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svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:09 pm wrote:Me, me, me ::mrsbeasley:: ::mrsbeasley:: ::mrsbeasley:: ::mrsbeasley::

Don't delete me...I'm still here lol.

Stupid question, but what's the purpose of the spamming? I don't usually go into the suspect threads, so I don't know if they're selling something or want you to click on links, or what? ::thinking::

I can usually tell by the weird names or thread titles.

Thanks for cleaning house, seems to be a never-ending task though ::argh::
They usually are selling something or they have links that they get paid for on a 'per click' basis. Most of them are computer-based... there's no human at the other end doing the registration... it's all computer programming. Every site has them. At IDF, we didn't notice them so much because we were only ONE sub-forum in the sea of sub-forums. They had a lot of mods handling them.

Here, we are ONE board so I see them all. Since last night, there seems to have been a flood of activity from the spammers... Dunno why....

Members shouldn't be seeing their posts or new topics though... Do you still see them before I get to them to prune them out?
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I've seen their posts in an existing thread, but I never see new posts, if they post one.
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Paula » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:44 pm wrote:I've seen their posts in an existing thread, but I never see new posts, if they post one.
Yes, when I first found the settings to force their new topics to be approved by admin, I didn't realize that it didn't include their posts in existing threads. I've remedied that now. So you guys shouldn't be seeing any of their crap!

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madamimadam » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:47 pm wrote:
Paula » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:44 pm wrote:I've seen their posts in an existing thread, but I never see new posts, if they post one.
Yes, when I first found the settings to force their new topics to be approved by admin, I didn't realize that it didn't include their posts in existing threads. I've remedied that now. So you guys shouldn't be seeing any of their crap!

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Paula » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:48 pm wrote:
madamimadam » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:47 pm wrote:
Paula » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:44 pm wrote:I've seen their posts in an existing thread, but I never see new posts, if they post one.
Yes, when I first found the settings to force their new topics to be approved by admin, I didn't realize that it didn't include their posts in existing threads. I've remedied that now. So you guys shouldn't be seeing any of their crap!

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You're the best! ::thumbsup:: ::huggy::
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Lol, Marie ::crylaugh::

I saw a weird thread a couple of days ago, think it was early in the morning...it was gone later in the day. I didn't click on it, so I'm only assuming it was a spammer....had a weird thread title, too.
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svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:01 pm wrote:Lol, Marie ::crylaugh::

I saw a weird thread a couple of days ago, think it was early in the morning...it was gone later in the day. I didn't click on it, so I'm only assuming it was a spammer....had a weird thread title, too.
I know! I had pruned chronologically from the end going backwards. I didn't want to prune some names that 'might' have been a poor choice of username, just in case... So spammers that escaped my pruning a few weeks back still had access to the board.

Today, I was so pissed to find 50 new spammers had popped up overnight that I did a major overhaul... Sorry to any 'real' user that may have got caught in the crossfire.

There are still a handful of users that are questionable, but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt... until they make a bad move... ::winking::
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Now can you come clean at my house, too? There are some dust bunnies (lots actually) that were not invited and need to leave ::nono::
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svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:07 pm wrote:Now can you come clean at my house, too? There are some dust bunnies (lots actually) that were not invited and need to leave ::nono::
Put carrots near the door? WUT? Just a suggestion!

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madamimadam » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:08 pm wrote:
svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:07 pm wrote:Now can you come clean at my house, too? There are some dust bunnies (lots actually) that were not invited and need to leave ::nono::
Put carrots near the door? WUT? Just a suggestion!

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I don't dare put out food anywhere; my son is home for the summer, and he eats everything in sight. ::grin::
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svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:22 pm wrote:
madamimadam » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:08 pm wrote:
svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:07 pm wrote:Now can you come clean at my house, too? There are some dust bunnies (lots actually) that were not invited and need to leave ::nono::
Put carrots near the door? WUT? Just a suggestion!

::hysterical::
I don't dare put out food anywhere; my son is home for the summer, and he eats everything in sight. ::grin::
Been there! When my boys were still home, I'd come home with bags of groceries, put it all away, make a coffee, go relax for an hour in my room... I'd come back to the kitchen with most of it... gone!!!!!

Teenagers (and their slew of friends) cost me a fortune!

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Scary party is, he's not a teenager anymore, he's 26!!! Good thing his stay here is only temporary...he's studying for his CPA exams, and starts his new job in October.

Yeah!!!! ::crylaugh:: ::crylaugh::
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svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:36 pm wrote:Scary party is, he's not a teenager anymore, he's 26!!! Good thing his stay here is only temporary...he's studying for his CPA exams, and starts his new job in October.

Yeah!!!! ::crylaugh:: ::crylaugh::
He's stuffing himself now to save on food money once he leaves!

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madamimadam » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:38 pm wrote:
svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:36 pm wrote:Scary party is, he's not a teenager anymore, he's 26!!! Good thing his stay here is only temporary...he's studying for his CPA exams, and starts his new job in October.

Yeah!!!! ::crylaugh:: ::crylaugh::
He's stuffing himself now to save on food money once he leaves!

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You got that right ::cha_ching:: ::cha_ching:: ::cha_ching::
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svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:47 pm wrote:
madamimadam » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:38 pm wrote:
svca » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:36 pm wrote:Scary party is, he's not a teenager anymore, he's 26!!! Good thing his stay here is only temporary...he's studying for his CPA exams, and starts his new job in October.

Yeah!!!! ::crylaugh:: ::crylaugh::
He's stuffing himself now to save on food money once he leaves!

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You got that right ::cha_ching:: ::cha_ching:: ::cha_ching::
When my boys first moved out, they used to come do their groceries in my cupboards/fridge.... That didn't last long... I took out a physical calculator and started adding up each item as they took it out... The got the message!

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Lol, I better watch my fridge when he moves out ::nono:: ::nono:: ::nono:: ::nono::
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Sheeeesh! I played Whack-A-Spammer 83 times today!!!!!

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jut wondering if anyone has gotten strange emails from some Canada bank since using this app?

I keep blocking the email and still getting them, i never open them just block each time
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Tattoojo » Fri Sep 11, 2015 10:09 pm wrote:jut wondering if anyone has gotten strange emails from some Canada bank since using this app?

I keep blocking the email and still getting them, i never open them just block each time
I haven't had any problem and nobody else has reported any yet.

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it's called td Canada Trust
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