This forum IS monitored!

[GooRoo]

Note: All garbage posts with links supported by images will be deleted ASAP!

[Perfect Grunt]

Sorry, I do not understand -- what are "links supported by images"? Are you talking about spam/ads?

[GooRoo]

Dec 11, 2023 0:17:40 GMT -8 Perfect Grunt said:

Sorry, I do not understand -- what are "links supported by images"? Are you talking about spam/ads?

Definitely SPAM and ADs. The latest was in Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters. All of them were links to the same web site. Pure SPAM!

[GooRoo]

The SPAMmers simply do not take a hint! The latest ploy is to create an account and place their SPAM links into their profile. Staff may feel free to delete these people using whatever means: Ban Member, Ban IP address, etc. The pervert I checked this morning is in the New Orleans, Louisiana area.

Edit: On closer examination, the source is in Corpus Christi, Texas ... NOT New Orleans.

[GooRoo]

This character creates multiple email accounts (perhaps only spoofs) and usernames that are gibberish, not even remotely related to the email 'address'.

What he hopes to accomplish by this SPAMming effort is beyond me ... but then, I do not click on the link to find out what is at the other end.

[GooRoo]

It looks like this jerk has created another project for yours truly: going through the membership to locate all of his 'accounts' and delete them. Then staff only needs to click on any 'new' member's username to see if it is yet another piece of garbage created by this SPAMmer.

[GooRoo]

I have deleted every 'member' that even looks suspicious with widely divergent usernames/email_accounts. Staff evidently deleted numerous posts, as I found several 'accounts' with posts, but none (still) existed. Those 'members' were listed as "account disabled", so I presume staff did that as part of deleting offensive 'posts'. GOOD JOB!

[GooRoo]

Why is it so hard for some people to understand that what they are attempting to do is forbidden!?! By all appearances, this is a single individual making these posts that are at best ADs, and more likely SCAMs. I deleted another one a few minutes ago, about an hour or so after it was posted. Multiple email 'accounts' with widely varying email usernames and 'handles' used to create member accounts here. That is a LOT of work to do for (in this forum) NO reward! Unless the intended reward is the ire of those having to delete this garbage before it causes trouble for anyone. In that case, this effort IS rewarded ... because I am unhappy with the extra time spent 'policing the area'.

[GooRoo]

Well, the registration process has worked to prevent the SPAMmer from entering. There were dozens of email accounts associated with the IP Address, most with a different 'handle' from the username in the email. Seeking SUPPORT from Proboards, I found SEVERAL posts regarding this SPAM problem. One in particular described the same attack witnessed here, and gave their solution ... similar to ours.