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And there goes another one. Lovely amounts of spambots we are getting lately..

@Arch-Mage Matt: Well spotted! Yet another one ending in "mdz", common re-joiners who always leave an ad URL and sales blurb in their sig, exactly as I stated earlier.

@SniperOverkill9: Awesome! If I get my way, THAT's going into the next rewrite of the rules!

I sure hope it does

Congratulations to: jomdz (31)

http://forums.uesp.net/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=61548

Status: SPAMBOT

Not sure if that means that they were dealt with already?

Yup. Either Cam or H8Ball took care of them, I should think. They're awesome spamcatchers.

It does mean it's already dealt with, Jeff. In fact, it's one of the ones I dealt with, since I put SPAMBOT in the Status field to remind me I've banned 'em (the member list and profile show no "banned" status). Other mods put it in the Occupation field. Doesn't matter, as long as we see it. We don't delete spambot accounts, btw, so that they can't use the same username more than once. They make life difficult for us, so we make it difficult for them. Two can play at the "evil genius" game.

I'm gonna invent a new forum term here. We have the Banhammer (rarely used), but a more awesome weapon is the Spamwhammer (frequently used, and 10x as heavy)! Er, can I have a new one please? I'm running out of duct tape!

My Bangun is far better but have some duct tape anyways. Also, all of the spambots I catch have the word spambot in the occupation field. It only makes sense...

Hasn't been marked as a spambot

That's because it was one of the ones I dealt with. Only Cam is sad enough to do that

You have to admit that it helps though

Oh yey, the mods are having a E-peen off...

Do I have to remind the Moderators about going off topic?

"Yeah well we have extended rights..."

When I first saw "Occupation: Spambot", I thought it was a sick joke, made by the member. I never made that remark for the few bots I've dealt with, but it's really a good idea. Even better if we could get it written in green or something - that way others could see there's something special going on?

You don't have some super mod powers that let you see if a user's been banned when you look at their profile?

charlymdz here says he is interested in "nanny cam,nanny cams,nanny camera,nanny cameras,hidden cams" has played xbox on psp and has this rather suspicious link: which has been removed for safety reasons - someone could see it here.

Taken care of.

Could this guy be a spam bot?
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=20980

Hard to say, but that is def blatant advertising if I ever saw it.

http://forums.uesp.net/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=63202

Interests: resume service,resume writer,resume writing services,resume writers

Sig: These tasks are generally marked in the number of levels collectively called as the GS. Ranking goes between GS 15 to GS 1 for federal positions. The Us Government schedule defines in this way of ranking.

Website like is for a Resume Service.

Thanks Jeff. Done.

I don't see the typical markings of a spambot on this one. Hard to say. It could just be a regular member but I'll watch out for him.

Yep. It's a inactive member who's never posted. I checked it out months ago as a potential spambot, but the Website link is just some French cartoon artwork on what's likely a personal website. It's not blatant advertising and breaks no other rules, so I left it alone. You never know, that member may become active.

Another -mdz: http://forums.uesp.net/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=63249

Interests: Office chairs,Office chair,Computer chair,Coffee tables,Coffee table

Thank you. Dealt with.