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Spammer from moderation queue (Member 13922235)

22-Jul-18 21:48

Started out as a legit post (if not a question): Microsoft access database: what is the ‘record is too large’ error 3047 ?[^]
But then he edited it and added teh payload (which came up as hidden link in moderation): Ben Beitler - Professional Profile[^]

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modified 18-Sep-18 16:27pm.

OriginalGriff22-Jul-18 21:40

22-Jul-18 21:40

Joined today, first post, site driving: Member 13922235 - Professional Profile[^]

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Plagiarised would be article by Ravindra Savaram

CHill6023-Jul-18 23:32

CHill60

23-Jul-18 23:32

Final kick delivered

Richard MacCutchan22-Jul-18 21:03

Richard MacCutchan

22-Jul-18 21:03

How to Build your Applications on AWS SDK for Java?[^]
copied from: AWS SDKs match services to language, platform[^] at least.

By Ravindra Savaram - Professional Profile[^]

Re: Plagiarised would be article by Ravindra Savaram

Wendelius22-Jul-18 21:14

22-Jul-18 21:14

I was going through the same article and found also these. Slight rewording but otherwise the content seems the same:
- AWS Region Selection - AWS SDK for Java in article the section "Selection of AWS Region"
- Java Code Examples index.php@source_dir=flex-blazeds-master/modules/core/src/flex/messaging/cluster/ compared to the code in the article
- Policy Class the policy list in the end of the article

Spammer from moderation queue (john smith2012)

CHill6023-Jul-18 23:34

CHill60

23-Jul-18 23:34

Final kick delivered

OriginalGriff22-Jul-18 19:19

Re: Spammer from moderation queue (john smith2012) - Gone

22-Jul-18 19:19

Joined today, first post, site diving to his video site as a question: john smith2012 - Professional Profile[^]

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Richard Deeming23-Jul-18 1:46

Richard Deeming

23-Jul-18 1:46

Spammer terminated.

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Spam would be member - warning Rated MA

Bryian Tan22-Jul-18 18:42

Bryian Tan

22-Jul-18 18:42

Escort: Payel Gayen - Professional Profile[^]

Bryian Tan

Re: Spam would be member - warning Rated MA

OriginalGriff22-Jul-18 19:15

22-Jul-18 19:15

Love the way she lives in Basel, Swaziland - looks Japanese and has an Indian name ... Laugh | :laugh:

Accuracy, I love it.

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dan!sh 23-Jul-18 0:39

dan!sh

23-Jul-18 0:39

"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]

Also plagiarized - gone

Wendelius22-Jul-18 6:59

22-Jul-18 6:59

Article: The Key Differences Between MYSQL and MS SQL SERVER

The table of comparison is from Google Cloud Datastore vs. MySQL vs. Oracle Comparison. As in previously reported articles from the same author, the domain is mentioned but not the exact source and that the text is a copy-n-paste.

Starting from heading "Difference Between MS SQL Server vs MySQL Syntax" the text is an exact copy from SQL Syntax differences between MSSQL and MySQL. Again, the original domain is mentioned in the end but only in the context for the pictures, not indicating that the text is a copy.

modified 18-Sep-18 16:26pm.

Re: Also plagiarized

Bryian Tan22-Jul-18 7:28

Bryian Tan

22-Jul-18 7:28

Here aditional proff to support your finding.

Startig from this line, word for word copying, "A great feature that has also propelled MySQL is that...", the exact contents are from Difference between MS SQL and MySQL | Difference Between[^]

Bryian Tan

Re: Also plagiarized

Wendelius22-Jul-18 11:27

Idiot in QA ("Help to understand this code", Member 13921523)

22-Jul-18 11:27

Good catch!

modified 23-Jul-18 3:23am.

Re: Also plagiarized

Nelek22-Jul-18 21:33

Nelek

22-Jul-18 21:33

@Sean-Ewington ~~you should have a look here.~~ sorry for the summon, but it looks like not needed anymore.

~~If you consider him worth to have some words with and he can catch the message and correct himself...~~ Thread below already clears this point.
I would say, he is not the first time in the focus, his profile and name ring a bell (but not 100% sure)

EDIT: I just saw the thread below... the ring a bell it is not referred to that one. So it looks like he is a repeater offender...

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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
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modified 23-Jul-18 3:40am.

OriginalGriff22-Jul-18 3:54

22-Jul-18 3:54

Trying to decrypt password hashes: Member 13921523 - Professional Profile[^]
Help to understand this code[^]
Fortunately, his knowledge matches his skill in that it's non-existent, but it's still malicious activity / abuse in my opinion.

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dan!sh 23-Jul-18 0:40

dan!sh

23-Jul-18 0:40

"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[^]

Pinned FAQ on this forum

Wendelius22-Jul-18 1:56

22-Jul-18 1:56

To @sean-ewington

Could we have a pinned FAQ post on the top of this forum? The post could contain links to articles and other info about site policies concerning plagiarism, spam, abuse, etc.

For example, if easy to find, this article: CodeProject Plagiarism FAQ would be helpful when discussing about possible plagiarism. And I guess there are also a lot of other useful resources.

OriginalGriff22-Jul-18 2:32

22-Jul-18 2:32

Just add it to the Chris sticky at the top - keep it all together.

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Bryian Tan22-Jul-18 7:18

Bryian Tan

22-Jul-18 7:18

nice !

Bryian Tan

Sean Ewington24-Jul-18 5:37

Sean Ewington

24-Jul-18 5:37

I like it. Would you like an FAQ on every item, or just a post that encapsulates everything this forum needs?

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Wendelius24-Jul-18 7:17

24-Jul-18 7:17

I think OriginalGriff had a good idea; If you could add relevant links to articles like the plagiarism FAQ into Chris' post which is already pinned on top.

It could make sense to rename the pinned post from "How to use this forum" to something like "How to use this forum and Spam & Abuse FAQs"

Sean Ewington25-Jul-18 4:22

Sean Ewington

25-Jul-18 4:22

Updated.

Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject

Wendelius25-Jul-18 9:15