I've read some sporadic reports of Google Calendar spam in the past couple of days, but now that it's happened to me, the cold, harsh reality of it really sunk in. Is nothing sacred anymore? Is there no sanctuary from these vultures? If you see me bruised and torn, wondering in rags through some desert muttering about cheap rolex watches, save me of my misery and shoot me, please.
Anyway, Google Calendar spam is here, and this is what it looks like:
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The spam itself apparently comes to your gmail as an appointment schedule, in the form of an .ics file. Luckily, there is a solution, straight from official Google Calendar group:
"If you've enabled notifications for "New invitations," you can
configure your Google Calendar settings to only show events you've
created or accepted:
1. Click on "Settings" at the top of any Google Calendar page
2. Select the "General" tab if it isn't selected already.
3. In the "Automatically add invitations to my calendar" section,
select "No, only show invitations to which I have responded."