Dropping that banhammer.
Three members were banned yesterday for feeble spamming attempts. I posted this on the Triathlon watch thread:
The spam attacks are formulaic and translucent, and the IPs are the same. Mind you, it's not a bannable offense here to have multiple catfish accounts (mostly because it's a bother to track on the admin side and you can talk to yourself all you want here if that's what floats your boat) but it's such an amatuer tell when you're a spammer to have the same IP.
I let them run for a bit because they were eliciting some new posts and dialog, but it's gotten silly, plus I'm in that banhammer mood, which feels refreshingly nice right now. All of their spam links are getting swapped out to the proper one.
With today's continuation of spamming on the How to check if iPhone is unlocked? and the Nikon D5600 threads (same modus operendi) Buvshaia and Muller21Q plus the third catfish from that IP, johnnycagewins, have all been banned permanently. Joining them in permabanland are davidblack007 and DanGolfy. I'm going to let those threads run in hopes that more catfish accounts reveal themselves, or maybe some actual conversation takes place there.
If any genuine non-spammer members here notice any similar spam posts with this MO, just let me know and I'm more than happy to swap their links for ours and ban them too. Banning is fun.
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RoyFollman & catfish account (same IP) iiii31 have now been banned.
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Adding to our list of spammers:
Demixl
DronFee1
Giend1981
IPHand
Demixl was party to the rash of dumb spam attempts above. The other three were catfish accounts with the same IP.
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Lol. He is/they are WAY too obvious. There’s always a group of “new members” starting simultaneously, always posting in OT, and he/they only interact(s) with himself/each other. As if he/they think(s) he/they will blend in seamlessly. Proof positive that the Universe doesn’t distribute intelligence equally.
Erick & slink
Props to rett2, who has been very vigilent in finding these and bringing them to my attention.
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lmaomenimen banned.
And three rejected at the gate for having IPs and applications proximal to this spam gang.
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I love the smell of banning in the (Monday) morning
Esvol banned.
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Just banned BrunoPaulo & Goors1n. Goors1n had been following that same modus operendi of our recent rash of spammers only he posted, let it sit, and then went back to change the address later thinking that wouldn't be spotted. BrunoPaulo has the same IP.
Not even sure why they think plugging the odd array of sites that they've been spamming here would sell to this community. If it were nunchuks, I could see it. But a lot of the items/services are random and dumb.
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BennieRush banned for this.
Antonio94 banned as a BennieRush catfish.
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I wish I had a ban hammer...
you so lucky ~G
LOL
Kung Fu is good for you.
I am your ban hammer, David.
You know what they say.....借刀殺人
kill with a borrowed sword
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Kyle2019 is banned for ttt-ing the Help! Pins and needles with spam. I have replaced that spam with our forum sponsors (approved spam).
What is it with this dumb bot spam strategy?
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It's like the viagra model. just brigade the heck out of all public sites for some low dollar value paid to a spam house and if you sell two scrips, it covers the cost.
The other possibility is younger folks with zero knowledge or understanding of the world who just push their thing into the world in the hopes that people will buy in as much as they think people will buy in.
There is a lot of self absorption in the world these days after all. Thanks Facebook, Twitter, snapchat, Instagram and all the other tools of developing a deeper kind of narcissism ! lol
One day I will be the guy asking other people to get off his mountain, I"m almost certain of it.
Kung Fu is good for you.
Kian2019 for the subtle 'movers' spam - like who would even notice that? That has now been replaced by our approved spam.
Patti448 & wingchunkungfu are also banned for having the same IP.
I dunno, man. I have a theory that the bots are just running on their own. They're learning, albeit not correctly, and just doing it for themselves.
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