Popular Post Steve Herschbach Posted December 5, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2022 We started getting hit hard in last 48 hours. Main problem these are not bots, but an army of paid spammers. Most are based in India, but there are a few in U.S. prisons also. So appears somebody has made an offer to pay for spam. The other problem is since they are mostly in India, they start hitting at 2am, so even if reported it stays up until Chase wakes up, and then me. He is farther east so first up. The reports help a lot, but until now were set as just a report. I have temporarily set the report function to quarantine any posts that are reported. In effect you are all moderators until this abates. Please do not abuse this - only report obvious spam or other serious forum rule violations. It will go in a review status until Chase or I look at it, so we will see if anyone is reporting stuff that should not be reported. My hope is by making the spam posts go away faster with everyone's help, that they will give up soon and move on. I assume the people only get paid if the spam stay up, and so they will find easier pastures if they get thwarted here. Since these are people, there is no way to stop them without changing the registration process, either to where we have to approve every application, or go to where a person must be sponsored by an existing member. Bots can be foiled, but any process that lets your average person in let's a human spammer in also. Anyway, sorry about all this. If it continues much longer I may simply block all new registrations for a week, which will put a stop to it for sure. 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Alaska Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Thanks for your diligence in taking care of this Steve. I was up early the other day and saw and reported the SPAM, I figured you weren't awake yet. I had to go to "registration approval" on my forums because of this very thing. Some of these people live in places that are so backward that this may be the only income they can get. It makes you wonder how they can afford a computer. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, Jim_Alaska said: Thanks for your diligence in taking care of this Steve. I was up early the other day and saw and reported the SPAM, I figured you weren't awake yet. I had to go to "registration approval" on my forums because of this very thing. Some of these people live in places that are so backward that this may be the only income they can get. It makes you wonder how they can afford a computer. LOL. Good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V3i/MXT Pro Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Thanks Steve, for a moment I thought you might have branched out into travel agency services. ? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dig4gold Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Jim_Alaska said: It makes you wonder how they can afford a computer. Stole it of course. D4G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sourdough Scott Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Not sure what they were trying to gain with this. But they are relentless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 And just stupid. Did anyone here immediately call any of those numbers? No. Maybe it works someplace, I have to assume it does, but in general they are just wasting their time and ours. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1515Art Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 There’s a guy who goes by the name “Pierogi” on his channel “Scammer Payback”, a cyber security specialist he baits these guys in and then reverses the game taking over their computers copying then deleting all their files before turning everything over to law enforcement. He’s got a lot of videos out there a real hoot to watch, google it if you have not had the pleasure of seeing him in action. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 I'd be happy to nuke any spam, I'm in a different time zone which may help. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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