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Be extra careful of spammers

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:31 pm
by VinceAtReal4x4s
For some reason the site is being hit again by a massive amount of fake accounts within the last two days. They appear to be mostly from Russian or Hungarian servers. I think I deleted all of them but let me know in case I miss a fake post or you get any weird messages.

Re: Be extra careful of spammers

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:56 pm
by totaljoint
Thanks for your time and attention which makes this site work, Vince!
It's that time of year that reminds me that portal hub isn't free and requires support to maintain its viability (not to mention sense of community and indispensable help,).
Ed

Re: Be extra careful of spammers

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 9:48 am
by McCall Pinz
I appreciate your vigilance on this. You should have seen the spam and scammers when I posted an ad on an aircooled VW forum...uggghhhh. I'm ready to change email addresses.

Re: Be extra careful of spammers

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:06 am
by berger
VinceAtReal4x4s wrote:For some reason the site is being hit again by a massive amount of fake accounts within the last two days. They appear to be mostly from Russian or Hungarian servers. I think I deleted all of them but let me know in case I miss a fake post or you get any weird messages.
Yup, my forum did too, all from the same location. I haven't seen that many in a long time.

Re: Be extra careful of spammers

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:39 am
by VinceAtReal4x4s
I came back from being out for half the day and had over 25 new accounts, all fake. I put in a new "human tester" question which has stopped them cold so we are clean again.

Re: Be extra careful of spammers

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 10:34 pm
by DougLennox
Looks like they also hit the haflinger.com site!!!!! :evil: