Drive what? + spam bots

[M5Rick]

Be nice if ppl could post what model of BMW or other car they drive next to their emoji instead of things like 'car' or 'a slow car'.

[cmyx6go]

Would, not could. They can, but don’t. Good morning! I got two spammers already.

[M5Rick]

Good morning to you too. Could,I don't want to order anyone that's why I asked.
I've nabbed one spammer today also before he could breathe ten times

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Be nice if ppl could post what model of BMW or other car they drive next to their emoji instead of things like 'car' or 'a slow car'.

There is one pervasive spambot that creates its forum accounts with a distinctive entry in the model field every single time.

The Nigerian prince hunter in me would love to have someone run a simple SQL query for that entry in the model field, and see if it finds 10,000 or 100,000 bogus spambot users that have been missed over the years.....

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

There is one pervasive spambot that creates its forum accounts with a distinctive entry in the model field every single time.

The Nigerian prince hunter in me would love to have someone run a simple SQL query for that entry in the model field, and see if it finds 10,000 or 100,000 bogus spambot users that have been missed over the years.....

I looked it up,Structured Query Langage. Kudos to you VReihen16, I'm seing you as our chief spambot witch hunter

[vreihen16]

In case anyone else is playing along at home, I'm keeping an eye on users "alsamaraee" and "calle14" at the moment (intentionally not tagged in this post). Both are older users with post histories in option coding or head unit swaps, that both posted similar replies to OT posts within 15 minutes of each other about starting businesses this morning.....

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

In case anyone else is playing along at home, I'm keeping an eye on users "alsamaraee" and "calle14" at the moment (intentionally not tagged in this post). Both are older users with post histories in option coding or head unit swaps, that both posted similar replies to OT posts within 15 minutes of each other about starting businesses this morning.....

I saw that. I checked out both profiles to see previous posts. Although not too old, neither ever posted in OT. I was waiting for the links but I think this is another case of hijacking someone's user name.

[vreihen16]

I wish that this forum software included a scoreboard for spammers reported instead of reputation points.....

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I wish that this forum software included a scoreboard for spammers reported instead of reputation points.....

Me thinks we should get rep points for reporting spammers

[PcarFan]

Check out the last post on this thread.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1547783

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by PcarFan

Check out the last post on this thread.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1547783

Saw it already. Just waiting for the link to be added to report.

[PcarFan]

Here`s another one.

https://www.e90post.com/forums/showt...0#post30121850

[M5Rick]

They're back on the sports section.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

They're back on the sports section.

They must have been flagged quick. I checked at 4:00, and again at 6:30 and 7:00 and didn't see any.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

They must have been flagged quick. I checked at 4:00, and again at 6:30 and 7:00 and didn't see any.

As soon as I see them I flag them and I got up a little later this morning, a new poster with 0 posts came on just after my #13 here written 'SKODA' as his car from US but he's gone now, probably nothing.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

As soon as I see them I flag them and I got up a little later this morning, a new poster with 0 posts came on just after my #13 here written 'SKODA' as his car from US but he's gone now, probably nothing.

It was running up its post count with garbage posts, probably to get PM access to scam people.

On this side of the pond, I'd bet that 98% of the people world say that a Skoda was a European pastry and not a car brand.....

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

It was running up its post count with garbage posts, probably to get PM access to scam people.

On this side of the pond, I'd bet that 98% of the people world say that a Skoda was a European pastry and not a car brand.....

It was a turkey shoot this morning, about 25? of them on the sports page, and one of them has even left a 'self harm' message to stop it lol

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Me thinks we should get rep points for reporting spammers

We should do, even with my Sunday lie there are/were 16 of them, no rest for the wicked.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

We should do, even with my Sunday lie there are/were 16 of them, no rest for the wicked.

Yup, rapid fire this morning. I just gave them the final blow.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Yup, rapid fire this morning. I just gave them the final blow.

There were still some stragglers messing about before their mom put them to bed

[Esteban]

Got a few of them myself tonight.

And not all of us drive BMWs. It’s not required to be here.

[M5Rick]

^ Sure. It's up to you if you don't want to, and well done for joining in to catch some spammers