Whoever is creating hundreds of phony spam user accounts at this site, if I figure out who you are, I will see that you are prosecuted or take other legal action against you. I will report your IP addresses to Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and all the other addresses you are using. If you use your account to post diaries, they will be deleted, and your accounts will be scrubbed.
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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
Don’t you have to approve each account?
No.
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Can you add a verification step in the login?
How to Spoof-proof Your Logins
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."Is the account creation process bot-proofed? This sounds to me like somebody took the time to create a bot designed to break Scoop sites.
I wouldn’t assume this was the work of a typical spammer or vandal…
I can block certain domains but they’re using very popular email providers and different I/P’s.
100’s, eh.
you may be being set up for a dos attack. ims, chris floyd’s had probs sim to this…not that it’s any consolation.
Cyberwar! Can you shut down the new user account option until this attack passes?
I had an attack on my system this morning, the kind that requires you to jump up like the house is on fire and literally pull the plug from the back of your computer. Then, I had to make sure all my updates were current and run a scan. What a pain!
Eurotrib frontpagers have spent weeks scrubbing spam accounts and know who the culprits are. Contact Jerome or afew…
EuroTrib is having to deal with this too. You might want to visit with Migeru.
I believe that we are having similar issues at ePluribus Media. If they were smart they would just make an honest comment and use their signature as a link.
What is a spam account?
is this the diaries selling stuff (elvira’s necklace, whatever)?
Spam attacks
Blogging to the Bank
Wow! afew’s exploration and reporting on this netherworld is outstanding! Here, let me click on it again to raise your page views… done. Let’s honestly boost this info up in the google rankings.
I’ve been wondering what all those “Work at Home, Make $$$” ads were about but never wanted to click on them to find out. Now I don’t have to! Thanks!
Two worthy accounts of the dark side of the net. Thanks for the links and kudos to the sleuths of ET!