Multiple idenities

[Log Dog]

Just noticed something unusual on the forum :?
There is a member online atm with some 4 different user names
Worth reporting?
Log Dog :)

[auscab]

If it’s not giving to much away or causing an upset .
How are you able to know that ?

[Scribbly Gum]

Just noticed something unusual on the forum :?
There is a member online atm with some 4 different user names
Worth reporting?
Log Dog :)

Definitely.
There has also been some fishy private messages being sent from members with only one post as well

[Log Dog]

If it’s not giving things away or causing an upset .
How are you able to know that ? Have a look at who's on the forum atm
3 names stand out like toffee apples
The other one has since vanished
All user profiles were identical upon scrutiny :;
And no planetary location given either :no:
Log Dog :)

[Log Dog]

Definitely.
There has also been some fishy private messages being sent from members with only one post as well
Thank you SG for advice on this :2tsup:
Log Dog :)

[Scribbly Gum]

Just to clarify my statement - I have a wanted post - Cox Ride on mower seat.... over in marketplace.
I was sent a message that this person (only one post) had an uncle who had my item and could I contact him via his email - email address given.
It looked to me like a phishing type message similar to those we used to receive in our email inbox.
I deleted the message and didn't respond.
The user name I have forgotten but it was a series of characters that had no meaning.
Tom

[Log Dog]

Has taken 3 identities offline
Now 3 new ones have replaced them
How many has he got?
Plot thickens
Log Dog :)

[DJ’s Timber]

Yes report them and if you receive a PM that is suspicious, you can report them as well.

If you can’t report the user, click and copy the username and PM it to me and I’ll look into it.

[Fuzzie]

I looked at this thread earlier and perused who was on line, trying to work out how you could tell multiple users were the same.

Anyway it's still in my history so I can see who I looked at and saw these three on the same IP address 103.124.95.192 (https://www.woodworkforums.com/online.php?do=resolveip&ipaddress=103.124.95.192) back at 2:24pm.

Hoà ngOnl71
NgoCovid73
NguyenOnline53

All registered on 17th April 2021.

[Log Dog]

I looked at this thread earlier and perused who was on line, trying to work out how you could tell multiple users were the same.

Anyway it's still in my history so I can see who I looked at and saw these three on the same IP address 103.124.95.192 (https://www.woodworkforums.com/online.php?do=resolveip&ipaddress=103.124.95.192) back at 2:24pm.

Hoà ngOnl71
NgoCovid73
NguyenOnline53

All registered on 17th April 2021.

[Perhaps delete this reply when read by a mod .....]

Yep..them and more as well
Log Dog :)

[Log Dog]

Heap of them on the forum now
And different ones than what I was seeing an hour or so ago
Same birth date details too
18th April join date
Staggering how many there are
Log Dog :)

[Mobyturns]

Heap of them on the forum now
And different ones than what I was seeing an hour or so ago
Same birth date details too
18th April join date
Staggering how many there are
Log Dog :)

Must be state sponsored cyber criminals data mining our forum members IP. :D

It is a timely reminder though about how insecure forums can be and that the "target" may actually be financial details contained within PM's etc.

Then there are the mischief makers who do it because they can.

A very good mate and myself (both registered surveyors formally trained in the professional use of GPS) went through a trying period back circa Y2K about GPS on a forum with a particular individual using a number of "identities" to co-ordinate personal attacks and to promote misinformation. He got a very big surprise when caught out red handed, and "out of the blue" was served with a nicely drafted "cease and desist" letter from our lawyer delivered to his business address! There is always a digital trail .... :D

Oh and come the Y2K rollover our recreational GPS units fared well because the manufacturer had implemented an upgrade program for legitimately imported units - the brands he was pushing and the "grey imports" of other units / brands all "fell over" as we said they would - but what would we know - we knew the data message structures could not facilitate Y2K. :D :cool:

Never assume that your digital presence is "secure" or truly "anonymous" as there are always "smarter" people out there with various agendas, both lawful and nefarious. Now if only they would nail spammers and scammers. :;

[Fuzzie]

We should thank the mods for the work they do to prevent the spammers causing too much disruption, it's no doubt a persistent job. There are stats on the home page about how many spammers have been denied access. It's a sobering thought the figure is over half a million!

Thank you to the Benevolent Dictator and his Vassals!

[chambezio]

Remember a little while back this Forum was "off the air" for a couple of days? I received a PM from Neil telling me that I will not be able to access the Forum because my IP address (and a few others) had brought in a Trogon which created havoc and forced the shut down of the Forum. I could still access the Metalwork Forum so I was able to converse with Neil on it. He said that If I had a different IP address that that would "fix" my problem. We are on a Satellite connection and our provider would not change my IP address. I was not happy at all. To his credit Neil was able to "allow" my IP to access the WW Forum only by going through the "I am human" method.

I am very grateful for Neil going the extra mile to keep me connected. The Forum plays a large roll in my daily life so it was important to me to keep the connection. I get timed out which means I keep having to go through the "I am Human" often depending on what I am reading. Writing this message will mean I will have to go through the procedure when I get to the end.

As I said I am very grateful to Neil to get me connected again. My computer skills are rudimentary so he could see that I was innocent in this breach. Why do these Mongols do it?
Is it how they get their jollies by making someone else the patsy. I am on alert when I bring up a link which says "NOT SECURE" and immediately get rid of the link

I will get off my soap box and get back under my rock

[DJ’s Timber]

I looked at this thread earlier and perused who was on line, trying to work out how you could tell multiple users were the same.

Anyway it's still in my history so I can see who I looked at and saw these three on the same IP address 103.124.95.192 (https://www.woodworkforums.com/online.php?do=resolveip&ipaddress=103.124.95.192) back at 2:24pm.

Hoà ngOnl71
NgoCovid73
NguyenOnline53

All registered on 17th April 2021.

Those 3 plus another 2 have been banned. All registered same day and similar email for all 5.

They were also listed on spam site as well.

[A Duke]

Hang the bastards!

[ubeaut]

If ever anyone sees someone or something that looks dodgy please report it or them immediately. If you can't report it then send a PM to me or DJ

We'll sort 'em out in quick time, either allowing them to stay after investigation or by aggressively banning them, their IP, their username and email. not only from these forums but also over 200,000 forums and blogs around the world.

These mongrels are a blight on forums and blogs and unless we know who, what, where and when, asap, we can't do anything about them.

The spam-O-Matic Stats below only show what has been done automatically by that program in the last few years

Spam-O-Matic Statistics (http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=248042)
525966 Spammers Denied Registration
1320 Spammers Permanently Banned
1363 Spammers submitted to StopForumSpam
1424 Spammers submitted to Akismet
15217 Spammy Posts Automatically Moderated

However the above doesn't show the the regular culling of sneaky mongrel spammers in waiting, that manage to get multiple memberships and are deleted on mass every year at the rate of around 8,000 to 10,000 by me in an annual cull of 5 yrs or more non posting, non returning, members who after signing up have never even been back again.

Nor does it show the daily ones that get past security but never seem to be able to get past the ever watchful eye of DJ. Most of those never see the light of day.

Nor does it show the sus posts/threads that are deleted thanks to the few vigilant members who report posts and threads.

We all owe a vote a great of thanks to the vigilance of members who help us by reporting problems and specially thanks to DJ for the massive job he does keeping these ne'er-do-well mongrels at bay.



:spammers:
:spam4:
:bewarespam:
:gotcha:
:bgrab:



I HATE SPAMMERS AND OTHER NE'ER-DO-WELLS


Thank you all - Neil :U

[Log Dog]

Here's a few suspicious ones...

DangOnline39
DangOnline53
NgoCovid73
Hoa Ng On71
Nguyen Online53
DAE E jngOnline4

There were others all with the same user profile
Thanks to DJ / Neil and others behind the scenes for keeping the forum safer
Log Dog :)

[DJ’s Timber]

Here's a few suspicious ones...



Cheers, will look into them tonight/tomorrow morning

[ubeaut]

Bit of useless information.

For what it's worth the below world map is of spamming countries. More spam comes from the darker countries. Russia leads the way with 2,640,507 reported spammers closely followed up by USA with 1,611,504 reported spammers for the last year.

Interesting that the ones we think are the worst actually aren't anywhere near the top of the list. Places like India being way less than a third that of the USA and China less than half again that of India.

Click map to see bigger view. Click >HERE (https://www.stopforumspam.com/stats)< to see the full online map with all country details for the last 12 mths.

501450

Cheers :U

[ubeaut]

UPDATE



DangOnline39
Aggressively banned to Stop Forum Spam


DangOnline53
Aggressively banned to Stop Forum Spam


NgoCovid73
Aggressively banned to Stop Forum Spam


Hoa Ng On71
Aggressively banned to Stop Forum Spam


Nguyen Online53
Aggressively banned to Stop Forum Spam


DAE E jngOnline4
Doesn't seem to exist so must be deleted



EDITED at 6:30PM
So far today (as at 6:30PM) 140 either deleted or rejected for membership.
16 approved for membership with 7 of those put into moderation.

:U

[KBs PensNmore]

Just like to say a THANK YOU to Neil DJ and all the other Mods for the tremendous work that you do.
Kryn

[rwbuild]

:whs:

[Log Dog]

kubet1 and kubet2 online now
Same user info...and banned?
Log Dog :)

[Log Dog]

Kubet1 and Kubet2 have been lurking online for quite awhile
Both are online now
Both are banned
Or are they both the same :?
They have the exact birth date!
What are they up to :oo:
Log Dog :)

[ubeaut]

Doth identities now re banned, delete and submitted to Akismet so shouldn't be able to re register for WWF.

But then again some morons are really smart and able to get into almost anything anywhere. But don't think this one(s) smart enough to be called a moron. Got over 1000 reports on Stop Forum Spam so obviously a slow learner, but then again maybe he/she/it is just too clever for us. Not.
:smack:

[Log Dog]

Doth identities now re banned, delete and submitted to Akismet so shouldn't be able to re register for WWF.

But then again some morons are really smart and able to get into almost anything anywhere. But don't think this one(s) smart enough to be called a moron. Got over 1000 reports on Stop Forum Spam so obviously a slow learner, but then again maybe he/she/it is just too clever for us. Not.
:smack:Thanks for the update Neil
Good to see them gone...woohoo
Log Dog :)

[Log Dog]

If ever anyone sees someone or something that looks dodgy please report it or them immediately. If you can't report it then send a PM to me or DJ


A banned User has been lurking online past few days
Online now
Have sent DJ and yourself their User name details

Log Dog :)

[Log Dog]

Bothembia50d is lurking now on the forum
Has similar birthdate as previous lurkers...weird
He is banned too
Will send p.m to DJ and Neil

Log Dog :)