Does anyone else get PM Inbox Spam?

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:14 pm

Am I the only one who gets this or do we have a new generation of Spambots?

EDIT: Peeinc? PissInc more like.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:26 pm

Weird. At first I thought it would have been a human, but then I realized it can look at the member list or the list of online users.

The next question is (if it's affecting multiple users), how do we fix it?

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:34 pm

Stranger thing: I didn't ask for an iPhone 3G.

Nonsense Man · Post by **Nonsense Man** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:05 pm

I haven't recieved any here.

HBN · Post by **HBN** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:10 pm

None here, but I often wondered when it'd start.

*Bows head in meditation*...

...So begins the second wave of the Spam Wars...

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:19 pm

my guess, its because you posted in this thread:
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=25890

Bay_Wolf · Post by **Bay_Wolf** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:25 pm

None here but grossaffe may be right.

Regards,
Bay_wolf.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:38 pm

grossaffe wrote:my guess, its because you posted in this thread:
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=25890

I asked for a PS3, not an apple product. >_>

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:51 pm

Aguiluz wrote:
grossaffe wrote:my guess, its because you posted in this thread:
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?t=25890
I asked for a PS3, not an apple product. >_>

I wouldn't expect a bot to know the difference. I don't know too much about the bot/forum coding, but I would guess that maybe it uses thread subscription to find out if anyone/who posted in their thread and then sends an automated PM to them.

palmertech · Post by **palmertech** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:19 pm

I dont think this is a bot.... Remeber, it has posted several things in the trading post with the proper "WTS" titles, and I doubt there are bots that smart.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:24 pm

Maybe somebody coded a bot specifically for the Trading Post?

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:03 pm

I haven't received any PM Spam.

Oh, and Hi iam7805

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:12 pm

mee neetheer

SS

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 5:29 pm

palmertech wrote:I dont think this is a bot.... Remeber, it has posted several things in the trading post with the proper "WTS" titles, and I doubt there are bots that smart.

WTS is a common abberviation, I've seen bots use them in other places that don't use 'em.