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Strange users/members and the number 143040
08-18-2006, 12:30 PM
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 Title: Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 149 Location: Minnesota   
| Strange users/members and the number 143040 I've gotten 4 new members in the last week that have the strangest profile entries. It's like they are auto-generated and they all have the same number somewhere in them; 143040. I finally said something to my husband, who also runs a forum, and he said that he's had the same type in the past and they are just there to spam links about viagra or similar stuff. The profile entries go like this: Gender Male Disorder of Choice google My hero uk Why do I want to be at Insanity Cafe? Kuzma How did you find us? 143040 Favorite Animal natalya Occupation uk The entries just don't match... I've always battled with myself if "forced" profile spots were a good idea or not, but now I know they are. I'm finding the bad ones from the good ones! I did a Google search of the "143040" and there are pages of profiles on all different sorts of forums that have this number somewhere in them. "Google" is always in the profile somewhere, too. He's also given me a couple email addresses that he has banned, that he found out are used to create spam accounts like this. @pisem.net @cashette.com @gawab.com Those are just the 3 I know of so far... I've banned the use of those emails when registering. Just a heads up....  | ||||
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08-18-2006, 04:51 PM
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Title: Just keeping it real
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kent, WA   
| Thanks for the heads up. You did banned them, right? @cashette and @gawab have hit my site lately, mostly travel to Russia and Ladies "looking" for a date/man. Um, should pass that last one onto Bama.......... | ||||
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08-18-2006, 10:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 149 Location: Minnesota
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Yep. As soon as I saw the email and saw the bogus profile entries... | |||||
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08-19-2006, 12:05 AM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,338 Location: Illinois
| I've banned two of the three of those emails as well. Quote:
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08-19-2006, 12:07 AM
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Title: Forum Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,585 Location: Holmfirth, England
| Thanks for the warning! Quote:
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08-19-2006, 12:08 AM
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Title: Forum Enthusiast
Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,464 Location: Alabama
| Hey... I got a date tonight so back off! lol | ||||
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08-19-2006, 12:52 AM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 1,518 | Thanks for the "heads up"! I've gotten a few members like this, and I simply ban their IP's and delete them. Chris | ||||
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08-19-2006, 04:23 AM
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Title: Just keeping it real
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kent, WA
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08-19-2006, 05:26 AM
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Title: Forum Addict
Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,928 Location: Michigan | I've actually blocked people from registering with two of the three domains you listed. Here is my current list of blocked e-mail addresses: cashette.com mail.ru hotpop.com usa.com bluebottle.com mail15.com spambob.com spambob.net spambob.org mail333.com gawab.com ukr.net
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