The Scammer/Bot Situation is Escalating
The situation with scammer/bots is reaching a boiling point where any and all messages now have to be viewed with a strong element of doubt.
Yesterday there were 6 obvious scammer/bot "members" that joined. They then spent several hours looking at the members lists. Today there are suddenly several older member profiles that are all PMing at this moment. It is not normal and I suspect that these are all hijacked accounts. There are also 5 new "members" all Ronaldsomething that are now viewing the members lists so the process is repeating. The spam bots are one thing but this new threat is going to cost people money and potentially make this forum a wasteland of distrust! At this moment there are more spammer/bot accounts online than real people. @Hachiroku @ichitaka05 @Administrator if you care at all anymore you need to do something! |
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How do we know that YOU'RE not a spambot that has taken over Tcoat's account? |
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Yep there we go. Bunch of members that haven't logged on in years are now suddenly sending PMs out left an right. Today's crop of Body Snatchers are at work.
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Yeah… recently bots have been a bit annoying. Thanks to you & other members reporting all these bots. I hope Hachi got something to fight back these bots
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Bots and spam are why I prefer to sell parts on here vs Facebook marketplace. I posted my parts recently here and on marketplace and it's constant 'is this still available' and then ghosting or it's someone saying they want it but that they will send their wife/cousin/brother/other on FB. Shit, I'm even weary to sell things on here if they don't have a very high post count (sorry lurkers). It's one thing if they post in a thread with an obvious sign, but if they lead you on enough to steal your money or item, that's when it's bad.
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Do you really think somebody that last posted in 2015 is now PMing people? |
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This is where people are going to get screwed. Right this minute there are 14 old accounts PMing.
This one would easily deceive people. Even has a good trader rating and 1,000 posts. |
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