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Post by schlager7 on Mar 20, 2005 21:27:01 GMT -6
I'll admit to not being the most technologically-savvy person here, but just for later reference, I've deleted the membership of (and spams posts authored by) "harry" and note their IP is
202.159.222.250
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Post by schlager7 on Mar 21, 2005 16:31:59 GMT -6
Great. This figures...
An IP search service shows it coming from New Dehli.
For now, I am banning 202.159.*.* and we will see what happens.
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Post by schlager7 on Apr 27, 2005 8:11:56 GMT -6
I have now also removed all IPs beginning with 61.17. (which is out of New Dehli). That should take care of harllan and aerosmith, our two most recent spammers.
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Post by schlager7 on May 20, 2005 7:58:59 GMT -6
Another spammer down. FYI for those who caught the Panasonic products ads by "loppie," they are gon and they spammer banished. I guess I lopped loppie.
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Post by schlager7 on May 28, 2005 8:06:45 GMT -6
Another two from New Dehli bite the dust. I've axed franklyn and rodericx1 and their Panasonic/Walmart ads.
I have noticed that, at the bottom of the site it shows the newest member to register on the forums in gold, but if I eliminate them before they are replaced as the newest member, their name stays up but fades to white.
They're not only banned, but BLEACHED!
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Post by Parry Nine on May 28, 2005 9:16:35 GMT -6
Schlager,
Do you plan on removing their posts, also?
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Post by schlager7 on May 28, 2005 18:24:44 GMT -6
Yeah, I have now. I thought I had gotten them all earlier this morning. From the times posted on the spam I missed this morning, it was the same time I was banning them. They were still on and posting while I was blocking their return.
I've removed the remainder.
Any desire I may ever have had to visit New Dehli has ended.
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Post by schlager7 on May 30, 2005 11:11:37 GMT -6
... and down goes "torrie." Why do all these spammers from India pick such "preppie" usernames?
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Post by schlager7 on Jun 5, 2005 8:43:02 GMT -6
And down goes djakil of New Dehli...
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Post by schlager7 on Jul 23, 2005 7:59:31 GMT -6
Nuts! I thought I was done with this!!!! New member rosey32 (IP 59.177.9.176) who lists their email as rosey32@fsmail.net has been officially deleted for spamming. I've also deleted the next newest member, jegus, whose IP also tracks to New Dehli at 59.177.31.41. They had not posted yet, but so far, no one from the Indian metropolis has posted anything here but spam and I got tired and grouchy. I am really getting tired of the New Dehli crowd. I may have to start logging on around 1 AM when their spamming usually begins. I wonder what time it is in New Dehli when it is 1 AM here? Gotta remember to factor in daylight saving time...
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Post by Flamberge on Jul 23, 2005 14:02:35 GMT -6
....I've also deleted the next newest member, jegus, whose IP also tracks to New Dehli at 59.177.31.41. ..... I am really getting tired of the New Dehli crowd..... I wonder what time it is in New Dehli when it is 1 AM here? Gotta remember to factor in daylight saving time... First, the time in New Delhi is Houston time + 10 hours and 30 minutes, so 1 am Hou is 11:30 am New Delhi. Second, you may think that the postings are from India, but they more than likely are not. We have several local posters who appear to be posting from Algeria, Bahrain, and other places like these, but they are actually in the Greater Houston Area. Third, I believe this spamming has started ever since you added the category Buy & Sell. I bet these people have search engines for these two magical words and go after them. So, our Indian friends may be innocent, after all...
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Post by schlager7 on Jul 24, 2005 9:12:31 GMT -6
I'll meet you halfway on that one. If they were spamming us with fencing merchandise offers, I'd probably allow them to post and consider them "innocent."
Actually, you're right in that I am certain this is a result of the "Buy & Sell" board and a simple search engine search, but it is a darned inadequate search. They do pause long enough to register as members but not to see that this is a fencing site?
They also spam the "Movies and TV" board, probably due to similar searches since they sell lots of entertainment electronics.
You have my curiosity though. I regularly do IP address searches of the posts here and have not come up with Algeria or Bahrain, yet. Which posts were those?
(This site is growing and I can easily have missed these).
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Post by fox on Aug 1, 2005 9:37:25 GMT -6
Third, I believe this spamming has started ever since you added the category Buy & Sell. I bet these people have search engines for these two magical words and go after them. The spammers have been quiet, lately, but I think Flamberge may have a point. See, I noticed they did NOT only spam the Buy & Sell area, but also Movies & TV. I think actually re-inforces the idea they were using a broad search focussing on common merchandising and entertainment terms. Try re-titling those two boards to something that conveys the same sense, but with more fencing-focussed terminology.
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