Ecigssa spam alerts

[Slick]

#hacked #spam #ambulance #incorrectterminology #as long as message gets across

@Silver

 

[Silver]

#hacked #spam #ambulance #incorrectterminology #as long as message gets across

@Silver

Thanks @Slick
Roger that
Has been sorted, thank you for the alert

 

[Room Fogger]

@Silver [USERGROUP=3]@Admins[/USERGROUP]

 

[CTRiaan]

Also spamming this thread
https://www.ecigssa.co.za/battery-venting-and-exploding.t33644/page-4

 

[Silver]

Thanks @Room Fogger and @CTRiaan

It was @Christos who cleaned it up this morning - he was up on the forum the earliest
Thanks @Christos

 

[Gadgetboy]

Hi Guys, Just logged on this morning and seen this again.....

 

[Quintusson]

@Silver - spam alert again this morning

 

[Quintusson]

Updated the title to be more correct

 

[Christos]

@Silver - spam alert again this morning

Thnx!

 

[Silver]

Updated the title to be more correct

Thanks @ivc_mixer
Much appreciated

 

[Adephi]

[USERGROUP=3]@Admins[/USERGROUP] a fly shat on my screen

 

[Silver]

g0g a fly shat on my screen
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Thanks @Adephi
Much appreciated
The flies have been swatted !

 

[hot.chillie35]

Alert [USERGROUP=3]@Admins[/USERGROUP]

 

[Silver]

Thanks @hot.chillie35
Taken care of...

 

[Asterix]

This idiot about to start:

 

[RainstormZA]

View attachment 170028 This idiot about to start:

Lol well spotted

 

[Hooked]

View attachment 170028 This idiot about to start:

@Asterix How on earth did you know that he's a problem??

 

[Silver]

@Asterix How on earth did you know that he's a problem??

Can’t speak for @Asterix but he had the usual signs

1. Unusual forum name
2. atypical country flag
3. Non-sensical “from” info

 

[hot.chillie35]

[USERGROUP=3]@Admins[/USERGROUP]
@Silver

The forum is being hacked with spam!!!

 

[Silver]

g0g
@Silver

The forum is being hacked with spam!!!

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Thanks @hot.chillie35
@zadiac and I nuked em

 

[RainstormZA]

@Silver it appears to be the same bot signing up with different user names lol. Nothing has changed in the spam content.

 

[Silver]

@Silver it appears to be the same bot signing up with different user names lol. Nothing has changed in the spam content.

Agreed @RainstormZA , but we think it’s a human signing on then handing account to a bot to do the posts

 

[Hooked]

It's really odd. In the two years that I've been on the forum this is the first time that we're seeing this. So why suddenly now? And why to such an extent? And why, period! What do they achieve??

Techies, pls. answer. I'm really curious!

 

[Silver]

It's really odd. In the two years that I've been on the forum this is the first time that we're seeing this. So why suddenly now? And why to such an extent? And why, period! What do they achieve??

Techies, pls. answer. I'm really curious!

Its a very good question @Hooked

I think someone or perhaps a group of people discovered the forum recently and realised they could sign up and post gibberish. What does it benefit them? I am not entirely sure. The thread titles have what looks like Chinese characters and there is always some normal English words too. Last few have been universities.

Most of these spammers would typically post links to their websites they are trying to promote - or words which would lead the viewer to their offering. Our forum has been highly indexed by most of the search engines so having your links here is beneficial for search engine rankings for them.

But these guys more recently are confusing - I do not see how they can benefit - so we just have to continually bat them away and hopefully it will subside over time.

For the record, our backend spam blockers are blocking quite a lot of this type of thing - only a few get through (which we actually see)

So far, nothing has been compromised - its just a time waster and a bit of a nuisance.

 

[Hooked]

Its a very good question @Hooked

I think someone or perhaps a group of people discovered the forum recently and realised they could sign up and post gibberish. What does it benefit them? I am not entirely sure. The thread titles have what looks like Chinese characters and there is always some normal English words too. Last few have been universities.

Most of these spammers would typically post links to their websites they are trying to promote - or words which would lead the viewer to their offering. Our forum has been highly indexed by most of the search engines so having your links here is beneficial for search engine rankings for them.

But these guys more recently are confusing - I do not see how they can benefit - so we just have to continually bat them away and hopefully it will subside over time.

For the record, our backend spam blockers are blocking quite a lot of this type of thing - only a few get through (which we actually see)

So far, nothing has been compromised - its just a time waster and a bit of a nuisance.

They must lead very boring lives if this is their idea of entertainment!!