Spammer

[bobbinwales]

Can someone ban this spammer kingcool please...he done 57 spam posts this morning on old threads. https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/kingcool/
There's others too. There were some yesterday like this too

[naomi24]

Done. Thanks Bob.

[bobbinwales]

Thanks...I know many won't see it but i like to look at Recently Answered and sometimes just get page after page of spammers.

[naomi24]

Well spotted.

[bobbinwales]

You or someones doing a great job Naomi- someone caught up with this spammer today who posted over 60 spam posts today before been caught
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/johnwickey/
theres been several in the last few days.
its hard to see why the systems cant spot unusual activity...mods will burn themselves out dealing with spam.

[bobbinwales]

64 spam posts in a minute. how and why .... just dont get it, but it happens regular

[naomi24]

They’re certainly persistent, Bob.

[JimF]

Once again, this could be so easily prevented with an even half-decent team of "techies" [sic].

[bobbinwales]

Agree jimf ....The systems here are poor but perhaps you get what you pay for on a free site

This one did 40 odd in 2 mins this week
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/thomhenry/answers/

Fair-ad-3360 did more this wee but was slow -took over an hour

There must be hundreds everyday doing multi spamming on here. IMO it suits the owners as it shows high traffic to advertizers

[naomi24]

Bob, //…posted over 60 spam posts today before been caught…mods will burn themselves out dealing with spam.//

Just to clarify, once a spammer is spotted, they're banned - and that means everything they've posted anywhere on the site disappears - so mods don't have to physically deal with each of the 60 spam posts in your example individually.

[bobbinwales]

Got you Naomi, thanks, understand now. You or another mod done well last night getting rid of more of these .... just one small scale one here slipt through the net
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/md-world-wide521/

[naomi24]

Thanks Bob. Zapped.

[Dizmo]

This one too - https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/abdullaharees/

:)

[naomi24]

Thanks diz. He’s a gonna.

[bobbinwales]

Faiznm is back... slight name change....65 spams in a minute
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/faizanm/

[naomi24]

Done. Well spotted Bob.

[Rosetta]

I must admit I dont see what these spammers gain from operating the way they do, unless its just to cause mischief (at kindest) or to cause trouble (if trolling). Particularly when its on old threads that wont get noticed

[bobbinwales]

It must just push them up some list on Google searches

[Rosetta]

I hadn't thought of that bobbinwales, thanks, it still seems pretty pointless though

[bobbinwales]

He's back again naomi ...new name...20 odd so far fazzamm or similar

[bobbinwales]

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/members/faazimm/
22 in 2 mins

they just tweak there name by a letter when banned and starts again