Russian spam?

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cmp
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Russian spam?

Post by cmp »

Looks like the forum has had a Russian invasion of spam.
Nylon macs
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by Nylon macs »

What's going on here .lots of it being posted ????
Rainworshipper
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by Rainworshipper »

Whatever do these types get out of bombarding sites with spam? I cannot see what they gain from it.
cmp
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by cmp »

This & the second lot has been reported to admin.
mason
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by mason »

I have just noticed it, and I am absolutely furious.

This absolute cunt dumped everything and ran, so I can't even ban him & delete everything in one go.

It'll have to be done manually. I am so angry.
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by Rainworshipper »

mason wrote: December 3rd, 2023, 9:15 am I have just noticed it, and I am absolutely furious.

This absolute cunt dumped everything and ran, so I can't even ban him & delete everything in one go.

It'll have to be done manually. I am so angry.
Thanks for taking the trouble.
Rainworshipper
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by Rainworshipper »

mason wrote: December 3rd, 2023, 9:15 am I have just noticed it, and I am absolutely furious.

This absolute cunt dumped everything and ran, so I can't even ban him & delete everything in one go.

It'll have to be done manually. I am so angry.
Thanks for taking the trouble.
pvc_pete
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by pvc_pete »

They are such a bunch of F£$%wits. It's the same on Facebook groups all these spammers posting links to solar panels, job adverts etc. It costs them nothing and even if they get 0.1% of the audience click on the link it's a win for them.

Thanks for clearing it out promptly. Better than a lot of admins on other groups and sites.
Pete
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by Rainwearboy »

I made a change to limit new account to the newly registered users sub forum - however this was after some spammers already registered accounts.

Let's see if any new ones get through (accounts created after 2 December). If so then I will have to go back to the manual approvals that I have been doing for years - however I am hoping this change works because it has become a lot of work the last few months.
cmp
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Re: Russian spam?

Post by cmp »

Thanks to Rainwearboy & Mason for clearing it out. I hope the changes will reduce the spammers.
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