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MacRat
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| James3359 wrote: | | Is it my imagination or do I recall you having been in Amsterdam? |
Hmm. The second time someone has reported knowing Fran in another location.
Is Fran involved in a secret life?  |
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narf
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| Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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| MacRat wrote: | | Is Fran involved in a secret life? |
I wish  Just my regular old boring life.
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MacRat
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ovvldc
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:28 am Post subject: |
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From IP 59.93.168.28, and I deleted the post.
-Oz
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ovvldc
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| sardisson wrote: | | James3359 wrote: | | Is it my imagination or do I recall you having been in Amsterdam? |
You're probably thinking of Oscar (ovvldc), though in his case it's Utrecht  Hope you're having a relaxing evening after the long hard day |
Amsterdam is good for that (and I am not talking about lighting up). If you can get out of the immediate centre, where nearly all the places to relax are a tourist trap..
Best wishes,
Oscar
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narf
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| Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Thanks MacRat and Oscar. I have disabled deannali's account.
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MacRat
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Samwise
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:07 am Post subject: |
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Yep - IP is 122.169.26.153. I'll delete his posts now. |
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MacRat
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Additionally, it seems every forum I saw this ID on had 3 posts. And the forum software seemed similar to what Trinity is running.
I'm wondering if they are sniffing for this forum software and/or have an automated system for creating ID/posts.
Time to ban India altogether? |
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ovvldc
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That's potentially banning 1/6th of the world's population... Not a very friendly move.
Best wishes,
Oscar
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MacRat
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:43 am Post subject: |
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| ovvldc wrote: | | That's potentially banning 1/6th of the world's population... Not a very friendly move. |
Not a lot of Macs there either. |
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pluby
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| MacRat wrote: | | Time to ban India altogether? |
While most of the forum spammers are currently coming from IP addresses in India and Vietnam, my gut feeling is that this type of spamming will be expanding in the near future.
My guess is that this type of spamming is the modern variation of the "earn $X per hour stuffing envelopes from your home" routine that was routinely advertised in magazines in the pre-Internet days.
My guess my turn out to be flat-out wrong, but I am seeing lots of "earn $XXX from home with your computer" type of ads. Like the old stuffing envelopes plan, you pay someone to get your "startup kit". Back in the old days it was a manual telling you to send out bulk mailings so it does not seem far fetched that today's startup kit is a set of steps for blasting out forum spam for someone else.
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sardisson
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| pluby wrote: | | Back in the old days it was a manual telling you to send out bulk mailings so it does not seem far fetched that today's startup kit is a set of steps for blasting out forum spam for someone else. |
I've been hearing lots of these ads lately, too, and had exactly the same thought as you.
Smokey
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Lorinda
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| Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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Just deleted a post from user washington678, IP 203.210.196.177 (Vietnam). A "congratulatory" post on an old thread, complete with hidden link.
Lorinda |
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narf
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:09 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Lorinda. I have disabled washington678's account.
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