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We haf returned! (New Spam Thread)
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:32 pm
by mith
The old thread is somewhat obsolete, since we're not having loads of bot accounts created.
If you have spam to report, it would be helpful if you would do one of the following:
1. If someone has posted a thread on this forum which is against the no-advertising rule, post here with a link to the thread.
2. If someone has registered an account which is obviously spammish in nature (including links in the profile, for example), post a link to that user's profile here.
3. If someone has PMed you with a spam link, post that user's name here, along with (optionally) the text of the PM, but
do not include the url here; instead, PM me the link
so that I can add it to the word censor.
We get quite a bit of spam from the same Mafia site. A typical PM looks like this:
[This message is spam, report to mith and ignore.], [This is spam, please ignore and report to mith.]...thought I'd refer you to a pretty cool Mafia forum that started up, plenty of games to signup on or make your own and get in the moderation queue, it's pretty fun. Wink
Anyway, [This message is spam, please ignore and report to mith.], I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:40 pm
by pacman281292
I think that I saw that on the Queue yesterday...
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 11:33 pm
by Adel
I have no idea if this is actual spam or not, but someone at 204.11.129.146 added a link in
http://www.mafiascum.net/wiki/index.php?title=Scumchat to an external mafia site (with ads) that has a built in bot for playing mafia games. They have a wiki, forum, and a list of standardized roles. Their wiki isn't plagiarized, and there very little overlap in player names.
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:26 pm
by Adel
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:39 pm
by Dragon Phoenix
Taken care of the post (the banning requires an admin) - thanks Adel.
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 9:34 pm
by Oso
mith wrote:[This message is spam, report to mith and ignore.], [This is spam, please ignore and report to mith.]...thought I'd refer you to a pretty cool Mafia forum that started up, plenty of games to signup on or make your own and get in the moderation queue, it's pretty fun. Wink
Anyway, [This message is spam, please ignore and report to mith.], I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
I got a PM that was word for for exactly like that from a user named Alyssa on 11/28. I was going to blow it off until I saw this thread and figured you might want to know.
The link in the message is on it's way to you via PM.
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:27 pm
by BlondeSoWut
I got that same message from Miss Mafia. Is it all the same person or sumthing??
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:05 pm
by Cybele
Weep not for me, for I am dead.
Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:37 pm
by Jehovah
AlyssaHammer wrote:[This message is spam, report to mith and ignore.], [This is spam, please ignore and report to mith.]...thought I'd refer you to a pretty cool Mafia forum that started up, plenty of games to signup on or make your own and get in the moderation queue, it's pretty fun.
Anyway, [This message is spam, please ignore and report to mith.], I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
<link>
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:37 am
by mith
Thanks to those of you who have been sending me these.
As anyone who has received one of these spam PMs in the past is aware, this particular spammer has been using redirection services to get around the word censor I put in place for the actual forum name he/she is trying to link. I have been adding those same redirection services to the word censor as they come up, but today I have added a large number to the list in order to (hopefully) limit the spammer's options.
I do have a more elegant solution in mind, but it involves changes to the forum structure so it's not something I can put into place immediately. Sorry about the inconvenience to anyone who uses these services for legit purposes. Feel free to play around in the
test thread; if you know of some redirection services, try them out, see if there is a word censor for them (the word censor will add [POSSIBLE----SPAM] around the offending word/url), and if not PM me so I can add it.
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 8:44 am
by BSG
SisterGeist wrote:[This message is spam, report to mith and ignore.], [This is spam, please ignore and report to mith.]...thought I'd refer you to a pretty cool Mafia forum that started up, plenty of games to signup on or make your own and get in the moderation queue, it's pretty fun.
Anyway, [This message is spam, please ignore and report to mith.], I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
She's back.
I'll send you the link through PM.
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:54 pm
by bear
From MafiaMaf
[This message is spam, report to mith and ignore.], [This is spam, please ignore and report to mith.]...thought I'd refer you to a pretty cool Mafia forum that started up, plenty of games to signup on or make your own and get in the moderation queue, it's pretty fun. Wink
Anyway, [This message is spam, please ignore and report to mith.], I guarantee you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.
Check it out:
I'll PM you the link.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:50 pm
by animorpherv1
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:09 pm
by hasdgfas
did they spam you or do you just not like the name?
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:34 am
by animorpherv1
I saw something they typed, sounded just like that person who made all those alts yesterday.
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:20 am
by Vi
I glanced over at the mafiascum Fallout Shelter forum a few minutes ago
to see if I still had the last post
, and found that it's slowly being colonized by adbots.
Much as I'd love to watch them grow and propagate in our petri dish for novelty's sake, I think it would be better to globally disable posting there. Or something. We report, you decide.
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 2:08 pm
by Drench
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:39 am
by Kmd4390
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:59 am
by Thok
Pretty sure
this topic is spam.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:50 am
by DrippingGoofball
[/incharacter]
Hello. Sorry to disturb you so early. I represent a Company called Virgo Corp.
We are currently in competition with our rivals over who has the catchier slogan.
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10854
If you might please vote in this poll for "Forever Young, Always Dreaming", our company would be deeply grateful.
Thank you for your time!
The username is +
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:19 am
by +
Thanks for the advertising, DGB!
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:20 am
by Korts
Vote for xyzzy!
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:41 am
by Grandi
DrippingGoofball wrote:[/incharacter]
Hello. Sorry to disturb you so early. I represent a Company called Virgo Corp.
We are currently in competition with our rivals over who has the catchier slogan.
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10854
If you might please vote in this poll for "Forever Young, Always Dreaming", our company would be deeply grateful.
Thank you for your time!
The username is +
Got the same, username eteocles
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:50 am
by JDodge
DrippingGoofball wrote:[/incharacter]
Hello. Sorry to disturb you so early. I represent a Company called Virgo Corp.
We are currently in competition with our rivals over who has the catchier slogan.
http://www.mafiascum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10854
If you might please vote in this poll for "Forever Young, Always Dreaming", our company would be deeply grateful.
Thank you for your time!
The username is +
woo free advertising
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:46 am
by Kmd4390
Korts wrote:Vote for xyzzy!