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It's an envelope graphic with an arbitrary number that can be ignored. If you don't use it for requesting help from other players IGNORE IT. No one is stealing anything from you, you're throwing away your time by letting it get to you when you already know the requests are there and there's not a damn thing you can do about it other than IGNORE it.
And finally, Point #6: You would be angry too if the few minutes of time you had to destress every few hours were stolen by some stranger who has nothing better to do than beg and harass you.