Private Message Spam?

[Warlord Sam]

I guess it has finally come to this... I just got a private message spam ad for porn from some account named Lavashin56. There's no options that I could easily find as far as "report for spam" or "report message", so I figured I'd post here and let you guys be aware that this is starting to happen on the site.

 

[Reno]

In situations like that it's best to pm the admins/moderators about it. I did that once when I got spam email from a user from this site.

 

[Turner]

Yes, forward the PM to a moderator or admin. The same rules apply in PMs as they do in posts. If you get a PM that offends you, you can forward it to a moderator/admin and we will deal with it.

 

[eastsidebagel]

Yes, forward the PM to a moderator or admin. The same rules apply in PMs as they do in posts. If you get a PM that offends you, you can forward it to a moderator/admin and we will deal with it.

I once wrote a nasty PM to a member here. Luckily, he seems to have never reported me. If he reads this, I apologise for doing it.

 

[Kael]

I guess it has finally come to this... I just got a private message spam ad for porn from some account named Lavashin56. There's no options that I could easily find as far as "report for spam" or "report message", so I figured I'd post here and let you guys be aware that this is starting to happen on the site.

I got the same PM from the same user so I suspect its going out to a lot of people.

 

[eastsidebagel]

Just out of curiousity: How are bots infiltrating this site anyway? And isn't there any way possible to keep avoiding their entrance?

 

[xmen510]

If they are PM'ing people, it probably isn't a bot but an actual person copy/pasting the post and sending it off to a nubmer of users.

 

[Thunderfall]

I have deleted all the PMs sent by the spammer and he's perm banned.

 

[damunzy]

I have deleted all the PMs sent by the spammer and he's perm banned.

Thanks but you can't have the link back since it is in my email inbox and is all mine!!!

 

[azzaman333]

Can moderators see PMs?

 

[Thunderfall]

Can moderators see PMs?

No. But I can read it (though I normally don't).

 

[Perfection]

Can someone forward me the PM, I'm a little bored right now.

Thanks.

 

[azzaman333]

No. But I can read it (though I normally don't).

Does that apply to all admins, or just you?

 

[Thunderfall]

Does that apply to all admins, or just you?

Just me for now... It's a non-standard feature.

 

[Cutlass]

I thought it was a standard feature. As in the Admin controls the database, so can see anything.

 

[Sharwood]

Great, I somehow missed out on the porn-bot.

@esb: Some bots are smarter than others, and know how to answer ridiculous questions such as: Are you human? and; What is the following a picture of? I have no idea how though.

 

[ainwood]

@esb: Some bots are smarter than others, and know how to answer ridiculous questions such as: Are you human? and; What is the following a picture of? I have no idea how though.

AlanH explained that what they do is re-route that picture through to another site, where a human would be doing a registration. They hijack that registration, and use the human's answer to feed-back to the original site.

 

[Sharwood]

AlanH explained that what they do is re-route that picture through to another site, where a human would be doing a registration. They hijack that registration, and use the human's answer to feed-back to the original site.

I figured a human agency would be necessary, just wasn't sure how. Thanks.