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samid11 · 2012-08-05 09:05:54

Ok, so I keep getting messages from a user named iovhufsa, who is sending me odd clothing price type messages, as if he is advertising. It turns out, he has done this to others as well. Can anyone tell me what he's doing, or how I can get him reported? I've flagged him multiple times, but he won't quit. HELP!

EDIT: He appears to be advertising something called [removed]

EDIT: He's on other websites, too. I've seen him on Youtube as the same user.

Last edited by cheddargirl (2012-08-05 21:12:45)

BirdByte · 2012-08-05 09:07:28

He's a spammer or a spambot. You should email the scratch team.

777w · 2012-08-05 10:07:01

ive seen lots of accounts like this recently, i think the st needs better protection against this sort of thing

samid11 · 2012-08-05 10:17:17

777w wrote:
ive seen lots of accounts like this recently, i think the st needs better protection against this sort of thing

Yeah. The weird advertising and prices comments need to stop. They should be auto-censored.

777w · 2012-08-05 10:21:35

samid11 wrote:
EDIT: He's on other websites, too. I've seen him on Youtube as the same user.

spambots are everywhere

coinman · 2012-08-05 11:34:12

ive seen this guy. he keeps making new accounts like "ghfgjf" or something hmm

Wes64 · 2012-08-05 11:47:13

We have been having a spam problem lately, just keep flagging them.

samid11 · 2012-08-05 13:05:39

Wes64 wrote:
We have been having a spam problem lately, just keep flagging them.

kk. I emailed the scratch team about it.

BirdByte · 2012-08-05 13:29:02

I know now that it is a spambot as the username is randomly generated.

JH1010 · 2012-08-05 14:16:11

I flagged a comment that it (not he/she because it's a spambot) posted on the featured project Open That Chest. The comment has now been removed.

soniku3 · 2012-08-05 14:18:22

coinman wrote:
ive seen this guy. he keeps making new accounts like "ghfgjf" or something

I have seen a project called like that. hmm

777w · 2012-08-05 15:18:34

soniku3 wrote:
coinman wrote:
ive seen this guy. he keeps making new accounts like "ghfgjf" or something
I have seen a project called like that.

there are plenty of projects with silly names like that, theyre not all necessarily commercial spam

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cheddargirl · 2012-08-05 21:17:38

Yeah, it's a really weird spambot with a human behind it, so the spam has been hard to pin down. The ST is working on something right now to help reduce the spam; the plan is going to be set in motion sometime next week, so, if all goes well, the spam should also stop by next week. *crosses fingers*

In the meantime, just flag the spam so it gets removed more quickly.

And please don't post the name of the website either, we don't want to inadvertently post additional SEO spam around here. ^^;

Mokat · 2012-08-05 21:29:23

Yeah, I reported four commercial spam threads.

northmeister · 2012-08-06 08:38:57

I saw one on one of your projects and flagged it. Every commercial spammer seems to come from US Minor, a coincidence?

EDIT: Wait, I saw one from China just then.

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samid11 · 2012-08-06 08:46:31

northmeister wrote:
I saw one on one of your projects and flagged it. Every commercial spammer seems to come from US Minor, a coincidence?

I think not.

777w · 2012-08-06 08:47:34

northmeister wrote:
I saw one on one of your projects and flagged it. Every commercial spammer seems to come from US Minor, a coincidence?

it might not be their real location, if "they" have any location at all

jukyter · 2012-08-06 09:12:52

northmeister wrote:
I saw one on one of your projects and flagged it. Every commercial spammer seems to come from US Minor, a coincidence?

Well that totally isn't the most offensive thing I've seen today. ^^

northmeister · 2012-08-06 10:22:17

jukyter wrote:
northmeister wrote:
I saw one on one of your projects and flagged it. Every commercial spammer seems to come from US Minor, a coincidence?
Well that totally isn't the most offensive thing I've seen today. ^^

I meant maybe that place is automatically chosen when spam account is made tongue

BirdByte · 2012-08-06 10:47:38

It's newest account is ixuyfidsyu. It spammed on my project.

ftf841 · 2012-08-06 10:56:35

BirdByte wrote:
It's newest account is ixuyfidsyu. It spammed on my project.

i saw him and flaged him on wes64's project called aftermath.

AgentRoop · 2012-08-06 11:43:37

BirdByte wrote:
It's newest account is ixuyfidsyu. It spammed on my project.

I just saw that same person on a project neilwest curated, I flagged it.

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zbugni · 2012-08-06 14:13:22

I don't see the point of spambots, they always seem to just spit out prices and data, but don't tell you where you can buy whatever they're advertising and never make sense.
If I recall, one named AboutMedicine or something spammed me once, but I can't find them anymore sad

oh yeah he medicine was on other sites too

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zbugni · 2012-08-06 14:15:55

It lives in china tongue

Mokat · 2012-08-06 18:38:09

zbugni wrote:
I don't see the point of spambots, they always seem to just spit out prices and data, but don't tell you where you can buy whatever they're advertising and never make sense.
If I recall, one named AboutMedicine or something spammed me once, but I can't find them anymore

oh yeah he medicine was on other sites too

lol, yeah
They're all like
this information is great wonderful again great website (insert website link here) amazing service

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