Dodgy accounts spamming the forums with advertising material

[Aberzombie]

Got another new douchebag spammer thread that just popped up.

[Aberzombie]

And another one.

[Gary Teter]

Got 'em. We seem to be averaging one of these every day or two now. Average time from account creation to spam to banhammer: 7.5 minutes. Yay flags!

[Aberzombie]

Nevermind. Looks like they're already gone.

[Aberzombie]

Gary Teter wrote:

Got 'em. We seem to be averaging one of these every day or two now. Average time from account creation to spam to banhammer: 7.5 minutes. Yay flags!

WOOT!!! I think you just set a new world record.

[Aberzombie]

Gary,

How about a "Spammer Douchebag" flag?

[Squeatus]

Gary Teter wrote:

Got 'em. We seem to be averaging one of these every day or two now.

Congrats on building a community attractive enough for people to take notice and make custom registration/spambots. :)

My sympathy for the upcoming year or two of escalation between anti-spam measures and the tireless spam machine. :/

[Celestial Healer]

They're baaaaaaaack.

[Celestial Healer]

I have to admit, I am somewhat impressed at their ability to fill a post with links using the bbc code to imbed URLs. Whatever program they use to generate posts to put on the Paizo forums must know how to create URL tags, because there is no way they would take the time to type all that out.

[Mischief Mondragon]

However the rest of the writing is garbage.

[Celestial Healer]

Indeed. Perfectly formatted URL tags in a post composed of gibberish.

[verdigris]

and another?

[zylphryx]

Deja vu ... and flagged. Three threads in the OTT ... I had no idea there were ballet dancer ape researchers in Game of Thrones ... ;)

I would like to second Aberzombie's flag request. ;)

[Aberzombie]

Three new docuhebag spammer threads in the Off-Topic Section. Looks like they just popped up in the last few minutes. I flagged each one.

[Turin the Mad]

They're back in the OT forum again - another "three-peat" of spamalicious gobbledegook.

[Limeylongears]

And again!

[Midnight_Angel]

And again!

[Drejk]

Dammit, angel ninjas!

[Drejk]

Maybe there should be possibility of entering a user's profile and flagging user as "suspected spambot"?

[thejeff]

I think the mods just delete the accounts anyway. These haven't all been the same account have they?

I can't tell because the older ones have been deleted.

[Rhys Grey]

Another one here.

[Joana]

He just made a second post. Here's his user profile. Flag, flag, flag!

[Rhys Grey]

Here's yet another.

[Randomdays]

another one.

and one more.

[Rhys Grey]

Almost didn't catch this one.

[Aberzombie]

And two others have joined it. Flagged all three.

[Kajehase]

These later ones are particularly annoying. Not only are they spam - they're spoilers too!

[Drejk]

Why always three posts? Why?

[Aberzombie]

Because the douche little troll s~%+ that makes them wants to piss people off 3 times as much?

[Jessica Price]

Not sure why, but there were a ton of them yesterday. Thanks for both your help in flagging them, and your patience. :-)

[Sniggevert]

He's back in Off Topics again...

[Sniggevert]

And again here , along with 2 below it.

[Kajehase]

Jessica Price wrote:

Not sure why, but there were a ton of them yesterday. Thanks for both your help in flagging them, and your patience. :-)

Perhaps he's hoping they'll stay up longer during the weekend.

[Croaker Norge]

Been flagging these maggots' posts along with everyone else. It's pretty crazy.

Anyone able to track the maggots down so we can make empty skull drinking cups for PaizoCon?

[Aberzombie]

Mark me up for the "Good Timing of the Year" award. Somehow, these a@&$*&%s keep posting at just the right time for me to flag their cheesy asses.

i.e. they just showed up in Off Topic again.

[Drejk]

And you have complained that you never have a chance to read them before they are deleted last year, AZ.

Actually, it was exactly one year ago, April 24, 2012... :P

[Turin the Mad]

??

[Turin the Mad]

Four this time flagged in OT.

[Drejk]

Diablo gold seller? At least it claims to be gamer on a gaming forum. But it posted in off-topic instead of gamer talk/video games...

EDIT: Maybe instead of break other guidelines I should flag it as wrong forum? :P

[Icyshadow]

Odd, I haven't run into these spammers yet, and I've hanged around these forums for at least a year...

[Liz Courts]

The Paizo community is really good at flagging them so we can call in Those That Wield The Hammer.

[feytharn]

By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be banned!

[Drejk]

Blade Jogger?!

[Turin the Mad]

fake currency in Off-Topic

[Xzaral]

Here's the link

[Drejk]

Discrimination! They don't offer Polish currency or IDs!

[Drejk]

I am impressed. There still exist spammers who use actual grammar in their ads: Diet supplements.

Still, it reads wonky...

Wait, what?:

"An attractive personality is essential for a successful life, because it can boost your desire to be a part of successful community. And, people with good health not only live but also enjoy the life. So, a right supplement helps in developing personality by improving the overall health of the user."

[feytharn]

Please downvote!

[Drejk]

Click unknow app, yeah, right...

[Orthos]

Fresh Monday morning Spam, flagged hot off the grill in Off-Topic. More GoT stuff.