Reporting spam

Post by **Disembodied** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:35 pm

El Viejo wrote:
I am a little suspicious of this one:

Ann1: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3048

Hum ... despite one innocuous posting (albeit one which plugs a product – but then again it was sort of relevant), there are some hits for this member name on SFS.

Post by **Disembodied** » Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:02 am

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celia19O5: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3050

Another .biz link (actually, the same one as windy138 posted the other day).

Post by **Disembodied** » Sun Jun 27, 2010 12:11 pm

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jong11: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3075

Spam posts under this name have appeared here and here, flogging hifi equipment or somesuch.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:44 am

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Suspicious?

helenk579 https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3085
Several hits on SFS and one odd post.

btw... who provides the asterisk when Ahruman's away?

Commander Smivs · Post by **Smivs** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:03 am

El Viejo wrote:
Suspicious?

helenk579 https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3085
Several hits on SFS and one odd post.

btw... who provides the asterisk when Ahruman's away?

There's a link to a video site in the signature. Didn't really have a good look though. Might be worth keeping an eye on.

Post by **Disembodied** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:28 am

El Viejo wrote:
Suspicious?

helenk579 https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3085
Several hits on SFS and one odd post.

btw... who provides the asterisk when Ahruman's away?

It's a spambot. 8 SFS entries, and if you google "Find all posts by helenk579" (a useful trick, I find) you get a rash of multiple forums of an eclectic nature, all with similar vague non-posts with dodgy sig-links. Until Ahruman gets back I think we'll just have to rely on the moderators to kill any threads it starts and delete any posts it makes. Unless Giles drops by ...

JazHaz · Post by **JazHaz** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:32 pm

Weird that its the first one in ages. Used to get 1 or more every day.

Post by **Disembodied** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:23 pm

And I see that Winston has admin-like powers too! Maybe he can send helenk579 and its evil ilk squealing back to the outer darkness ...

Cmd_Cheyd_2 · Post by **Cmd_Cheyd_2** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:40 pm

I swear to the gods, I'm not Spam.

I changed the email address on my other account, now I can't seem to log in. I tried resetting the PW, but it says I have the wrong email address.

If an Admin wanders by, I could use some help.

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:42 pm

Hi Cheyd... thought we had a 'doppleganger' for a minute.

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 1:43 pm

Cmd_Cheyd_2 wrote:
I swear to the gods, I'm not Spam.

I changed the email address on my other account, now I can't seem to log in. I tried resetting the PW, but it says I have the wrong email address.

If an Admin wanders by, I could use some help.

These spambots are getting very sophisticated, claiming to be other members already on the forum...

Post by **another_commander** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:03 am

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jackhues: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php? ... ile&u=3096

Website · Post by **DaddyHoggy** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:34 am

Bah! Too early for me! Well belt and braces - good catch A_C!

Website · Post by **Cody** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:03 pm

I have doubts about this one… nothing on SFS, but that username has joined a lot of diverse forums in the past week.

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muchosarah: https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3105

Website · Post by **Cody** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:14 am

The spam sonar is pinging:

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seanjohn67 https://bb.oolite.space/profile.php?mode ... ile&u=3115

Three hits on SFS, and plenty of 'new member' hits on Google.

(and muchosarah above has no asterisk)