monthly Fee

mailed-by: bounce-sg.zoom.us

signed-by: zoom.us

security:

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[AnnManatt]

That's my issue, too. Right now I have Zoom whitelisted, but if I have to move them to junk, Ima have to find a new solution, too.

[SoapboxBob]

This is the meeting ID from the SPAM email:

How to Access All Major AI Platforms From One Dashboard Without Paying Monthly Fees
Date & Time Feb 14, 2025 10:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Webinar ID 816 1204 0250
Description Imagine accessing all the world’s leading AI platforms like ChatGPT 4, Ge-mini Pro, DALL·E 3, Leonardo AI, Microsoft Copilot Pro, Meta Llama 3, Stable Diffusion XL, and PaLM 2 - all from a single Vault without paying any monthly fees.

And the email contains this link:
https://bit.ly/how-to-use-all-major-ai-platforms-from-one-dashboard

I have not requested to be on this meeting and the email sits in my SPAM folder.

[SoapboxBob]

This is the meeting ID from the SPAM email:

How to Access All Major AI Platforms From One Dashboard Without Paying Monthly Fees
Date & Time Feb 14, 2025 10:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Webinar ID 816 1204 0250
Description Imagine accessing all the world’s leading AI platforms like ChatGPT 4, Ge-mini Pro, DALL·E 3, Leonardo AI, Microsoft Copilot Pro, Meta Llama 3, Stable Diffusion XL, and PaLM 2 - all from a single Vault without paying any monthly fees.

[SoapboxBob]

This is the meeting ID from the SPAM email:

How to Access All Major AI Platforms From One Dashboard Without Paying Monthly Fees
Date & Time Feb 14, 2025 10:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Webinar ID 816 1204 0250

I left the description off - your system was saying something about a flood limit

[10xgrowth]

TBH, it's pretty simple. BAN THEM. Any update on this?

[AnnManatt]

There is a simple answer!  In the emails that go out for a zoom even, put a button at the bottom that says "report as spam".
That is the way other companies handle it, then voila! You get the report, flag the account and keep them from sending emails.

[tedmyoung]

Zoom should provide links within the email invite that can report the host as a spammer. GoToWebinar does this and it works well. Zoom is violating the spam law in the US by allowing this to continue.