Spam and Abuse Watch

__TR__28-Dec-12 23:33

__TR__

28-Dec-12 23:33

OriginalGriff wrote:
if there are no links then there is no point in them posting it and hopefully, they will get bored and f**k off...

Looks like they are turning towards the forums to post spam messages like this[^]. There are a few spam messages in the lounge right now. Frown | :(

SoMad29-Dec-12 19:27

SoMad

29-Dec-12 19:27

I did this today (deleting the links in the posts). It is more work and several times the spammer went back in and added the links again, so I had to modify again.
Anyway, when I compare the "View Count" of the questions, the ones that had the links stripped out had much less views (in general) than the ones where they were left in. It is not a clear result as some of the questions with high view counts might simply have had the keywords people out there were looking for, but if we all try to do that, it might work in the end.

Soren Madsen

"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty

OriginalGriff29-Dec-12 21:38

OriginalGriff

29-Dec-12 21:38

If nothing else, it is keeping them busy checking and editing the message that will vanish soon, so they can't post new rubbish while they are doing that.

If we can make it not worth their time to post, they should go look for easier targets. (I am assuming they are paid-per-click or similar)

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

Nelek28-Dec-12 8:25

Nelek

28-Dec-12 8:25

Both nuked

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

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpfull answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov28-Dec-12 18:35

Pumps and sandals this time

28-Dec-12 18:35

This account re-created, same name, different member ID.
Please see my list above, report them all, to help getting rid of them.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Thomas Daniels27-Dec-12 21:20

Thomas Daniels

27-Dec-12 21:20

Spam:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=55599&aid=517094[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=55600&aid=517100[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=55601&aid=517101[^]
Member:
http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9714839[^]

In some cases, my signature will be longer then my message...

ASP

<em style="color:red">ProgramFOX</em>

ProgramFOX

Re: Pumps and sandals this time

Nelek28-Dec-12 8:25

Nelek

28-Dec-12 8:25

All nuked

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

Disguised spam?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov27-Dec-12 14:01

27-Dec-12 14:01

Please see: How can I get crawling/extract user like and dislikes from social networking sites like facebook?[^]
by http://www.codeproject.com/Members/touseef4pk[^].

Pay attention for the long sequence of empty lines followed by the link at the bottom of the question.

I think this is a disguised spam.

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Re: Disguised spam?

Jibesh27-Dec-12 20:23

Jibesh

27-Dec-12 20:23

there is a download link at the end of the question. says "Youtube to Mp3" which is no were related to the question Sniff | :^)

Jibesh.V.P
India

Re: Disguised spam?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov27-Dec-12 20:46

Q & A abuse: systematic self-accepting of own comments, non-answers

27-Dec-12 20:46

You mean not related, unrelated? That's why I suspected it was spam.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov27-Dec-12 11:34

Spam in QA. Not a live stream spammer for a change.

27-Dec-12 11:34

Please take a look at this account:
http://www.codeproject.com/Members/halabella[^].

This is not for the first time, as far as I remember. I randomly checked several "answers" and found that they are not the answers at all, just the comments placed on the page of halabella's questions.

What is outrageous, those "answers" are formally accepted. And this is after I removed some of such false answers. Originally, there were more cases of such abuse.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

SoMad27-Dec-12 9:53

SoMad

27-Dec-12 9:53

Posting a question to set up a spamming answer.
Profile: Savannah Zibelli[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9713767[^]

And the spam answerer:
Profile: Bruna Hassard[^]
Answers: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=answers&mid=9713878[^]

Soren Madsen

Re: Spam in QA. Not a live stream spammer for a change.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov27-Dec-12 14:04

Three Q&A Stream Spammers

27-Dec-12 14:04

Thank you. This case of spam was no so obvious. Reported.

Please also check out my two other reports next to yours (that is, two items up), as well as remaining TV/media spammers reported few items below.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

André Kraak27-Dec-12 9:20

Re: Three Q&A Stream Spammers

27-Dec-12 9:20

One: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/dvgftrbh[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9708051[^]

Two: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Sema-Khan[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9713868[^]

Three: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/hijfdiojofohkop[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9713863[^]

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov27-Dec-12 9:29

27-Dec-12 9:29

In view of mass character of recent attacks, I'm trying to accumulate all references to offender's accounts in one merged report message, review those messages and rewrite them from time to time to put remaining and new offenders on the top of the messages in this forum. I suggest you do the same instead of reporting one or two in several separate messages. This way, we will spot your reports sooner and spend less time on abuse reporting.

Thank you,

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

New Q&A Stream spammer

André Kraak27-Dec-12 8:45

27-Dec-12 8:45

This: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Onika-Rani[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9713505[^]

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Q&A Stream spammer

André Kraak27-Dec-12 3:15

Spam in Article Writing forum

27-Dec-12 3:15

This: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/feuwtsrkiuhhy[^]
Questions: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Answers/MemberPosts.aspx?tab=questions&mid=9713119[^]

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Thomas Daniels27-Dec-12 2:51

Thomas Daniels

27-Dec-12 2:51

Spam: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/4460063/Free-online-business-card-holder.aspx[^]
Member: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=9712684[^]

In some cases, my signature will be longer then my message...

ASP

<em style="color:red">ProgramFOX</em>

ProgramFOX

Q&A Stream spammers

André Kraak26-Dec-12 13:34

Plagiarised, article spam

26-Dec-12 13:34

This: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/veffrvgth[^]
With:
Detroit Pistons vs Atlanta Hawks Live Stream NBA Basketball[^]

This:http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Sema-Khan[^]
With:
~!~!$>Western Kentucky vs Central Michigan NCAA America Football online live stream HD[^]

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OriginalGriff26-Dec-12 0:41

OriginalGriff

26-Dec-12 0:41

Half stolen from a blog, the rest pure spam...
This: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?waid=55377&aid=515948[^]
From this: http://www.codeproject.com/Members/banckle[^]

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 Kryukov26-Dec-12 7:09

26-Dec-12 7:09

If the rest is "pure spam", what is the part stolen from the blog? Dirty spam? Smile | :)

Such behavior required total extermination without warning.

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov

Chris Maunder27-Dec-12 7:14

Chris Maunder

27-Dec-12 7:14

cheers,
Chris Maunder

The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov27-Dec-12 8:44

27-Dec-12 8:44

Good riddance, thank you, Chris.

In case I won't have another chance — very best wishes in New Year!

—SA

Sergey A Kryukov