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Ah the spammers
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:21 pm
by Chancellor
They are getting smarter. Now, instead of using a bunch of random letters as their proposed username, they are using a real English word. Sometimes, they add a few letters at the end. Yesterday and the day before I had a whole bunch of independence and fireworks sounding names asking to be admitted to the board.
PHPBB brings out some interesting people from Eastern Europe.
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:36 pm
by Sunshine2Me
Thanks for being so diligent!
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 2:40 pm
by Chancellor
OOh, and now I just got one from Kitchenaidrlf
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:37 pm
by demi
I agree with Sunshine2me, thanks for being so diligent. And thanks for providing us with DDBB! This has become a really good board. The training forum is unique. It has evolved from the older training BB's. We have a wide variety of very sincere horsepeople, each having a dressage perspective, who kindly share there experiences.
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:06 pm
by Chancellor
Well, thanks for the accolades but this was really meant to poke fun at the spammers not a call for accolades. If I was MORE diligent, I would have gotten the geo-ip block up and running and I wouldn't have to do this!
Someday soon, I hope to do that.
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 2:14 pm
by Tarlo Farm
hahahaha! Well done! Speaking of scammers, mind if I hijack and put out a caution to folks that online "free trial" (just pay shipping) are usually just ways of getting your credit card information to set you up for repeated withdrawals from your account. READ the fine print.
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 5:53 pm
by Moutaineer
Chance, you are allowed the odd accolade, you know.
Re: Ah the spammers
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 2:52 pm
by Chancellor
Moutaineer wrote:Chance, you are allowed the odd accolade, you know.
Thanks