Spammer Report Thread (use this one)

[arpeejay]

Originally Posted by mimolover

llahanlupe is posting a visitor message about some merchant contract on my profile. Can the admin please boot him off? thanks

Since he's only posted on your page, not a thread or a comment on a thread, I can't (as far as I can tell) employ the standard "one touch ban and clean" feature. Drop Flexodus a line and let him know; he may be able to remove him.

Thanks...

Richard

[mimolover]

llahanlupe is doing it again and again! Its obviously the work of a bot since no one would ever deliberatly send this sort of communication. its for all to see under my visitors messages. Dunno why its chose me or why it is even sent here at all.

[arpeejay]

Mimo:

If you look at your messages, you'll see that there's a REPORT option as well as a REPLY option. Click on REPORT and briefly describe the problem.

thanks...

Richard

[CelticMuscle]

It's an art installation

"Spamtrap" is an interactive installation piece the prints, shreds and blacklists spam email. It interacts with spammers by monitoring several email addresses I created specifically to lure in spam and an old unused personal email address I use to lure in spam. I do not use these email addresses for any other communication. I post these individual email addresses on websites and online bulletin boards that cause them to be harvested by spambots and then to start receiving spam.

Because I know that all email sent to these email addresses are spam, I have set the installation to print and then shred each email as it arrives. Simultaneously the installation is feeding spam blacklists on the web with information gathered from all the received spam (a newly added feature). This in turn helps to feed spam filtering systems across the web that are working to reduce the amount of spam we all receive. Click here for more information about Spamtraps.

The installation uses a Pentium II computer connected to a wireless network, personal printer, personal shredder, aluminum rails, Spamtrap email addresses, automatic printing software, email client software, antivirus software, and a SpamCop user account. The paper is recycled after the spam email has been shredded.

[mimolover]

GRRAAAAAAGH! Im getting spamhammered in my visitors messages folder.

Typical Reaction:

[Yachirobi]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...6&postcount=30

Spearss91 wants us to watch Veronica Mars online.

[CelticMuscle]

I have discovered a trick that helps with the spam visitor messages. Ignore them. I had a spam visitor post 13 messages and then stopped. I deleted them this morning and bingo, another spammer

raguinascass

starts spamming. So the best advice would be to ignore the spam visitor messages (or perhaps even better delete the whole visitor message service)

[mimolover]

Thats the prick right there!
Plus I got llahanlupe doing it and wilgingstan joining in occasionally.

NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW can the administrator delete these public nuisances?

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/se...archid=1368465

selling bags...wrong group?

[Ragetiger]

got raguinascass and wilgingstan spamming up my visitor message center. Been deleting them but they need the boot badly.

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25865

drug sales

[Lucas88]

Originally Posted by Ragetiger

got raguinascass and wilgingstan spamming up my visitor message center. Been deleting them but they need the boot badly.

Originally Posted by mimolover

Thats the prick right there!
Plus I got llahanlupe doing it and wilgingstan joining in occasionally.

NOOOOOOOOOOWWWWW can the administrator delete these public nuisances?

I'm getting hit by all 3 of these guys, too. I can "soft delete" (meaning I have a list of messages that I deleted cluttering up my message box) the messages but I want to OBLITURATE them. How can I do that?

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25864

More drug ads

[paarke]

llanhupe is sending me loads of visitor messages. I have reported it so we'll see what happens. Its getting annoying now though

[Tronald]

user IllemahKah (http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/member.php?u=45819 ) has posted keyword-stuffed half-english (http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25876)

[nypup2train]

Originally Posted by arpeejay

Since he's only posted on your page, not a thread or a comment on a thread, I can't (as far as I can tell) employ the standard "one touch ban and clean" feature. Drop Flexodus a line and let him know; he may be able to remove him.

Yeah, sorry guys ? as RPJ noted, these new spammers have craftily hit upon a weakness in our spam-management tools that they're taking full advantage of: The Ban&Clean tool that's normally used to give 'em the boot has to be run from a public forum post, so if they don't post at least once then we can't touch them. Crafty f!@$!@$ers.

As long as their accounts have created no forum posts, there's only one or two administrators who can do anything about these spammers. So, please do report the spam. (Using the site reporting functions, which will notify the admins ? reporting it here probably isn't worthwhile, as it won't make any difference. None of us who respond to the reports here can touch the Visitor Messages spammers.) But also please understand that it'll probably take a little longer to respond to these types of spammers. In the meantime, if you're willing, the best thing to do is delete their spam from your Visitor Messages yourself. I know it's a pain, and sorry again.

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25906

VIAGRA!!! On-line NOW!

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/se...archid=1377718

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25939

[Lucas88]

Ok...10 more spam messages in the Visitor Messages this morning so...TURNED THE OPTION OFF.

[V.R.Goh]

This one took a bit to figure out. In this thread (http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=12606), post 17 is a snippet of an earlier post with the signature being a link for turkey point cottage rentals. Almost fooled me.

Almost.

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/se...archid=1378913

Drug Ads

[mlbjock]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...855#post166855

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25960

Vietnam travel service?

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/se...archid=1379477

Half-assed messages and LED flashlight ads

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/se...archid=1379477

Sellinig keys and codes to games? software? Who cares?

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=25981

Selling cipro...on-line now!

[1bigwoof]

Spam on Visitor Messages is getting out of control. Any hope to monitor?

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=26024

Diazepam sales.

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=26015

more drug sales

[Ragetiger]

Is there a way to disable visitor messages, this is really out of control. 5 pages worth of spam messages in a few days. All I can do is delete them, but still that's 5 pages of "deleted due to spam" messages

[Curiosity]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/member.php?u=45281

I've been spammed 4 or 5 times by llahanlupe. Please remove the profile.

[Lucas88]

Originally Posted by Ragetiger

Is there a way to disable visitor messages, this is really out of control. 5 pages worth of spam messages in a few days. All I can do is delete them, but still that's 5 pages of "deleted due to spam" messages

Under User CP (top left on the menu), Profile Privacy, change Visitor Message function from Everyone to Contacts or Friends and EVIL SPAMMERS ARE LOCKED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry...I had about 10 a day for a week and couldn't take it anymore either lol.

[Yachirobi]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=26035

Tulaannesia

it must be destroyed...

[Ragetiger]

Originally Posted by Lucas88

Under User CP (top left on the menu), Profile Privacy, change Visitor Message function from Everyone to Contacts or Friends and EVIL SPAMMERS ARE LOCKED OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry...I had about 10 a day for a week and couldn't take it anymore either lol.

thanks goodness, hopefully it'll stop till they get the boot. Came back to see 13 more messages. They are getting way out of hand.

[Lucas88]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/se...archid=1385582

Drug sales in signature

[Ragetiger]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=22992

Finally llahanlupe makes the mistake of posting on a thread.

[Yachirobi]

http://www.musclegrowth.org/forum/sh...ad.php?t=26076

DreamLow must be STOPPED

[falseyedee]

the new user "wilgingstan" is using visitor messages to spam. axe his ass.

[nypup2train]

Originally Posted by Ragetiger

Finally llahanlupe makes the mistake of posting on a thread.

Last mistake s/he'll make on this site! (At least from that IP.)

Originally Posted by Yachirobi

DreamLow must be STOPPED

I believe you ordered a brick wall? Sign here.

Originally Posted by falseyedee

the new user "wilgingstan" is using visitor messages to spam. axe his ass.

Using visitor messages and, fortunately, a forum post. Sayonara.


...These latest developments blow my mind, quite frankly. I really thought (to my dismay) that the spammers had gotten some sort of clue when they started using visitor messages, since doing their spamming that way doesn't leave them exposed to the tools used for patrolling the forums. Then they go and walk straight out into the minefield. Guess I gave them too much credit for knowing what they're doing... or anything at all. (Phew!)