Transit Apologist Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 So this morning, this is what I woke up to: Stuff like that is all over the site today. There were a couple other similar weird posts from separate accounts in the past few weeks too. Is there a fix that could be used, like requiring CAPTCHA during signup to filter out bot accounts attempting to register and post this type of spam? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 I assure everyone that the admin team is looking into it. This spam is unacceptable. We may stop taking on new members until the issue is resolved. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 3 hours ago, SMS said: We may stop taking on new members until the issue is resolved. I thought this action was already in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted October 8, 2022 Board Admin Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Thank you for reporting the spam recently on the board. Reporting the posts is the best way to alert us to these posts and we will delete them as soon as we can. Although we have spam prevention methods in place, they were proving to be insufficient. We have changed the security check method as of October 8, 2022 and will monitor this situation. If the spam continues we will disable new registrations for a period of time. Thanks for your patience and making CPTDB a great place! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 You're welcome. I spent at least an hour reporting all that spam. Starting from the bottom and working my way up didn't make it any faster. LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 52 minutes ago, captaintrolley said: You're welcome. I spent at least an hour reporting all that spam. Starting from the bottom and working my way up didn't make it any faster. LOL A lot of the time it's 1 account creating several threads in several subforums (sometimes it could be several accounts doing this at the same time). Since there doesn't seem to be an option to report profiles directly, I'd report 1 of the multiple threads created by said profile, indicating it as a "spam account", and eventually all those threads get deleted & the spam profile turns blank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oc4526 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Good morning @A. Wong is there an option to “report user” along side report post ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted October 26, 2022 Board Admin Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 18 hours ago, Oc4526 said: Good morning @A. Wong is there an option to “report user” along side report post ? When you report the post, we see the associated user and ban them right away, so it is essentially reporting both at once! This means that you don't really have to report all the posts by the same person. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumiko Oumae Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 One by the user @gammabutyrolactone is promoting the sale of drugs and other illegal material. Which is getting out of hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianBrick1 Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 This one has probably been the worst one. I also can't believe someone would do something like this so publicly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCTransitFilms Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 37 minutes ago, CanadianBrick1 said: This one has probably been the worst one. I also can't believe someone would do something like this so publicly He just asking to be arrested lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted November 21, 2022 Report Share Posted November 21, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 8:49 AM, Kumiko Oumae said: One by the user @gammabutyrolactone is promoting the sale of drugs and other illegal material. Which is getting out of hand. On 11/8/2022 at 9:08 AM, CanadianBrick1 said: This one has probably been the worst one. I also can't believe someone would do something like this so publicly On 11/8/2022 at 9:46 AM, DCTransitFilms said: He just asking to be arrested lol It's also possible that some of those bots advertising drugs, counterfeit products, or "other illegal material" could be undercover sting operations to see if anyone falls for it. In the meantime, here's another bot (already reported): https://cptdb.ca/profile/40162-ashelyco19/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bus_Medic Posted November 21, 2022 Report Share Posted November 21, 2022 Comic relief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viafreak Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 They are at it again. Noticed some WhatsApp posts this morning across the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted December 11, 2022 Report Share Posted December 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, Viafreak said: They are at it again. Noticed some WhatsApp posts this morning across the forum. Yep, there's 2 of them right now: https://cptdb.ca/profile/40181-validdoc090/ https://cptdb.ca/profile/40183-goethecert3423/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted December 19, 2022 Report Share Posted December 19, 2022 Just came across those 2: https://cptdb.ca/profile/40195-bashir/ https://cptdb.ca/profile/40194-kraankrang/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Squishy Bus Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 Came across this bot, wants me to invest in Crypto... https://cptdb.ca/profile/37069-abertarental/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted February 5, 2023 Board Admin Report Share Posted February 5, 2023 23 minutes ago, The Squishy Bus said: Came across this bot, wants me to invest in Crypto... https://cptdb.ca/profile/37069-abertarental/ Thanks, it has been taken care of! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 Spotted some on this thread 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express691 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 another sales pitch/item idk, at which point do new threads get screened or approved by mods/admins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 13 minutes ago, Express691 said: idk, at which point do new threads get screened or approved by mods/admins? I've noticed the last few sales pitches were posted in existing threads, so maybe it is more difficult to detect? Many of the previous ones before this last batch were new threads in existing topics. Not sure if it makes a difference. All I know these bots or whatever are usually one step ahead of the game. That's what makes them so annoying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-717 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 18 hours ago, captaintrolley said: All I know these bots or whatever are usually one step ahead of the game. That's what makes them so annoying. Yes, that's the worst part. A while ago I also remember seeing a couple spam posts from an account that had legitimate posts prior to that, but the last legitimate posts were from a couple years ago. Had me wondering whether the bots hacked someone's account (which seemed to be inactive the past couple years) and started using it to post this garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted March 1, 2023 Board Admin Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 I had disabled new account registrations a couple of days ago so that should prevent any new spam accounts - but also legitimate ones too. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Squishy Bus Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 12 hours ago, A. Wong said: I had disabled new account registrations a couple of days ago so that should prevent any new spam accounts - but also legitimate ones too. I feel bad for those who want to legitimately sign up and be useful in the forum... Hope they know I am rooting for them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 hour ago, The Squishy Bus said: I feel bad for those who want to legitimately sign up and be useful in the forum... Hope they know I am rooting for them! Agreed. There should be a secure method to sign up, like emailing an authoritative board figure and being able to sign up after certain criteria is met. The account can be set up for them. Yeah, it's more work, but might be worth the time and effort. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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