Scammers Go Away

[Gary Childress]

Just a heads up, Rick. AllenBeasley (search.php?author_id=26715&sr=posts) is not legit. If you look at his #2 post to the forum on May 25th, he quotes another person's post and squeezes in a link in extremely small print. Here's the post. viewtopic.php?p=773704#p773704

I didn't click on the link, but it looks pretty shady.

[accelafine]

I wonder how they do that, have the link show up only when the comment it's in is 'quoted'. Good spotting. It's actually really creepy.
I just hope they don't find a way to make it so that the link gets automatically activated if the full comment is 'quoted'. I'm sure they are trying to achieve that.

[RickLewis]

Well spotted Gary. I'll delete that spambot now.

So much human ingenuity has gone into making these AI bots. So impressive to make them post here in such a human-like way. And for what? All just to post some spammy advertising link. What a waste.

[RickLewis]

OK, gone. That was definitely one of the most convincing ones so far.

[Lacewing]

Just a heads up, Rick.

Thanks Gary!

[FlashDangerpants]

Next iteration of the same trick and to spam the same site no less, is performed here by HelenMondor
viewtopic.php?t=44181

This time they quoted me again, and because I had placed a link in my post, they just tacked another on the end, with no spaces to make it look like a continuation.

Who wants to place a bet on the bot status of HilmaBogan?
viewtopic.php?t=44177




I think we should launch a new business venture. Headbob7 makes all these posts that nobody reads, he could bury an explicit murder confession in one of them and the crime would go unsolved. So Rick should just rent out those posts to these geometry vibes people, like a hidden search engine billboard.

[accelafine]

Not forgetting BigMike who disappeared without so much as a 'farewell cruel world' after his fake bot books were exposed

[Gary Childress]

Next iteration of the same trick and to spam the same site no less, is performed here by HelenMondor
viewtopic.php?t=44181

This time they quoted me again, and because I had placed a link in my post, they just tacked another on the end, with no spaces to make it look like a continuation.

Who wants to place a bet on the bot status of HilmaBogan?
viewtopic.php?t=44177




I think we should launch a new business venture. Headbob7 makes all these posts that nobody reads, he could bury an explicit murder confession in one of them and the crime would go unsolved. So Rick should just rent out those posts to these geometry vibes people, like a hidden search engine billboard.

Good catch. I saw it reply to your post with the link but didn't check the whole link. So it looked legit at first glance.