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Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:44 am
by Cmdr. Maegil
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If that was s late snack, here's breakfast:
Haunnysnard
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=17172
This Ucranian customer was looking for a basketball site...
It's that way, sport. <tchck, ploft> Oops.
Dear customer, please do refrain from standing in front me when I point with the sword...
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:29 pm
by RyanHoots
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:18 am
by Smivs
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:25 am
by Cmdr. Maegil
Smivs wrote:Selling computers and accessories
Must have just arrived from an industrial system
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2011 7:06 pm
by Gimi
Edit: Cleared.
Little suspicious about this Jack_Sterling character. Better watch him. 
Although there is intelligence to suggest he is connected to this guy in this thread.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:03 am
by RyanHoots
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:12 am
by Gimi
(Clean!)
Has one hit on SFS and millions on google, but few are relevant of course.
This and only 5min online indicates this is one to watch closely.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:32 am
by Smivs
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One for the watch list. A few un-used memberships on google - clean on SFS
Shienorne
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=17220
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:06 pm
by Smivs
gamboloyd
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=17224
Clean on SFS but multiple new forum memberships courtesy of Google, including some for SEO and internet marketing.
(Email address is likewise clean but googling it reveals a connection to a commercial site ... that in itself isn't a crime, mind you! I'm happy to leave on intensive overwatch for now, but if DH prefers pre-emptive termination I'm happy to mop up the blood afterwards.)
(No nuking from orbit here)
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:19 pm
by RyanHoots
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Anaemyastossy: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... le&u=17226
When will the spam ever stop? 
(When human beings become collectively smart enough as a species to stop responding to spam adverts ... don't hold your breath!)
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:10 pm
by RyanHoots
Disembodied wrote:
(When human beings become collectively smart enough as a species to stop responding to spam adverts ... don't hold your breath!)
Too bad that day isn't likely to come any time soon... 
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:35 pm
by Smivs
Spam is a fact of modern life. For example every day I get several emails warning me that bank accounts I don't have have been compromised one way or another!
In some ways it's funny, but it's a pain in the butt, and one that will not go away any time soon, sadly.
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:23 pm
by Smivs
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:03 pm
by DaddyHoggy
Smivs wrote:Spam is a fact of modern life. For example every day I get several emails warning me that bank accounts I don't have have been compromised one way or another!
In some ways it's funny, but it's a pain in the butt, and one that will not go away any time soon, sadly.
I get spam phone calls from people claiming to be from Microsoft about my PC being compromised (untraceable calls via Skype I guess because Ofcom can't do anything) - depending on my mood I either tell them to go forth and multiply or let them talk me through booting up my PC and what config options I need to edit and then I say I can't find them, so they try really hard and then I say "I don't think Ubuntu has that file..." there's a pause and then they either go potty with me for wasting THEIR time, or, knowing they've been rumbled, they immediately hang up...
Re: Reporting spam
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:12 pm
by Gimi
DaddyHoggy wrote:I get spam phone calls from people claiming to be from Microsoft about my PC being compromised (untraceable calls via Skype I guess because Ofcom can't do anything) - depending on my mood I either tell them to go forth and multiply or let them talk me through booting up my PC and what config options I need to edit and then I say I can't find them, so they try really hard and then I say "I don't think Ubuntu has that file..." there's a pause and then they either go potty with me for wasting THEIR time, or, knowing they've been rumbled, they immediately hang up...
Good one.
I have only had one scam call like this. For the first minute or so he had me going, sounded very professional, but he tripped up when he asked for my e-mail address and password because he wanted to send me a link. When I told him no he tried to give me a website link on the phone that was the length of your average novel. I quickly got annoyed and turned my head and said, "is the trace finished yet". He hung up.