Spam and Abuse Watch

15-Nov-12 21:43

Solution already away. User still there, I could not read the solution, so I am giving him the presumption of innocence before reporting.

Regards.
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M.D.V. Wink | ;)

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Naive; but still abuse

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 18:04

Same spammer re-created account for the second time

15-Nov-12 18:04

This pretty naive person http://www.codeproject.com/Members/for-codeproject-com-Members-shakalaka[^] hopes that we can help to crack passwords by writing some C code:

how to write excel password crack c code?[^].

Well, pretty harmless right now, but still a kind of abuse.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 18:00

15-Nov-12 18:00

This persistent person: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/taebag[^] had the account removed twice, again with the same boots:
UGG New Arrival Boots are a wonderful accessory[^].

Too much, I would say.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Pretty sure this is spam

OriginalGriff15-Nov-12 1:57

15-Nov-12 1:57

This http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4426713/Typemock-Comic-Series-sharp1-How-to-Keep-Your-Code.aspx[^]
Form this: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9465348[^]
The user is only a month old, and his other posts are both press releases for the company this link goes to.

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

Jochen Arndt15-Nov-12 2:41

15-Nov-12 2:41

He already tried to post an article last week containing the comic images which I (and apparently others) reported as plagiarized because there was no reference to the company and the copyright.

When reading this post the first time I remembered the article and looked up his member ship and other posts like you. While the press releases are OK, this one smells a little bit but I did not reported. I may change my mind if he posts more like this one.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 3:17

15-Nov-12 3:17

You know, I agree, but…

It's impossible to have a humor police enforcing quality of referenced material, and formally this is just fun stuff; the topic of the forum does not specifically ban comics references, I think. (Maybe prohibiting such things just by the rules would be a good idea, hard to say…)

But I voted to remove the post — this is humor for morons, tasteless, brainless, not funny, drawing quality/"style" is abominate. I feel pretty bad about having to use the term "humor" in this context.

And real-life storied are million times more funny.

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

OriginalGriff15-Nov-12 3:34

15-Nov-12 3:34

I would agree, if this had been posted in the lounge as a joke cartoon, then it would have passed without problem. In that forum though, it is out of place, and probably only there to get either traffic or links to their website.

As you say, it is pretty poor humor! Laugh | :laugh:

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 4:22

15-Nov-12 4:22

I agree and voted to remove the post. I only discussed about having some written rules on the forum, and what can we do about it. Maybe we should do what you did: post our observations on the Abuse Watch forum and encourage members to vote to remove such out of place stuff.

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Indian Holidays

OriginalGriff14-Nov-12 22:03

14-Nov-12 22:03

This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=49994&aid=492023[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Abirana123[^]

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

Re: Indian Holidays

Nelek15-Nov-12 21:37

15-Nov-12 21:37

I can not do anything in the article. Other times I can not see the content, but at least I can see the flag to report. In this article, not. Don't know why.

User... helped to go to door Wink | ;)

Regards.
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M.D.V. Wink | ;)

Re: Indian Holidays

OriginalGriff15-Nov-12 21:40

Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

15-Nov-12 21:40

Article gone - so is the user. Big Grin | :-D

If you get an email telling you that you can catch Swine Flu from tinned pork then just delete it. It's Spam.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov14-Nov-12 16:56

Re: Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

14-Nov-12 16:56

Please see my original spam report:
http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4426967/Not-too-lazy-commercial-spammer-want-us-to-buy-boo.aspx[^].

And now, I see a new post, advertizing same boots: UGG Classic Tall boots are apparently to be affected[^].

How could it happen? I though the bad guy is finally banned. Is something wrong going on?

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Jochen Arndt14-Nov-12 21:05

Re: Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

14-Nov-12 21:05

He created a new account with the same member name but probably a different email address.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 2:59

Re: Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

15-Nov-12 2:59

No good. This is a big leak...

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Jochen Arndt15-Nov-12 3:07

Re: Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

15-Nov-12 3:07

Why a leak?

Black listing user names would not help: The spammer gets a message that the name is not avavilable and chooses another one.

I still wonder that most spammers enter a name rather than using the default one for new accounts.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 3:27

Re: Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

15-Nov-12 3:27

Maybe you are right, but without blacklisting names sneaking in again is way easier. I'm not sure though; I thought blacklisting of names is applied. You see, I, for example, create a new e-mail alias every time I deal with some new business or need to order something and later delete the e-mail account, to prevent spam (and yes, since I started this practice, I have very low level of spam, without using any filters at all). And so, it's way too easy to, say, add/modify one character in alias e-mail address and enlist in CodeProject practically unlimited number of times. Under the same account name. Yes, I do understand that the same simple trick could be done on a name, but look, spammers prefer we well-rounded names.

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Jochen Arndt15-Nov-12 3:40

Re: Spammer's account was disabled, now not this member account is re-created! how?

15-Nov-12 3:40

It's easier to re-create an account with black listing. But it's not a leak. We should not waste more time than necessary with such subjects.

BTW: I did not downvote your post.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov15-Nov-12 4:24

15-Nov-12 4:24

I guess I have to agree.
I don't consider as a waste of time saying you:

Thank you. Smile | :)

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

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14-Nov-12 2:24

Blog post for approval describing how to hijack skype accounts.

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Jochen Arndt14-Nov-12 2:11

Re: Blog post for approval describing how to hijack skype accounts.

14-Nov-12 2:11

The blog post http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=49839&aid=493338[^] describes how to hijack skype accounts.

I think this not the right platform for such posts. Any opinions (I did not report so far)?

Nelek14-Nov-12 2:28