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Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:38 pm
by Thargoid
Depends how good you are with the katana.
One wrong move and no such oath would be necessary 
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:39 pm
by Smivs
CheeseRedux wrote:
Heh, that looks suspiciously like my pre-hack cheese...
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:56 am
by CheeseRedux
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First "official" catch:
awningh -
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=5200
Retractable awnings, anyone?
Edit:
Ooh, look, another one!
ilxxfridmw -
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=5209
Peddling pharmaceuticals. Please purge.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:57 am
by Smivs
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Worth watching.
Username:- addevaFutty
Profile:-
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ile&u=5278
Website looks very suspect.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:02 am
by Disembodied
Not worth watching, it's worth deleting! Its signature is full of commercial links, it has "Service" as an occupation and it likes skiing ...
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:05 am
by Smivs
Disembodied wrote:
Not worth watching, it's worth deleting! Its signature is full of commercial links, it has "Service" as an occupation and it likes skiing ...
Well, that's what I thought, but as I'm not an official assassin, I don't like to condemn 'people' to death
I leave that to the experts.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:20 am
by Disembodied
Smivs wrote:Well, that's what I thought, but as I'm not an official assassin, I don't like to condemn 'people' to death
I leave that to the experts.
Your humanity does you credit, but trust me, that's a spambot.
The name is random but pronounceable, and has a telltale capital letter in the middle (this is an artefact of whichever bot makes these sorts of profiles). At this point we're at about 90% on the spamometer. Then there's the fulsome personal details, listing location, age, occupation and interests: the nondescript "Service" as an occupation adds another few percent, and the sporting interest, combined with the preceding factors, tops it off (spambots love sports). The dodgy website and the signature filled with other dodgy commercial links confirm it, but if anything are gratuitous, by now.
If only we could harness the power of spam ... some sort of turbine, turned by spambots. We could end our dependence on fossil fuels forever. Come on, scientists, get the lead out!
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:30 am
by Smivs
Of course I knew it was a spambot.
I'm a bit like a Paramedic arriving at some horrible accident. I
know the poor guy's dead, but I can't pronounce him dead. A Doctor needs to do that.
Don't worry, though, I'll keep calling the Doctors when I spot these.
i wouldn't want the responsibility of being an Assassin. I'm happy just to be a ClockTower Watchman.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:07 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Smivs wrote:Of course I knew it was a spambot.
I'm a bit like a Paramedic arriving at some horrible accident. I
know the poor guy's dead, but I can't pronounce him dead. A Doctor needs to do that.
Don't worry, though, I'll keep calling the Doctors when I spot these.
i wouldn't want the responsibility of being an Assassin. I'm happy just to be a ClockTower Watchman.
That's how I started...
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:58 am
by Fatleaf
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If anyone can pronounce this name I'll eat a bug!
Zcrcrgtrmfxpg
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=5317
And what the heck is Kroosing? That anybody should be interested in it.
I hope it has something to do with bees. Or more to the point Halictus since that is his occupation!
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:30 am
by CheeseRedux
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Diediadywab -
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=5313
Makes my spidey-sense tingle. Nothing on SFS/Google.
Also - or should I say in contrast?
Quaestor23 -
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=5327
Half of what comes up in a Google search makes me conclude this is a genuine user. Other half says differently. (Like the only readily visible thing on Wikipedia user acct: Hey there Quaestor23, thank you for your contributions. I am a bot, alerting you that non-free files are not allowed in user or talk space. I removed some files I found on User:Quaestor23/Monochrome BBS. In the future, please refrain from adding fair-use files to your user-space drafts or your talk page.)
But then, it's not inconceivable that more than one person would use that particular moniker.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:22 am
by CheeseRedux
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 2:15 pm
by Smivs
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member:- Uxojjoxmqzjqa
Profile:-
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ile&u=5354
Website looks like a Russian book store or something.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:54 pm
by Disembodied
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Gamlet1987:
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ile&u=5357
Strong suspicions here: there are a lot of forums out there with members with similar "NameDate" combinations, making single posts and trailing the same fam.azzah.ru weblink in their signatures. There are also a few hits for "Gamlet" on SFS, although not with a date attached.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:54 pm
by Cody
Note to self: must check the 'posts awaiting approval' more frequently... thanks a_c.