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Posts: 6319 · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 6319

Please DO NOT reply to there posts. When I or another moderator go to delete there posts board wide it leaves all of your replies in there thread and leaves us having to delete even more.

Thanks,

DM.
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Posts: 22931 · Posted: March 17, 2008 1:10 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info. I hope it never happens again.
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: March 17, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject:

All spam should be reported, and ignored. All threats, porn, illegal pictures, posts, and keys, as well as links to viruses, worms, Trojan's, mail-ware, spyware, piracy, and key loggers can be found.
DO NOT click anything from these users unless you know the user is active and a friend of yours. The more posts made in trolls/bots threads, the more work and deletion made for staff.

Use common sense and run anti virus software. run a browser with anti phishing.

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Posts: 6319 · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 6319

Theres no reason to lock this. If any of them have a question it can be posted here. I put this up for a reason.
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: March 17, 2008 5:37 pm Post subject:

there's a guy posting weird stuff in the great hall
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: March 17, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

Sorry DM, you are right, they are back as well.
We will do our best to delete all the posts.
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Posts: 6319 · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 6319

Thank you bery.
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Posts: 15736 · Joined: Aug 1, 2007 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 15736

So anything off the topic that the people in the topic were talking about prior to entering the topic is considered spam?
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: March 17, 2008 6:07 pm Post subject:

Check these threads for information on spam,
http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=222
http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=7567
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: April 9, 2008 8:49 am Post subject:

Haralielayday is posting porn in Help, Questions, & Support
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: April 9, 2008 9:38 am Post subject:

These are bots/trolls, this is normal, this is the section i check first on login. You do not have to PM me or report it here because I will most likely delete it before seeing your report.
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Posts: 3425 · Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Location: Wisconsin, USA Posts: 3425

Almost all spam posts by non-regular members is done in the Help, Questions, & Support forum since this is the only forum that allows you to post without registering/logging in. This is necessary to allow members having login problems to report the issues. Spam by non-regular members in other forums is quite rare.
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Posts: 24279 · Posted: May 12, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

I felt like now would be a good time to bump this thread up, considering people keep replying to the spammer in the Great Hall, Theories, Characters and Creatures, and the LC, etc. If you see spam, the best thing to do is let an admin or mod know.
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Posts: 22931 · Posted: May 12, 2008 10:58 am Post subject:

yea and also report the thread by clicking on the "report" button at the top right hand side of the post
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Posts: 6319 · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 6319

Seriously, Don't write in them because your posts are just going to be deleted. It also makes more work for the moderators and it also eggs on spammers/trolls. So please Do Not Respond
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: May 12, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject:

This can be an official fast reply report thread to help moderators, because only forum administrators can see "reported" posts. If you find any spam located on the forum please post the link here and what they are doing.
NOTE: This is to be used when something needs immediate attention, if it is just a thread that needs to be locked or moved, PM a moderator who is on at the time.

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Posts: 12911 · Posted: May 14, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

in the rp section this guys topic got lost so he just copied it and posted a new one and tripled posted

http://potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=623982&sid=36eed6ae89942f839a134d285394afeb#623982
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Posts: 3385 · Posted: May 16, 2008 6:40 am Post subject:

All she's done is just post this and it's nothing close of being where it is.

http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=17087
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: May 16, 2008 8:25 am Post subject:

Thank you, I have taken care of it.
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Posts: 6319 · Joined: Nov 29, 2006 Posts: 6319

What are you talking about you are the one who just sent 6 random threating letters to me, to which non I responded.
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Posts: 14272 · Posted: May 26, 2008 5:51 pm Post subject:

The situation is fully under control and taken care of. Forums are back to normal.
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Posts: 3957 · Posted: July 10, 2008 3:53 pm Post subject:

Posts: 14272 · Posted: July 10, 2008 3:56 pm Post subject:

Banned, all posts/topics deleted and user deleted.
I am kind of annoyed because members decided to post in these spam topics, you DO NOT POST, you report them to a staff member ASAP.
Remember, to remove this you simply open task manager and terminate the browser process, thanks for all the links, I had to clear all the legitimate members reply's to spam, makes things harder.
Also:
If you see any link posted by a "new" member or someone you do not know and it seems some what suspicious please PM me the link and I will review to see if it is at all malicious.
Remember, run anti-virus software and keep your databases up to date.
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Posts: 6571 · Joined: Jul 22, 2008 Location: England Posts: 6571

Two spammers. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZz and XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Spamming everywhere mainly the introductory thread though.
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