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Spammers be like...

Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 03:33
by ohaimark
Much Anthony Hopkins. Very affiliate. Such Cialis. Spamwow.

I wonder how the bots navigate our sign up process. It'd be interesting to peer into one's inner works to see what makes it tick.

Reminder: do not reply to spam topics.

Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 05:14
by seebart
:o :(
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Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 05:19
by 002
Seems to be a bit of a resurgence lately...I've banned 5 of these shit-stains in the last 3 days

Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 06:09
by seebart
I'd say it's pretty random but I don't really know. Of course the more "prominent" DT get's in the grand scheme of online madness...

Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 07:12
by 002
I checked the ban history and it seems to come in small waves -- generally months apart. Before these Russian ones, the last decent wave was in March where 9 spammers were banned. The most out-of-control one was in January, 2015 where I basically had to blacklist all of Pakistan

Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 07:14
by Wodan
So there will be no Cialis GB?

Oh meh :(

Posted: 31 Oct 2016, 19:12
by Rimrul
I really hoped for that russian credit card GB.

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 06:51
by ohaimark
Some of the spam is getting pretty nasty.

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 07:04
by kbdfr
Just reported the last Russian spam posted by a new user located in Benin :lol:

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 08:30
by 002
Thanks -- it's been crazy today. Banned about 5-6 accounts so far.

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 13:10
by fohat
I have never been able to understand the mentality of wasting my valuable time for no purpose other than to vex and irritate other people.

Acrimony-based debates, arguments, even fights I can understand, but not mindless anonymous harassment of total strangers.

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 16:48
by infodroid
fohat wrote: I have never been able to understand the mentality of wasting my valuable time for no purpose other than to vex and irritate other people.
I suspect the spammers are people who have responded to "earn money working from home" adverts. They don't care about irritating you. It's not personal, it's their livelihood.

As for nonsense spam messages with no links, they are designed to test whether the forum has spam filters and moderators, and how good they are.

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 21:58
by chuckdee
infodroid wrote:
fohat wrote: I have never been able to understand the mentality of wasting my valuable time for no purpose other than to vex and irritate other people.
I suspect the spammers are people who have responded to "earn money working from home" adverts. They don't care about irritating you. It's not personal, it's their livelihood.

As for nonsense spam messages with no links, they are designed to test whether the forum has spam filters and moderators, and how good they are.
This. And they deal in volume, because someone is going to be stupid enough to click, and generate revenue.

Posted: 01 Nov 2016, 23:02
by scottc
Wodan wrote: So there will be no Cialis GB?

Oh meh :(
:lol: amazing :lol:

Posted: 02 Nov 2016, 15:10
by fohat
At least with political robo-calls to my home phone, I know that they will be over in a week.

Posted: 02 Nov 2016, 15:13
by seebart
fohat wrote: At least with political robo-calls to my home phone, I know that they will be over in a week.
Are those Trump robo-calls? :o :?