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scoopd
25-09-2010, 01:00 PM
Hi,
Does anyone else get spams like these?
It's obviously done by a machine but what do they get out of it?
Also,it's a different ip address location each time

Name: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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Email address: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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Phone number: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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Date of event: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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Type of event: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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Event location: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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Comment or enquiry: vsxZCk removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
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User: Anonymous
User Name: Anonymous
User IP: removed by admin - don't give them publicity!
thomas
25-09-2010, 01:11 PM
Use a captcha

http://www.google.com/recaptcha

Best one around to implement
DazzyD
25-09-2010, 01:26 PM
Hi Scoop!

I get loads of new forum member requests from this kind of email address. I'd originally set up the forum so anyone come in but I soon realise I has getting ridiculous amounts of spam posts so I now have to manually verify membership before anyone can post.

Actually, our forum is dormant at the moment but could be relaunched early next year.
yourdj
25-09-2010, 01:41 PM
i use a postcode request or a questions such as whats 2+5.

cheaper than captcha
thomas
25-09-2010, 02:00 PM
i use a postcode request or a questions such as whats 2+5.

cheaper than captcha

Cheaper? :confused:
Corabar Entertainment
25-09-2010, 02:27 PM
Richie posted this up recently which might help:- http://www.forum.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28690

(It's also on banner rotation at the top of the page)


Hi Scoop!

I get loads of new forum member requests from this kind of email address. I'd originally set up the forum so anyone come in but I soon realise I has getting ridiculous amounts of spam posts so I now have to manually verify membership before anyone can post.

Actually, our forum is dormant at the moment but could be relaunched early next year.Not a mobile disco forum you're promoting there is it Daz? (Check forum rules)
DazzyD
25-09-2010, 03:32 PM
Richie posted this up recently which might help:- http://www.forum.mobilediscodirectory.co.uk/showthread.php?t=28690

(It's also on banner rotation at the top of the page)

Not a mobile disco forum you're promoting there is it Daz? (Check forum rules)

Not promoting, Ang, just sharing an experience I had. I got some forum software included as part of my hosting package and had a play around with it. I was playing with the idea of a North East Entertainers forum where entertainers, managers, agents, promotors and clients could come together and interact. Due to me knowing very little about developing a forum, and not having the time to learn, it was a project that was put on the backburner for a while.