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General => New Members Say Hi! => Topic started by: L90E on August 16, 2021, 11:02:21 AM

Title: Dodgy Members?
Post by: L90E on August 16, 2021, 11:02:21 AM
Looking forward to some insightful cointributions from our new member -'femaleescortsinbangalore'.

Couple of other newbies recently with dodgy website links in their profiles, though no posts yet - a new phishing tactic maybe... bury click bait on the site but don't draw attention to it - someone might fall for it later on?
Title: Re: Dodgy Members?
Post by: L90E on August 16, 2021, 06:39:49 PM
Possibly one for admin. to look at -

Check the members list and filter by those who have a website link on their profiles, there's around 30.

Of those less than 10 are obviously legit (or very likely without clicking on them), the rest are to obscure betting sites and the like.

A few of the registrations date back to the start of the year, but are inactive insofar as they're not making posts.

Click bait or similar to lure members in or (mis)using the forum messaging?
Title: Re: Dodgy Members?
Post by: Eddypeck on August 17, 2021, 10:01:45 AM
As per the 'Our Forum' thread, you might be waiting a while for an Admin to come along. My Moderator rights are restricted so there's not much I can do about it.
Title: Re: Dodgy Members?
Post by: L90E on August 17, 2021, 11:17:15 AM
Another one today and one each day for the last few, seem to be on the increase... some purpose to it, but won't be for the benefit of the site.

Title: Re: Dodgy Members?
Post by: vw-widow on September 29, 2021, 06:58:53 AM
Oddly have been going through this slowly got a few.  If you just report the ones you see it flags it up.