Lexx Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 It has been noticed in the past week that the forum seems to have gained an increase in spammers. The Team would ask members to please use the report button on any content they believe to be coming from a spam account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 How can you tell a spam account... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 4, 2014 Author Share Posted January 4, 2014 Well the one I banned half hour ago had joined an hour ago, posted once which was written in Russian and advertising watches....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Or if it has a waving flag smiley in the text. That's usually spam and can be ignored, too. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Not easy to spot then: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioneabee Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 or the winkey smilie - that ususally does it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Well the one I banned half hour ago had joined an hour ago, posted once which was written in Russian and advertising watches....... As blatant as that..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hey Al - looks like we have some more spammers ^^^^ More seriously, as Mods can't be around 24 hours and many come on from time zones when we are snoozing we do value reports of potential spammers as we all get email notifications of those, so usually a Mod can deal with it as soon as. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I've banned one this week too and we suspect another and are watching closely. On a side note, use of the is also considered suspicious 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 On a side note, overuse of the is also considered very suspicious Corrected that for you Graham........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEUS Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I reported one the other day that was for 'legal steroids' . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I reported one the other day that was for 'legal steroids' . "Snitches get stiches". Only joking ~ I reported someone the other week as well. Don't want spammers ruining this great place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Well the one I banned half hour ago had joined an hour ago, posted once which was written in Russian and advertising watches....... Nothing to do with me :lol: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neilp Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I've spotted a couple over the last week or so! Don't know why its started over here recently. Maybe because this place is getting busier and google is putting us further up there search lists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 I've just reported one on, was for acne cream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrnet Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Thanks Craig, he's history You set them up, we'll knock them down 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexx Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Thread tidied and locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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