Roxxie2 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Does anyone else see the list of stuff under Recent Topics selling Cipro??? There is a whole list of them! I am concerned! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 I posted this in the Front Office section. I am concerned . There is a whole list under Recent Topics of someone posting over and over selling Cipro overseas. I think that its SPAM and may contain something harmful . Does anyone else see that? There is a ton of it listed all on the right upper side of the page the same thing over and over throughout the forum. I hope one of the Moderators checks into this! I was afraid to log in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterine Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I reported it, too...hope a mod sees it soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodland_miniatures Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Roxy, I happened to be signed in and browsing when all that trash started to show up - that person posted that meds/supplements for sale list in practically every topic on here. I reported several of them to the moderators, and gave up trying to report ALL of them - I'm sure several of us were reporting this invasion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocGreen Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 If you look in the lower right of the post there is a "report" button. Click this and it goes to the moderators and is usually removed quickly. BTW, they are gone now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapchap73 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I saw it and reported it too. Our mods are awesome because it's gone now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 That scared me a little! I know that no place online is SAFE but the was strange!!! I am glad our Moderators are so on it! Good job!!! :thumb: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otterine Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Three cheers for the mods!!! :jumping: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Saw them, reported them and now they are gone ;) well done workmbehind the scenes!!! :wub: Hugs and thank you all involved keeping this a safe place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Three cheers for the mods!!! :jumping: Adding a hooray as well!!! Reported them all as they turned up and poof they are all gone, yay :yay: and whohoo! Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I merged the three threads on this topic. I know you were worried, but posting duplicate threads about spam is sort of ironic. :lol: When reports are made, Tracy and I get emailed about it (and maybe Dean and others, I'm not sure). So we might not see the reports immediately depending on what time of day it is, etc. It's not actually necessary to report every piece of spam if the user who posted it is the same, because once we deal with them once the rest of their posts disappear. So that's just something to keep in mind for future reference... if we get a ton of reports of spam from the same user it's actually more work to make sure the report has been addressed because we have to click on every one of the links, even though each of those posts might have been dealt with automatically already. That's not to say people shouldn't report spam, because you should! It's very helpful. But don't feel like you have to go around the forum to find them all, if it's the same person posting in a lot of different places. Anyway, thanks to everyone who reported the spam! And thanks to Tracy or whoever it was who nuked with it! By the time I saw the reports it had already been taken care of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Emily! Sorry about the double post I made! Thanks for explaining about who sees it and how it gets removed. I was worried it might contain something harmful to the site and the members....I panicked!!! Have a nice weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 We have such a great place to enjoy our beloved hobby and it's just a shame about how it can get soured by some moron-one week it was pornography SPAM,believe it or not-sickos!I thankfully missed all this new SPAM today while I was at work,so I want to join the rest of you in thanking our wonderful moderators!! Hip-Hip Hooray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I was worried it might contain something harmful to the site and the members....I panicked!!! Just never click any links in a post like that. The posts themselves can't hurt your computer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 I had my computer compromised ( hacked into) twice and it was not a good experience. I never click on anything unless I am absolutely certain who its from and what it is. Thanks! We all want to feel safe and enjoy our hobby its too bad there are people out there with nothing more constructive to do than that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Sorry about all of that! I was at the doctors office and had looked in on my iPad. When i saw the reports. I couldn't reply to you guys at that time but I took care of him soon as I saw it. Thank you all for reporting it! It helps keep our forum clean. One of the best ways to report the spam is to report the user from their profile. Usually, Emily (Fov) or I see the reports and take care of them. We truly appreciate you all being the eyes and ears when we are not around (there has been times I was on the forum in the galleries and missed the spam). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 There is some strange SPAM in my updates list this morning.....did anyone else have it too? I hate SPAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Roxy, as soon as I see it I go to their profile page and report them, as our admin has requested. There are a growing number of us who do this. Since the spammers don't seem to give a tinker's dam (or any other kind) that they're unwewelcome, the alternative is to erase their presence from the forum. I suspect it's the same one constantly rejoining under different aliases to post their spam links. Just ignore them, they'll be made to go away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 I don't even like to go to their profile page ( The Spammer) because I am afraid there might be a link to a virus or something there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I don't even like to go to their profile page ( The Spammer) because I am afraid there might be a link to a virus or something there. Roxy, just don't click on any links the spammer posts. When you click on their icon (like mine next to this post, or the placeholder icon new members get) to get to their profile, that's Greenleaf's link. Then when you get to their profile, the "report this member" is another Greenleaf link. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Once you click the "report member" link when you go to the spammers profile, we get notified and we take care of it ASAP please don't click the links though in their posts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxxie2 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Okey Dokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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