LeeM Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Cheers to @hugh for sorting the mega spam we had this morning. Just a reminder to please report ANY suspicious posts or threads you come across. Even if there is 10% doubt, press the report icon and we'll get onto it asap Cheers Scott930, sjm, Yeatesy and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Thanks @hugh. The forum system software has now been upgraded (the reason we were offline for a while) with a few spam/malware updates in it, however these guys are smarter and faster than the software coders, and there is only so much we can do, so as Lee says... Please report any sus' posts or PMs. luzzo, hugh, sjm and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 5 hours ago, LeeM said: Cheers to @hugh for sorting the mega spam we had this morning. Just a reminder to please report ANY suspicious posts or threads you come across. Even if there is 10% doubt, press the report icon and we'll get onto it asap Cheers 2 hours ago, Kerry said: Thanks @hugh. The forum system software has now been upgraded (the reason we were offline for a while) with a few spam/malware updates in it, however these guys are smarter and faster than the software coders, and there is only so much we can do, so as Lee says... Please report any sus' posts or PMs. I've just removed another bunch.............WTF indeed. Troubleshooter, Kerry, LeeM and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 1February, 2023 Author Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 I just hid 5 or 6 more. Troubleshooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Make it stop!!! LeeM and Kerry 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Yeah I’m on it too… I’m deleting all these accounts as well fyi Joz, hugh, LeeM and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Just read a long support thread about another forum with exactly tha same problem (same bots and travel text) from late December, and the responses from our forum parent company when asked for substantive support… which was not great, or useful. I’m looking into a third party plug-in spam filter for forums which I can use to help but there are several recommended and I want to do some testing before I put it in for real. I stopped all new registrations, made all go to Admin for approval, and am still trying to stop the USA accessing us at least for a week or so to hopefully break this. They still keep coming. We might have some more of this before it gets better. Thanks for holding the front lines… ✊🏻 tomo, sjm, TwoHeadsTas and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Not sure what the costs would be but would it be worth looking into sticking the forum behind something like Cloudflare to stop this? P-Kay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 Thanks JWM. I’m looking at a bunch of things atm and awaiting tickets to be responded to… but I will look into this as well tomorrow. Cheers as usual 👍🏻😉 JWM, Tips, LeeM and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted 1February, 2023 Report Share Posted 1February, 2023 11 hours ago, JWM said: Not sure what the costs would be but would it be worth looking into sticking the forum behind something like Cloudflare to stop this? Didn’t click last night, but we don’t host the forum, so unforts… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 9July, 2023 Author Report Share Posted 9July, 2023 It seems there's been more spam/scammers infiltration here on occasion, so again, if you post a wanted or sale ad and someone replies that doesn't look familiar, or the member only has 1 or 2 posts, don't interact with them and just report the post and they will be dealt with. Admin are doing their best to keep this scum out of the forum, yet there's bound to be some that sneak through and go unnoticed Harsh, Yeatesy and P-Kay 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harsh Posted 10July, 2023 Report Share Posted 10July, 2023 scum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 16September, 2023 Author Report Share Posted 16September, 2023 Keep an eye out for any 1 or 2 post members. Usually a scam, so don't email or message them HAL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAM_911 Posted 22October, 2023 Report Share Posted 22October, 2023 On 17/09/2023 at 08:43, LeeM said: Keep an eye out for any 1 or 2 post members. Usually a scam, so don't email or message them It could simply be a shy member. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 22October, 2023 Report Share Posted 22October, 2023 1 hour ago, IAM_911 said: It could simply be a shy member. Usually not though..... We're probably lucky that we're pretty geographically diverse, so it's often possible to get a better known PFA member to check stuff out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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