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    Posted: Yesterday at 06:36
Spam cleaned and I have hidden the AI themed thread which has attracted Spam.
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So this "person" created an account on a forum about prog rock music, and the first thing they did was promote a shady AI scam website. Wow.
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=79519
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Spam advertising a shady website by 'Your Song Builder' (certainly not mine xd)
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=132123&PID=6167787#6167787
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5th spammer!!!!!!!!! 
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Wow! Now that's a fuсking flood. I would suggest adding a mandatory approval by a human mod before a new account can make a post, AND also in addition to that a Shibboleth type question, only solvable by those who speak English fluently and are interested in progressive rock music. Answers verified by human modertaors of course. ;)
Just do it.
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4th spammer in a day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wow! Now that's a fuсking flood. I would suggest adding a mandatory approval by a human mod before a new account can make a post, AND also in addition to that a Shibboleth type question, only solvable by those who speak English fluently and are interested in progressive rock music. Answers verified by human modertaors of course. ;)
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third spammer today. WTF?!

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even more coupons spamming

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whacked
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The post by the Usaese scambot ---- is obviously spam.
EDIT:
Thank you. Ding dong, the bot is dead!

Edited by Hrychu - November 09 2024 at 02:48
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Thanks, spam cleaned.
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More coupon spam...
RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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I guessed as much - or they come here via a VPN.

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Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?
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We already do that, they just create new ones.
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Would an IP ban be feasible, assuming they all come from the same IP of course.
Is it any wonder that the monkey's confused?
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More like the Unparalleled State of Annoyance
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