John Kloehr Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 By the time most read this, the site will probably be cleaned up. Lots of spam, pages of spam, coming from multiple accounts. The moderators have a bunch to do. A big thank you to them for dealing with this kind of garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Thank you Mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Looks like hundreds of em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Richard Craniums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Team SASS, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 5+ pages do far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Not to mention all the notifications on my email. Would really like to pop a cap in they're ars. Actually thinking much more medieval! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 It seems to happen every time the scammers send PM's to people that post ISO ads in the Classifieds. The scammers tell them that a "friend" has exactly what they are looking for complete with an Email address. The Mods block them from the site and the next day the spam starts. That's what the pattern looks like to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Might be time for some verifiable SASS membership requirement, no join and post immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 65 in the last 9 minutes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, Yul Lose said: Might be time for some verifiable SASS membership requirement, no join and post immediately. 100% agree. I've thought for a long time the Classifieds should be locked down for members only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Good luck moderators, hope your work goes easy. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 5 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Good luck moderators, hope your work goes easy. Thanks!! At the rate they are coming in, the Mods are going to have a long day. Thank you Moderators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 35 minutes ago, Tyrel Cody said: 100% agree. I've thought for a long time the Classifieds should be locked down for members only. Yep, you can look but unless you’re a verified member with SASS you can’t post anything or PM anyone, otherwise this crap will keep happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 36 minutes ago, Tyrel Cody said: 100% agree. I've thought for a long time the Classifieds should be locked down for members only. I have missed thoughts on that. On one hand, it would stop some of the scammers but not the ones that PM people claiming that their "friend" has exactly what they are looking for. On the other hand, many newbies acquire some (or all) of their equipment for SASS and would thereby be prevented from equipment acquisition in this manner. On yet a third hand, I've sold quite a few items to non-members who not only paid...but paid promptly and were quite thankful to purchase the items at a good price. The idea has it's merit, but also has it's drawbacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Maybe at least delaying posting for a few days would help. But probably not, kinda like gun waiting periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 15 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: I have missed thoughts on that. On one hand, it would stop some of the scammers but not the ones that PM people claiming that their "friend" has exactly what they are looking for. On the other hand, many newbies acquire some (or all) of their equipment for SASS and would thereby be prevented from equipment acquisition in this manner. On yet a third hand, I've sold quite a few items to non-members who not only paid...but paid promptly and were quite thankful to purchase the items at a good price. The idea has it's merit, but also has it's drawbacks. I have mixed thoughts too, but do we want these bastards to be able to have free run like they do? Why not have some kind of vetting process for new posters and members? Seems like they do a little massaging and probing to get a foothold and then start playing their games. Newbies and guests might have to bite the bullet and join SASS and pay the price, a bit harsh but it might do away with the majority of these pranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Don't know if the software would support it, but: No PMs until after 5 posts ("My buddy has exactly what you are looking for") No starting threads in For Sale unless there is a verified sass number (some spammers); PITA for admins; alternatively, no starting threads in For Sale until after 10 other posts on the forum Auto lock account if more than a certain rate/quantity of posts (partial control of today's event); but bots create accounts and make a single post faster than they can be deleted So also block source IP address if more than a certain number of accounts are created rapidly from a single source Some geo lockdown (Nigeria, certain known spam VPNs) These are typical tools on larger platforms, but these tools cost money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrel Cody Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 hours ago, John Kloehr said: Don't know if the software would support it, but: No PMs until after 5 posts ("My buddy has exactly what you are looking for") No starting threads in For Sale unless there is a verified sass number (some spammers); PITA for admins; alternatively, no starting threads in For Sale until after 10 other posts on the forum Auto lock account if more than a certain rate/quantity of posts (partial control of today's event); but bots create accounts and make a single post faster than they can be deleted So also block source IP address if more than a certain number of accounts are created rapidly from a single source Some geo lockdown (Nigeria, certain known spam VPNs) These are typical tools on larger platforms, but these tools cost money. It should be pretty easy to associate users with SASS numbers assuming they have that info in a database somewhere (if they don't that's kinda sad). I would imagine from there it would just be a setting flag that should be included in the forum software(and in theory a programmatic way to set that flag). The classifieds are supposed to be a privilege of membership and therefore in my opinion totally locked down from non-members. Just my opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 It's Joe and Hunter Biden trying to get more of your money illegally. They have been doing it for years and nobody in the Federal Govt. has done nothing about it, so do you think they are scared of SASS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Somehow I have been overlooked for this attack. Maybe I shouldn't say anything or they might target me next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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