spammers

[hskr]

I keep getting spam PMs. Can we change any of the settings for new members to prevent these people from spamming everyone?? Like require authentication prior to joining(would require better monitoring by mods) or maybe setting a minimum post count prior to being able to send a PM??

[Fltlander]

Spammer needs removed....
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5346

[Fltlander]

Here it looks like we got some more...
LadysoniafeeLNg:http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7428
WowGoldGuidesOn...couldn't get their member page...said I didn't have Admin privilege.....

If I'm wrong....I apologize....

[bad360rt]

We already have it set for moderation, so one of the admins is letting these folks in. I haven't been approving memberships, cause my internet sucks out here. I think maybe we just need to make sure the rest of the admins know how to properly check new memberships.

[hskr]

So what you are saying is the current mods suck??:jester:

[bad360rt]

So what you are saying is the current mods suck??:jester:

We'll just say they may need some remedial training :jester:

[Fltlander]

The list is getting bigger.....
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7446
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7445
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7444
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7447
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7448

If I'm wrong....I apologize....

[Duner]

I'm just guessing that they probably don't have that many Dakotas in Afghanistan or Belize.

[bad360rt]

Those look like spammers to me. Not sure who approved their accounts tho.

[SinCity R/T]

The users that were referenced above are not fully registered forum members. Those users exist on the system but can't post anything until their accounts are accepted (or deleted) by a moderator.

There is a few steps we use to help try to prevent spammers:
Step 1) A user must verify some random letters on the screen before they can try to register with the system. Unfortunately both vBulletin and gmail's graphic verification systems have been hacked to death, so they're not providing much security anymore.
Step 2) After submitting their registration, a message is sent to the user via e-mail which must be read and responded to in order to complete the registration process and put the user in the moderation queue. If the e-mail address they gave is fake or the message is not responded to (legitimate users - check your spam/junk folder!), then the user will be held in limbo indefinitely. Unfortunately these users don't appear in the 'moderate users' queue so I have to flush these out 500+ at a time every few weeks.
Step 3) After the user's registration is complete, they are put into a moderation queue. A system moderator (all of the DRTC execs are moderators) must manually accept or deny each registration before the user can access the system. Unfortunately at the moment it looks like myself, gofastgray, and bad425rt are the only ones processing registrations at this time - so it can take 1-4 days to finish your registration.

Unfortunately we're not perfect - we are trying to screen people based upon their username and/or registration information, but sometimes one slips through the cracks.

In the future please post the username of the person who is spamming you via PM or posting new threads, that way we can identify how they got into the system to begin with, and add some new filtering procedures to block those types of users.

[SinCity R/T]

I keep getting spam PMs. Can we change any of the settings for new members to prevent these people from spamming everyone?? Like require authentication prior to joining(would require better monitoring by mods) or maybe setting a minimum post count prior to being able to send a PM??

Who sent you the spam? I'll look up their registration information.

[Duner]

I get about 1 spam PM per week from here. I always just delete it and figure by the time I go to report it, they've already sent spam PMs to everybody else and are probably gone by now. I'll keep them and forward them from now on... just in case you wanted to get bigger, stay longer or buy drugs online cheap. :jester:

[GoFastGray]

Hey duner, send me user names if possble when you get the pm spamers. I havnt had any since that outbreak a while back.
I havnt filtered through new members in a while. Been busy but I'll make sure to get on it again! Don't want anyone waiting more than a couple days before they can join us here.

[hskr]

Here is the last user I got spammed by in PM
DevidasMarshall

Clikking on username results in a screen saying:

Invalid User specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator (http://dakotart.com/forum/sendmessage.php)

Here's one I got last week
JuidasupnuddY

When I recieved original PM, got the same error message as above, but now it's showing up as banned.

And from 3 weeks ago
cicCashy

Have a couple older ones as well. Like Duner, it happens about once a week, and I have never been able to view the user profile when I first recieve the PMs, so it appears as though they are able to send PMs without being approved members.

[GoFastGray]

Ok, so what's hapening is spammers are signing up, and sending shit before we can go through the list to delete them. You need to be accepted before you can post, but can PM right away.
We just need to go through the new users list more often to catch them before they start sending PM's. Or before they send too many since that's something we can't control.
Maybe there's a way to keep new members from sending pm's too before being accepted?

[SinCity R/T]

Users who are waiting in the moderator queue can no longer send PM's.

[Fltlander]

SinCity Just to let you and any other mod's know that I have not been spammed. I have been off work since Oct. and just noticed the User Links that I posted looked fishy to me.I lurk in the dark..and have alot of time on my hands. Hence Kinda keepin' an eye out. Also if I made any mistake on any User I apologize .....

[SinCity R/T]

SinCity Just to let you and any other mod's know that I have not been spammed. I have been off work since Oct. and just noticed the User Links that I posted looked fishy to me.I lurk in the dark..and have alot of time on my hands. Hence Kinda keepin' an eye out. Also if I made any mistake on any User I apologize .....

Not at all - I'm sure those people you pointed out are spammers. This site gets about 20-30 of them per day. Until a moderator purges them off the system, they're visible on the member's list. Apparently they were able to send PM's while waiting in queue, but that's now been disabled.

[Fltlander]

Okie Dokie.....Now I will get bored...

[GoFastGray]

Users who are waiting in the moderator queue can no longer send PM's.

Sweet :biggthumpup:

If someone has a problem they can reach the emails from home page.

[Fltlander]

Another User to check out....
http://www.dakotart.com/forum/member.php?u=7320

[grapejuice1998]

I think we should make an exception for our newest Spammer. :biggthumpup:

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[GoFastGray]

I think we should make an exception for our newest Spammer. :biggthumpup:

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Sorry...gave her the boot :nana:

[Duner]

I think we should make an exception for our newest Spammer. :biggthumpup:

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The last time I clicked on a Jennifer Aniston Nude link.... I got Rick Rolled. :nono:

[GoFastGray]

The last time I clicked on a Jennifer Aniston Nude link.... I got Rick Rolled. :nono:

There arn't many around, you just need to know where to go!
http://forum.phun.org/celebrities.janiston15.php?f=15 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI)

[grapejuice1998]

Sorry...gave her the boot :nana:

Boooo! lol!