Reporting Spammers and Scammers

[A_T_Great]

What is the best way to report Spammers or Scammers to admin or mods?

 

[Robin Reeve]

Don't.
We kill about thirty a day.
No need to report them: as it is not paid job to clean the forum, we cannot immediately react. But we do act.

 

[Michael R]

What is the best way to report Spammers or Scammers to admin or mods?

But thanks for asking.

 

[Robin Reeve]

And reports vanish by themselves when we have killed the false account reported, so we don't have more work "resolving" them.

 

[A_T_Great]

Don't.
We kill about thirty a day.
No need to report them: as it is not paid job to clean the forum, we cannot immediately react. But we do act.

OK, but that is the point of reporting. You are not paid to monitor and clean the forum, so the more people involved, the more secure it will be.

 

[zgrose]

Fairly sure the point he was making is that nothing any of us can say will make a difference so don't bother. It's all CBD anyway.

 

[Michael R]

They show up when we look at New Posts. They have really obvious subject lines.

 

[Sparafucil3]

They show up when we look at New Posts. They have really obvious subject lines.

It's too bad that new members aren't placed into a moderated status meaning all of their first posts have to be approved. It would nip all of that in the bud. Of course, mods would still have to delete the posts and accounts but you're doing that already. -- jim

 

[Michael R]

Agree.

 

[Robin Reeve]

OK, but that is the point of reporting. You are not paid to monitor and clean the forum, so the more people involved, the more secure it will be.

We see all the spams.
They are very easy to spot.

 

[Robin Reeve]

It's too bad that new members aren't placed into a moderated status meaning all of their first posts have to be approved. It would nip all of that in the bud. Of course, mods would still have to delete the posts and accounts but you're doing that already. -- jim

I would love that false, bot accounts that didn't follow the registering process were blocked.
There is a breach in the system, and we have to kill about 10'000 spam posts a year, manually...
I have no technical competence, so I have no idea how to adress the problem.
I would love not to have to do that chore.