Sudden Influx of Spam Accounts

[Gwanfap]

Anyone else suddenly getting “follows” from obvious spam accounts, all of which seem to have the same avatar?

 

[Wolfsbain]

Anyone else suddenly getting “follows” from obvious spam accounts, all of which seem to have the same avatar?

Just an influx of sad spam accounts just ignore them, they can’t do anything and are cleaned within 24 hours

 

[FarmGuy74]

Just an influx of sad spam accounts just ignore them, they can’t do anything and are cleaned within 24 hours

Same was happening on Titsintops forum. And now that appears to have been taken down

 

[Wolfsbain]

Same was happening on Titsintops forum. And now that appears to have been taken down

Forum is still there, the spambots move from forum to forum, we have safety measures in place so all good.

 

[Mr Sweary]

Anyone else suddenly getting “follows” from obvious spam accounts, all of which seem to have the same avatar?

Yeah, a couple. I did the decent thing and reported them (i.e. I became a grass).

 

[bobzled]

For the last 4 days each day i've logged on and cleared existing notifications, after a couple of minutes I get a new follow from these spammers. slightly concerning that these spam bots are sophisticated enough to be scanning the userlist/database for activity.

 

[ti62v]

In the last few days, I've had five of these. It's always a female name followed by four numbers.

 

[jifffemann]

Yeah seeing this as well

 

[Evens]

Are you saying that all these women following me are not interested in having sex with me?

 

[Wolfsbain]

Are you saying that all these women following me are not interested in having sex with me?

Message them and ask them

 

[sausages]

For the last 4 days each day i've logged on and cleared existing notifications, after a couple of minutes I get a new follow from these spammers. slightly concerning that these spam bots are sophisticated enough to be scanning the userlist/database for activity.

I wouldn't be too concerned, they can't get any personal info. You can always change your

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from 'members only' to 'nobody'. That way only mods can view your profile.

 

[Gorydaze]

Just an influx of sad spam accounts just ignore them, they can’t do anything and are cleaned within 24 hours

They're not being cleaned... I've a bunch of follows that are blatantly bots, still here after several days

 

[Gorydaze]

I wouldn't be too concerned, they can't get any personal info. You can always change your

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from 'members only' to 'nobody'. That way only mods can view your profile.

Thank you for that... Any data is saleable now, plus they'll be using these bots to track new posts, anyone uploading files, using them for DMCA requests if someone hasn't got appropriate privacy settings etc etc matrix etc

 

[Wolfsbain]

They're not being cleaned... I've a bunch of follows that are blatantly bots, still here after several days

Report them and we’ll clean them, all they’re doing is following you they can’t post can’t react can’t do anything

 

[Simply The Beth]

Wondered wtf all these followers were. I've not contributed anything worth following.

(Changed my settings as recommended upthread but they're still getting through).

 

[vonraschke]

I noticed I get a spam follow the instant I visit the forum so it's clear the spammers are using the Current Visitors page to carry this out:

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Any way you can limit the viewing permissions of that page to anyone other than brand new accounts?

 

[BoatsNHoes]

I noticed I get a spam follow the instant I visit the forum so it's clear the spammers are using the Current Visitors page to carry this out:

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Any way you can limit the viewing permissions of that page to anyone other than brand new accounts?

Yeah it never lets me log in on first go - always get pop ups from the log in page - which is worrying

 

[sausages]

Wondered wtf all these followers were. I've not contributed anything worth following.

(Changed my settings as recommended upthread but they're still getting through).

I noticed I get a spam follow the instant I visit the forum so it's clear the spammers are using the Current Visitors page to carry this out:

You must be logged-in or registered for see links

Any way you can limit the viewing permissions of that page to anyone other than brand new accounts?

You can also make yourself invisible in

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. If you disable your visibility, your name won't show up as a current visitor.
If you uncheck both boxes, only mods will see you online.

 

[Footlover81]

Yeah I've noticed it too. Melissa followed by 4 numbers. I just ignore them but I'd be peeved if I got lots of them.

 

[randolphscott3]

I get one every other time i log in. Getting annoying