Efestivals spammers

[gibbin82]

Am I being thick here? Have any of these spam threads ever generated any business for the companies they are supposedly promoting?

Seriously, how does it work?

Edited July 29, 2013 by gibbin82

[eFestivals]

please use the 'report' button for every bit of spam you see - and it will then always be dealt with.

[Morse Code]

Sometimes they aren't promoting anything, but rely on people being tempted to click on a link that leads to a site that downloads a small file onto their PC which then logs the use of the computer keyboard and attempts to capture any confidential data, such as banking details

Edited July 30, 2013 by Morse Code

[Dead throne]

Can you delete the users that are spamming it aswel? And block their ip address?

[mr gumby]

Is it wrong of me that I now really fancy a spam fritter?

[eFestivals]

Can you delete the users that are spamming it aswel? And block their ip address?

the user accounts are always blocked. Blocking IP addresses is more problematic, as it often has absolutely no useful effect while also perhaps blocking genuine visitors.

Measures are always taken to deal with spam (tho I'm not saying exactly what), and in the main they're effective. While you might think the spamming is bad, it would be 100+ times worse without those measures.

And while spamming is worse at the mo than it's been for a while, it'll ease off soon enough.

[mr gumby]

I think Neil does a great job keeping on top of this. I just checked my e-mail, having been away from my computer for a week. In my inbox I had 985 messages, only 8 of which were of interest (and yes, I have a spam filter, there were another 674 in there!). So keep it up Neil, there'll always be a few that get through, but as long as we tell them where to shove it, we can all enjoy chatting about festivals in relative peace.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

There's more of the bastards posting this morning. I've sent two a PM requesting that they Fuck Off. Seems to be kitchen orientated at the moment.

[eFestivals]

There's more of the bastards posting this morning. I've sent two a PM requesting that they Fuck Off. Seems to be kitchen orientated at the moment.

Those kitchen spammers are evil, they're by far the worst spammers i've encountered, and they're difficult to stop.

So until they stop, I've added some word filters that change "great kitchens" into "shit kitchens" and the like, as well as contacting the company on regular occasions to send their staff out on false calls.

Which reminds me, it's about time they had a few more "sales leads".

It's costing them a hell of a lot more than it's costing me. If every other site that suffers these kitchen spammers (just google to see how many!) did the same they'd soon be out of business.

Edited August 1, 2013 by eFestivals

[dingbat2]

we should spam them, the bastards - send them hundreds of emails, asking for someone to give them a call about a potential sales and supplying them with a dodgy/premium phone number

[russycarps]

So until they stop, I've added some word filters that change "great kitchens" into "shit kitchens" and the like, as well as contacting the company on regular occasions to send their staff out on false calls.

[eFestivals]

we should spam them, the bastards - send them hundreds of emails, asking for someone to give them a call about a potential sales and supplying them with a dodgy/premium phone number

Feel free ... you can find their contact details via the link in their spams.

[eFestivals]

So the links they provide go to a genuine website rather than a virus-type link?

yeah, apart from when the link is to www.shitkitchens.co.uk - cos that's the word filter in action.

[LondonTom]

So until they stop, I've added some word filters that change "great kitchens" into "shit kitchens" and the like, as well as contacting the company on regular occasions to send their staff out on false calls.

[mandolin]

please use the 'report' button for every bit of spam you see - and it will then always be dealt with.

[rischbrit]

I can't see the report button I'm on an iPad does this make a difference. Someone has just posted kitchen ad and I want to report it!!!!

[5co77ie]

it's been dealt with - somehow you reported it.

[rischbrit]

Told you I was shit with technology!!!!