Hi, Guys...!!! I am new on your site and I am amazed by the skills of some people here... not too sure if this is the right place to be posting this msg Let me introduce myself first : I am Yann, a webmaster and dive instructor, 27 years old. i have many questions about music, web , PC and education... Where i can post my messages... So, thanks a lot!
I am amazed by the skills of some people here
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Welcome...it never ceases to amaze me either... but thats probably how we evolved to where we're at!
Not disagreeing or awt but why/how is it was spam plus hows it done (ie automated etc) and to what purpose ?
I am in IT so it interesting is all
I am in IT so it interesting is all
K, Date of birth is the same as a host of spam members on lots of forums as well as this one over the past few months. The DofB does not correspond to the age stated in the text, by 4 years, the Dof B entered into the system would make the member 23 not 27.
Also a search of the email address shows the same rubbish on hundreds of other sites, all new memberships over the past few days.
Also, the IP is the same as some of the other spam.
That's about it
Also a search of the email address shows the same rubbish on hundreds of other sites, all new memberships over the past few days.
Also, the IP is the same as some of the other spam.
That's about it
I hear you on the indications of why this is spam but whats the point ? Normal email based spam is usually an advertisment for something. Just cant understand why someone would want to spam a forum
Anyways and well spotted and slapped.
Anyways and well spotted and slapped.
We get about 20 a week of these, I catch a lot of them but some get through and members usually let us know. The most common thing is just a big post of links on a particular subject in the early hours of the morning.
Im not sure why they do it, although I suppose it must be good for their pockets even though its a right pain for us.
My thanks to all of you that let us know when one slips though, it was Ahjno that caught this one
Im not sure why they do it, although I suppose it must be good for their pockets even though its a right pain for us.
My thanks to all of you that let us know when one slips though, it was Ahjno that caught this one
Tony said:it was Ahjno that caught this one
Yep he is getting very good at spotting them, not saying your a spotter Johan
I also admin a board in the States and we get this a lot. They set up an account then start to gather e-mail addys. They sell the addys to other spammers.
Good catch!
Good catch!
leon-1 said:Yep he is getting very good at spotting them, not saying your a spotter Johan
Cheers guys
Just helped to keep the forums clean, so we all can enjoy this marvelous site, with dito people.
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Ahjno, super sleuth!!! Good catch there, although god alone knows how you manage to catch these people. Do you actually check every new member out?
Good catch there, although god alone knows how you manage to catch these people. Do you actually check every new member out? 
spamel said:Do you actually check every new member out?
Oh of course, when you log onto BCUK we follow your ISP address back to the local proxy server from which the signal emanates and pick up details on who the account is registered to. Knowing the rough area covered by that particular proxy server allows us to put the name of the account holder into a reverse telephone directory to obtain your address. We then leap into the BCUK mystery machine, race through the night to your house and sneak across your lawn with a ladder under the cover of darkness to peer at you though your bedroom window whilst you sleep.
I want to speed up the process by installing a firemans pole to the mystery machine but Tony wont let me knock a hole in the floor
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