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Gork712
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Where the hell are these awful spam bots coming from? There must be someway to stop them right? D:
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Let us hope so because it is pretty annoying alright.
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They've been reported.

When it's the same user name it should be IP banned to at least stop that one coming back.

Trouble is they are everywhere more than usual lately. Tesnexus was overrun with them not so long ago and Planet Elder Scrolls and other sites also seem to be targeted.

I don't know what they get out of it. Most savvy people wouldn't click on their links...or I would hope not. I suppose it's no different to scam email. I know some gullible people who've sent money to fake charities and the like because of silly sob stories.
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i like how they advertise golf, im pretty sure next to none of the players here play golf, at least, not regularly.
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Maigrets wrote:They've been reported. When it's the same user name it should be IP banned to at least stop that one coming back.

Yeah last week when i reported one of those spam posts i asked if it could not be done that way. But i forgot to check the box for a answer back so that was kind of stupid from me. :grin:
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Are these some automatic programs for spamming or is that some Delboy Trotter trying to get rid of his golf-club stash?

Hmm, or maybe that's a fan that is requesting RealSwords:CountryClub mod?
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Since the forum registration is now automated, some bots may slip through. Don't bother with them, when I see them: they are banned, their posts erased, their IP blocked and their account deactivated. Sometimes I may not log to the forum every day, so that may appear bad if one post 3 posts in a row.

Other than that, yeah, it's common sense on the internet not to click anything the like. However some of those posts are devoid of any link whatsoever, so I really don't get what's the point of it exactly...it's made just to annoy I think.

Move along if you see those posts, and don't answer them as I will delete the bot-topics anyway.
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I see the spambots are asking for trouble again. :angry:

The last one got in 15 separate garbage topics today. There are no links in any of them though, it's all rubbish, so I wonder why they bothered, but he or she won't get another chance. :ninja:
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