Odd User: susanspy

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  1. BabyDesigner

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    Hi there,
    A person registered on my forum about a week ago with the username 'susanspy' and Id noticed that this person was also a member of 3 other forums that I visit occasionally.
    This person made 1 post, and it was quite a odd post really, so I thought I would google the persons username.
    I was quite amazed to see that she was infact a member of quite a few forums, scratch that, A LOT of forums. So I browsed her post (yes only 1 post on every forum she is a member of) and noticed that they all seemed to be odd in a way.
    Im interested if any of you have susanspy on your forum.
     
  2. Ak Worm

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    No susanspy registered. Maybe he or she was on a " Join All Forums Goal " sometime in the past. :lol:
     
  3. Nick

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    I'm pretty sure that user registered here too. It's a spammer.

    Confirm: Stop Forum Spam - Search

    Moved to Member and Staff Management.
     
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  4. BabyDesigner

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    Interesting Nick, thats definately the person :)
     
  5. ArnyVee

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    SusanSpy is not part of my sites, but I'll keep an eye out for her ;)

    Thanks for sharing the info folks! :D
     
  6. Soliloquy

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    She registered on two of my forums; she only posted generic "hi there" messages, but she's probably planning to use her accounts for spam at a later date.
     
  7. Vekseid

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    Spam users do not necessarily post spam to your forums proper, but may put a link in their profile, or signature, or pm other members, etc.
     
  8. Abomination

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    Or even a link that looks like a 1 x 1 pixel white picture to a really bad site?
     
  9. Chani

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    I hadn't thought of that one!

    Time to make some changes. :)
     
  10. Vekseid

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    Or just tracks visitors.

    Hint: Purge nullos regularly.
     
  11. Abomination

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    What is a nullos?
     
  12. Vekseid

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    People with zero posts.
     

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