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    PM spam

    Got this message from a user called porgasi

    Do you want to know how to spy on, read messages and know where your boyfriend, girlfriend, child, business partner or any other person is? Then press http://[REMOVED]

    TopSpy is an exemplary, completely undetectable application that takes mobile spying to the whole new level. It provides you with the opportunity to control the cell phone activity of your kids, employees, or use it for any other spying purposes. With the help of TopSpy app you can monitor:

    Text messages
    Social activity in apps like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype
    Call history
    GPS location
    Record phone conversations or surroundings

    …and even more! Click http://[REMOVED] to review all the available and upcoming features.
    Last edited by Ydna; 09-05-2014 at 08:06 PM.

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    I believe he should be banned already. Not sure how to purge all the spam pm's he sent though

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    Unfortunately, you can't without going into the DB itself.

    Admins/Mods don't have a PM moderation feature in the forums.

    http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...ivate-messages

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    Seems legit to me.

    If this is a common attack maybe add a posts to PM requirement

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    One way to combat this is to add a registration question (we do it over on AO):
    http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum...-registrations

    Another way is to use Glowhost Spam-O-Matic. It's a VBulletin mod that will filter registrations and posts based on previously reported IP addresses and email addresses. It also uses Akismet for some of these features (a great Wordpress spam trapper mod as well.)
    http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248042

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    Don't I have both of those already?

    We actually get very little spam. That's only the second PM spammer I can recall ever.

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    I'd have to try registering again for the additional question. As for Spam-O-Matic, it would put some info into the footer area - so I don't think you have that one.

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    Was hoping this was legit. Wanted to sell him Camille, and let him know that he's Nigerian royalty.

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    They give a URL to buy the product from. It lists an address. Anyone here live in Cyprus? If so perhaps you could confirm their location. Then we have a starting point to find ways to annoy them. Simon could even sue them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skibbo View Post
    Was hoping this was legit. Wanted to sell him Camille, and let him know that he's Nigerian royalty.
    Now that was funny
    endeavor to persevere.......

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