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SURELY spammer....!

Discussion in 'YachtForums Yacht Club' started by AMG, Apr 13, 2007.

  1. AMG, Apr 13, 2007
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    AMG

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    If you recieve a PM from the signature SURELY, don´t reply!

    He will be removed from YF a s a p.....
  2. Kevin, Apr 13, 2007
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    It's hard for us Moderators to say our job is difficult when the spammers spam US... :D
  3. techmati, Apr 13, 2007
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    yes

    :D
  4. YachtForum, Apr 13, 2007
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    This joker signed up yesterday and sent me an immediate PM asking me to contact him via an e-mail address he supplied. I've heard about similar activity from some other webmasters, so I had pretty good idea what he was doing. I removed his membership and banned his address. And now... he's back! :rolleyes:

    "Surely" sure is a persistent little scammer!
  5. techmati, Apr 13, 2007
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    techmati

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    urgh pm is new feature of that **** forum spam software
  6. Ben, Apr 13, 2007
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    Joined in 1970!! And with no posts.......NQR (Not Quite Right)
  7. KCook, Apr 14, 2007
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    Yeh, I got hit as well. Please ignore my PM to you, mods.

    Kelly
  8. techmati, Apr 18, 2007
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    techmati

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    back again

  9. YachtForum, Apr 18, 2007
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    Thanks Will! I just deleted his membership and banned his address. I was suspect when this guy signed up at 12:54 PM. This was his profile...

  10. YachtForum, Apr 18, 2007
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    Just did an ARIN search. The IP is out of Africa.
  11. YachtForum, Apr 18, 2007
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    OK... he's trying to get back in again with another e-mail address so I'm taking more drastic measures. I just banned his IP, but I don't like doing this because it could prevent an entire network from signing on.

    Good riddance!
  12. KCook, Apr 18, 2007
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    Good job. Some of the 'boards out there that do not have any moderation on weekends are getting hit hard every weekend. These pests never seem to give up ....

    Kelly
  13. Garry Hartshorn, Apr 20, 2007
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    Just reciently I have gotten back into sailing. As part of the process I joined a local forum now I am getting 20+ spams a day generated from that site. So Carl good job................:)