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stg83: Spam bot peddling so called vashikaran (love potion I prseume) on the GOG forums.

Mods please ban/block this user account "shreeganeshpandi"
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DragoonHP: vashikaran means "controlling someone against their wish". Ummm like hypnotism but (usually) done for nefarious purposes.
So like black magic or voodoo, I was sort of right in a way, as you won't need a love potion unless the other person doesn't love you and you wanna change their mind. Anyways thanks for the exact meaning, knowledge gained. :)
Post edited December 21, 2013 by stg83
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Wishbone: I wonder if IP blocking that guy would be effective? Probably only temporarily.
Considering most spammers use botnets for spamming you'd need to ban 10 000 - 100 000+ ip's, doing so could have other negative consequences and ultimately be pointless unless this is just some idiot sript kiddie using his fathers computer. Just revoking posting rights of the account would probably work better (if you delete the account, the bot'll probably just recreate it or create another account).
Other forums with spam:

http://www.gog.com/forum/ultima_series

http://www.gog.com/forum/warsow
implementing a ip block could have bad consequences specially for people from the same region as they don't provide a static ip here , my busted net changes ip almost every 2-3 hours , and some sites start warning that this ip was used to perform malicious attacks :\ , again will have to restart to get a better ip address.

my apologies for this crappy spam attack happening especially since its coming from the same country i am from , bad apples :( ruin the fun
Post edited December 21, 2013 by liquidsnakehpks
I captcha or something similar for rep under 5 could at least filter out the automated bots a bit.
All things considered, that spam is hilarious.
Judas is on the spam, if you find it in any subforum please link it here.
Anyone care to fill me in, what the bots' babble means? "Love vashikaran" or "specialist baba ji" don't sound like your typical penis enlargement pumps. What's the purpose of filling the forums with nonsense?
Account confirmation emails might also help curb spam, as in you can't post until you "confirm" your account.
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cmdr_flashheart: All things considered, that spam is hilarious.
some people do that as a job aka profession here , usually when you are driving down in long highways or remote places you find tents with the same crap written , heck some even claim to have stuff that will make you younger lel forget the fountain of youth
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DProject: Anyone care to fill me in, what the bots' babble means? "Love vashikaran" or "specialist baba ji" don't sound like your typical penis enlargement pumps. What's the purpose of filling the forums with nonsense?
cough well the first one is for getting other people to fall in love with you using black magic, various crappy methods exist such as some lemon ritual, bringing the said person to the place etc , the second one "baba ji " like the person who performs such "black magic" or "healing" instead of going to hospitals for treatment , they visit "baba ji" for treatment , mostly the uneducated masses do it.

for anyone who have gotten more curious go ahead and check this out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_in_India
Post edited December 21, 2013 by liquidsnakehpks
I got two guns, one for each of you.
Dragonsphere, Ultima, Warsow, Beneath A Steel Sky, and that one GOG mix have been cleaned up. Let me know if you guys find anymore of this junk littering the forums. Thanks.
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JudasIscariot: Dragonsphere, Ultima, Warsow, Beneath A Steel Sky, and that one GOG mix have been cleaned up. Let me know if you guys find anymore of this junk littering the forums. Thanks.
nice , anything implemented to stop further spam ? for what i have seen they seem to keep coming back
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JudasIscariot: Dragonsphere, Ultima, Warsow, Beneath A Steel Sky, and that one GOG mix have been cleaned up. Let me know if you guys find anymore of this junk littering the forums. Thanks.
Sigh, you might want to look again - new account, new spam, plenty of new spam.
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cmdr_flashheart: All things considered, that spam is hilarious.
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liquidsnakehpks: some people do that as a job aka profession here
Don't worry, in Europe too.