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Offline srsa_4c

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Spammers
« on: 23 / May / 2019, 12:50:57 »
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I'm opening this topic here (and not in forum issues) because it doesn't necessarily need the forum admin's attention (I don't want to waste his time). I also don't want to make a report because I can't explain myself sufficiently in a one-line text.

I believe that this account is a spammer, but it managed to make posts that are a bit less nonsense than usual (better AI?). My reasons are:
- user name matches one of the templates I'm seeing recently (two capitalized names without space)
- made two posts after first login, posted text is generic
- we have another recent account using similar name template (UID 30989) that shows more obvious signs of being a spammer (it did not manage to post, fortunately)

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Offline reyalp

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #1 on: 23 / May / 2019, 13:16:20 »
Good call. It fooled me initially because it's not far off the kind of posts we get in the non-canon cameras forum, but based on the number of exact matches in https://www.google.com/search?q=%22It+is+good+and+interesting+as+well.+Will+follow+closely%22 I banned and deleted the posts.
Don't forget what the H stands for.

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Offline srsa_4c

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #2 on: 01 / July / 2019, 19:16:24 »
Next candidate: https://chdk.setepontos.com/index.php?action=profile;u=31080
No suspicious activity yet, time will tell.

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #3 on: 04 / July / 2019, 18:01:48 »
No suspicious activity yet, time will tell.
Logged in again, placed spam links to sig. Ban please.


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Offline reyalp

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #4 on: 04 / July / 2019, 18:24:55 »
Logged in again, placed spam links to sig. Ban please.
Done. Thanks.
Don't forget what the H stands for.

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Offline srsa_4c

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #5 on: 30 / March / 2020, 11:20:50 »
I predict we're going to have problems with this car battery 'guy'.

Re: Spammers
« Reply #6 on: 30 / March / 2020, 11:37:00 »
I predict we're going to have problems with this car battery 'guy'.
I wondered about that when I responded. Easy to fix if so.
Ported :   A1200    SD940   G10    Powershot N    G16

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Offline srsa_4c

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #7 on: 15 / March / 2021, 15:42:57 »
Next candidate. Googling the exact username finds several spamming attempts all over the 'net.


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Offline reyalp

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #8 on: 15 / March / 2021, 16:32:37 »
Next candidate. Googling the exact username finds several spamming attempts all over the 'net.
Yeah. Went ahead and banned that one. Their posts look *almost* ok, but they were all generic and pointless.
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Offline srsa_4c

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Re: Spammers
« Reply #9 on: 27 / March / 2021, 13:48:25 »
Next. I'm not saying it should be removed already, but I think it's a bot. Profile's personal data filled in, first and only post in a thread that has a current buzzword in the title. I suspect it will come back and place some links in that post.

 

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