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Figured I'd create a thread for reporting spambots which may be missed as I just found one:

http://www.carmageddon.com/comment/45314#comment-45314 - Automated bot advertising "photographer seo"
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Thanks Trent - spotted that one this morning - seems to have sneaked under the radar! :)
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It certainly was a hard one to spot, looked like a normal post on first look, had to do a double take before realising it was a bot!
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Thanks Trent - dealt with :)
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What about that "BA" guy isn't that bot too? or just troll =D?
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No, he was a legitimate poster who, for some reason, decided to go and edit his 2 year old posts and replace what he wrote with "Ba"
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I've removed the link from that one as I think the post itself is reasonably amusing given the context of the thread. Feel free to purge it anyway shane if you'd like.
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Some spam here and here
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Sbonc'd both but Robert1122 probably needs deleting also.
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http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27654
http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27655
http://www.carmageddon.com/users/eddyflash12

Shane, here's an idea, make it harder for bots to make accounts, this one posted with scam within minutes of signing up. Add a captcha to account creation and all the forum's spambot troubles will magically be gone.
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FatCat wrote:http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27654
http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27655
http://www.carmageddon.com/users/eddyflash12

Shane, here's an idea, make it harder for bots to make accounts, this one posted with scam within minutes of signing up. Add a captcha to account creation and all the forum's spambot troubles will magically be gone.

Spammer deleted :)

We did have a captcha system on registration but unfortunately they can still get through. Captcha systems are more of a annoyance to end users trying to work out what they need to type in then they are to spammers. We have multiple layers of spam prevention already in place on the site and whilst it does it's job most of the time (it's constantly catching spam accounts and banning them) some do slip through.
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Oh wow, Shane, those must be some crafty Spambots. I'm glad that we have several filters in place already though =D
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Oh so here I sould have had report that spamperson =D sorry shane for bugging you thru PM I must have stroked off slightly or something...
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CzechDeath wrote:Oh so here I sould have had report that spamperson =D sorry shane for bugging you thru PM I must have stroked off slightly or something...
No worries CzechDeath ;) Your welcome to PM me or leave a message here.
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Possibly the moderators could only delete the threads and not ban the account :

Here are 3 more for this guy!

http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27990

http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27991

http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27992
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Epitaph wrote:Possibly the moderators could only delete the threads and not ban the account :

Here are 3 more for this guy!

http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27990


http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27991


http://www.carmageddon.com/forum/topic/27992

Yup, we can only delete the threads. I've blatted all the ones I can but shane will need to deal with the account.
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http://www.carmageddon.com/users/talushoitytoity

Hey Shane, could you ban this bot please? It has been spamposting several threads across several boards with this medical scam stuff every day now.

The threads get deleted but you need to straight up ban it. It's getting exponentially more spammy as time goes on.
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Post by KakkaHousu »

What FatCat said. It is spamposting again.
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This friend here has been spamming recently

http://www.carmageddon.com/users/talushoitytoity
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Thanks for the reports - spammer has been dealt with!
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Max is back. Let there be blood and motor oil
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Winnienie interesting kind of spam. Instead of the usual rambling nonsense about how you need a monster-truck dick, this is just advertising some stupid gold website, but featuring a large drawing.
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