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Mikah
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26 Oct 2022, 9:33 am

No problem. Found more by looking at the threads they haunt.

memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=152419 (Spam 1 Spam 2)
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=153133 (Spam 1 Spam 2 Spam 3) Using sexual assault keyword to advertise lawyers, nice.
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=156137 (this one runs different software I think, it did something different to the others - quoted a real members post and inserted a link)

This one is definitely a bot, but hasn't spammed yet:
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=156711
This one is probably linked to the second spammer, only post is generic and was quoted by the bot in the lawyer spam 3 weeks later:
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=155268

Might need to put aside the banhammer and get out the flamethrower

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26 Oct 2022, 9:57 am

Thanks again!
A combination of banhammer and flamethrower did the trick. :twisted:

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26 Oct 2022, 9:59 am

I was enjoying watching them all disappear, but you missed one viewtopic.php?f=14&t=408076&p=9149473#p9149473

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26 Oct 2022, 10:08 am

Yeah, a fair point - there's no reason to waste the required storage to retain someone who was a post or two away from spamming.

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04 Nov 2022, 10:32 am

viewtopic.php?t=409661

This thread would probably be better suited for GAD than where it currently is

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04 Nov 2022, 10:35 am

Thanks - I've moved it to GAD.

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07 Nov 2022, 12:36 am

This thread needs to be watched:

viewtopic.php?t=409799

I saw three users breaking rules in it already.

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07 Nov 2022, 5:31 am

Request merge this thread with this thread on same topic.

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07 Nov 2022, 5:59 am

League_Girl wrote:

This thread needs to be watched:

viewtopic.php?t=409799

I saw three users breaking rules in it already.

Thanks - there are a number of reports about it too. I've temporarily locked the thread while those are addressed.

ASPartOfMe wrote:

Request merge this thread with this thread on same topic.

Thanks, done. I also tweaked the title and moved it from GAD to Random Discussion, here: viewtopic.php?t=409800

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07 Nov 2022, 10:03 am

I just saw this post:

viewtopic.php?t=409760

The new user has used his/her e-mail address as a WP username.
I am wondering if this is recommended for new accounts.
As the username appears on every post and most WP users don't "Use Real Names" - it concerns me.
I wonder if the new users understands how visible this is, and if not would have made a different choice.
I know the WP software makes is hard to change a username once created.
I wonder if the moderators might want to discuss this and/or talk to the user about it.

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07 Nov 2022, 10:09 am

Thanks, this was already reported.

We usually catch such names before the owner gets to post and can inform them of the various risks involved with using their email as a username, but this one slipped through.
We're currently awaiting a response to a PM addressing these issues.

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14 Nov 2022, 6:42 am

What the.....?

viewtopic.php?t=409930

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14 Nov 2022, 6:45 am

DeepHour wrote:

What the.....?

viewtopic.php?t=409930

Spam. Thanks.

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17 Nov 2022, 10:47 am

Hilarious spam.

viewtopic.php?t=409999

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17 Nov 2022, 10:56 am

Someone is offering odd things for sale. Cant copy and paste on
this. Think what they are selling is not legal here in UK. Should someone tell them it is against the law as they may not know.

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17 Nov 2022, 10:58 am

Cleaned up.

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