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fake accounts
whats with all these fake / advertisement accounts that are popping up all over the place lately and posting in old sales threads etc, seems to be alot more than usual.
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I agree.. pretty much everytime i login (which is alot) i find myself having to report spam.
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Driving us nuts at the moment, we reckon they're not bots but demented humanoids.
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lol, is there not a code validation / verification on the Registration of this forum eg you have to enter 6 letters / numbers that are in a small image box?
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just checked and there is
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Yep, hence the suspisions of moronic infiltration.
We've switched to manual approval of accounts for the moment so it should cease and desist while we figure out a way to prevent the spammage.
We've switched to manual approval of accounts for the moment so it should cease and desist while we figure out a way to prevent the spammage.
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not all the spammage..
I kinda like it here.
I kinda like it here.
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maybe have people post a profile up with pics of there car etc, something that will add time onto registering, surely that will stop them unless they are ultra sad with way too much free time lol?
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Steve-O 2007 wrote:maybe have people post a profile up with pics of there car etc, something that will add time onto registering, surely that will stop them unless they are ultra sad with way too much free time lol?
I think the majority of it is automated. Most botting engines are actually quite clever at bypassing the security features of sites.
they are a pain..
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Now changed to manual authorisation, so three of us get an email everytime ones signs up.
Hopefully it will keep them off the forum.
Hopefully it will keep them off the forum.
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Re: fake accounts
good luck with that one, ask them to submit a photo with todays newspaper headline above their heads and an extra piece of text saying they love MR2's of all shapes and sizes. That'll slow the spam down
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still lots of spam this morning.. not a trojan on the server is it.
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They're using old accounts that were registered before yesterday, I'm not allowed to delete them all. It would only take 20 minutes.
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Limeymk1 wrote:They're using old accounts that were registered before yesterday, I'm not allowed to delete them all. It would only take 20 minutes.
why aren't you allowed.. that would solve the issue..
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Draven wrote:Limeymk1 wrote:They're using old accounts that were registered before yesterday, I'm not allowed to delete them all. It would only take 20 minutes.
why aren't you allowed.. that would solve the issue..
You would think so, but all deleting users does is break the forum There are lots of things linked to a user, you would need to delete all their posts first and then close any reports they had open about their posts before you could delete the user. I think we do actually have a tool for that, somewhere.
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^^^
That's funny, a thread about fake accounts, being spammed by a fake account
That's funny, a thread about fake accounts, being spammed by a fake account
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JohnnyC wrote:^^^
That's funny, a thread about fake accounts, being spammed by a fake account
I was just thinking that but now I'm gonna split the spam post out so our posts won't make sense!
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I can't keep up with the reporting of spam..
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Draven wrote:I can't keep up with the reporting of spam..
You're missing 50% of them, try harder.
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Limeymk1 wrote:Draven wrote:I can't keep up with the reporting of spam..
You're missing 50% of them, try harder.
I'm trying my best.. it is a full time job..