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Site-driving spam in QA (Member 15036058)

6-Jan-21 23:29

His latest QA answer with the hidden links is still there too.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Richard Deeming6-Jan-21 4:25

Old spam in QA (AdamParola)

6-Jan-21 4:25

Spammer: Member 15036058 - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: how can add bg color to my header[^] (Already gone)

Resurrecting a question from 2011 to link to his blog post from November.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Richard Deeming6-Jan-21 4:05

Re: Old spam in QA (AdamParola) - gone

6-Jan-21 4:05

Spammer: AdamParola - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Member questions & answers[^]

Joined in 2015 to post a new solution to a question from 2012 linking to his "data recovery tools" site.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Greg Utas6-Jan-21 6:43

Greg Utas

6-Jan-21 6:43

Robust Services Core | Software Techniques for Lemmings | Articles
The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.

Site-driving spam in QA (Member 15037506)

Richard Deeming6-Jan-21 4:01

Re: Site-driving spam in QA (Member 15037506) - Gone

6-Jan-21 4:01

Spammer: Member 15037506 - Professional Profile[^]
Spam: Member questions & answers[^]

A link to his Blogspot blog, followed by a message about the interesting methods he's developed for blocking spam on his blog. D'Oh! | :doh:

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

jeron16-Jan-21 4:07

jeron1

6-Jan-21 4:07

"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

Spam accounts

CHill606-Jan-21 2:46

Site Driver in QA - 15038899 - gone

6-Jan-21 2:46

1. esacle4176 - Professional Profile[^] Web Development
2. sexchatde - Professional Profile[^] Pr0n
3. Answers Mode - Professional Profile[^] site driving
4. Nouel Labbe - Professional Profile[^] Crypto news
5. DelaneyEliza - Professional Profile[^] Instagram stuff
6. TrentonYasir - Professional Profile[^] Tik Tok

Also some very suspicious nicks combined with corporate logos as profile pictures
- ISBR Bangalore - www.isbr.in - Professional Profile[^]
- TeriosGaming - Professional Profile[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:43am.

CHill606-Jan-21 2:34

6-Jan-21 2:34

Member 15038899 - Professional Profile[^]
Answering question from 2017 with link to his blog
Member questions & answers[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:43am.

Richard MacCutchan6-Jan-21 2:49

6-Jan-21 2:49

Did you forget to vote the member? Mine was no. 1.

CHill606-Jan-21 4:00

6-Jan-21 4:00

Wouldn't surprise me, I'm having several "senior" moments today Laugh | :laugh:

Gone now though Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Richard MacCutchan6-Jan-21 4:05

6-Jan-21 4:05

My image of you is of a young, but skilled, person. Wink | ;)

CHill606-Jan-21 4:55

6-Jan-21 4:55

Misled on both counts I fear!

I'm a firm adherent of the "growing old is compulsory, but growing up is entirely optional" (I don't adult very well)
On the skill side ... I'm with @rage (from The Lounge[^] ) Wink | ;)

Richard MacCutchan6-Jan-21 5:34

6-Jan-21 5:34

CHill60 wrote:
On the skill side ...

Oh definitely me too. I remember a time when I was writing code with only the occasional glance at the reference manual. Nowadays it's Google for almost every line.

Do not escape reality : improve reality !

Rage7-Jan-21 4:37

Rage

7-Jan-21 4:37

Now I'm getting referenced as the wise man, I am _really_ old Sigh | :sigh:

Troll from moderation: Kaushik Chanchala - gone

OriginalGriff6-Jan-21 1:37

Spam would be article ("4 Best Things To Learn From An Interior Designing Course", [DELETED] Bhubaneswar) - gone

6-Jan-21 1:37

Mr Keyboard has a more loquacious mate: Kaushik Chanchala - Professional Profile[^]

This one manged this lot:

Quote:
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What I have tried:

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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

modified 6-Jan-21 9:43am.

OriginalGriff6-Jan-21 1:35

Spam would be article ("[DELETED] Road Ambulance Service in Patna: Safe & Secure Ambulance", Me[DELETED]ift) - gone

6-Jan-21 1:35

~~4 Best Things To Learn From An Interior Designing Course[^]~~
INIFD Bhubaneswar - Professional Profile[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:43am.

OriginalGriff6-Jan-21 1:14

Spammer from moderation queue (jameslee2) - gone

6-Jan-21 1:14

Ambulance chaser chaser: ~~Medilift Road Ambulance Service in Patna: Safe & Secure Ambulance[^]~~
Medilift - Professional Profile[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:43am.

OriginalGriff6-Jan-21 1:12

Spam article: Keto Wave Shark Tank ... by ketowavediet - gone

6-Jan-21 1:12

Tech support for HP fax machines (does anyone still use faxes?): jameslee2 - Professional Profile[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:44am.

Richard MacCutchan6-Jan-21 0:32

Either a spammer or a troll - 15038429 - gone

6-Jan-21 0:32

~~Keto Wave Shark Tank Diet Pills Review, Price, Scam & Side Effects[^]~~

ketowavediet - Professional Profile[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:44am.

CHill605-Jan-21 23:43

Moderated spammers x 2 - gone

5-Jan-21 23:43

Member 15038429 - Professional Profile[^]

Can't tell if they meant to post a link or not Solution 6 - How to solve this XML file does not appear to have[^]

Just in case they do it again ... Member questions & answers[^]

modified 6-Jan-21 9:44am.

CHill605-Jan-21 23:24

Spam would be article? ("How to keep a free Azure Web App alive", Member 14745324)

5-Jan-21 23:24

daftar3pkronline - Professional Profile[^] Online Poker
Member 15038781 - Professional Profile[^] Viagra

modified 6-Jan-21 9:44am.

OriginalGriff5-Jan-21 22:49

Re: Spam would be article? ("How to keep a free Azure Web App alive", Member 14745324)

5-Jan-21 22:49

~~How to keep a free Azure Web App alive[^]~~
I haven't reported the user: Marlon Hizole - Professional Profile >>>> https://www.codeproject.com/script/Membership/View.aspx?mid=6424689 because I don't think it's deliberate spam.
The site he links to - twice - is free, but ... as he says:

Quote:
The best part is it's free for the first 50 monitors!

Which implies that you have to pay for it pretty quickly, and that makes it a free trial of a paid product: spam.
I also suspect that this might breach Amazon T&C's for the free tier, but I'm not an expert on that.

Your thoughts?

modified 1-Feb-21 2:43am.

Nelek6-Jan-21 3:45

Nelek

6-Jan-21 3:45

Let's @Sean-Ewington have some words with him and keep it in the watch list?

M.D.V.

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 helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

Re: Spam would be article? ("How to keep a free Azure Web App alive", Member 14745324)

Nelek31-Jan-21 20:43

Nelek

31-Jan-21 20:43

But you have left the clickety active and your script is getting him back to the list of "Still alives" until yesterday. I am trying to fix the mess

M.D.V.

Spammer from moderation queue (ozu[DELETED] films) - gone

OriginalGriff5-Jan-21 21:17