Thread: Spam members?

Admin, I just happened to glance at the birthday bumper today and noticed a trend. Lots of same aged "people" with similar moniker. Probably wrong but I would almost money on something not quite right with many of the list.

Some look dodgy alright but there are some real members in that line up. I know the young fellah Shahin for example.

I just had a pm from a person called bassam27.
I made a wtb for a coleman shelter, and this bassam27 (with zero posts and only joined yesterday) comes at me with a link to a 'friend' who has one for sale.

I told him to move on and that us shooters are generally harder to fool than the rest of the population.... (hope that works...)

Anyway, admin, how about we introduce a way of authenticating new members? I have no idea how to do it sorry...

Yeah he messaged me this morning, regarding a Browning BLR in .223 for sale….not sure if legit or not.
Bassam27

Anton

Yeah, I got one this morning too. His english is about as poor as the Nigerian Princes looking to hide their inheritance in your bank account.
"Hello, I have someone that got short benelli 12ga available for sell.dm seller for more details (favorchristain@yahoo.com"
There is always someone trying to con you these days, even if its only a NZ politician.

@oxfarmer Yeah I got the exact same email. Thought it was too good to be true lol.

Bummer I was keen on picking up the BLR for $750

I was thinking more along the lines of how many people happen to share a birthday and have handles beginning with "dt...".

Uncanny

Yeah it's hard to stop the spambots joining but they don't seem to do much harm. Old mate scammer has been deleted. Use the report button to report scammers, I personally certainly don't read very many threads so I'm not likely to know about it if it's not reported

Bassam27 also pmd me re wanted post.
They have zero posts and only just joined.

He was also banned this morning

Originally Posted by Preacher

I was thinking more along the lines of how many people happen to share a birthday and have handles beginning with "dt...".

Uncanny

Yeah these all look dodgy af. Start with dt and finish with 24/7. Almost bet they are all the same person.

Originally Posted by Preacher

I was thinking more along the lines of how many people happen to share a birthday and have handles beginning with "dt...".

Uncanny

Any statisticians / mathematicians among us. It may not be that unexpected.

I'm pretty sure that gimp fella aint who he says he is either...

yeah ya right they look highly dodgy. We will keep an eye on them.
As for that fella Gimp, he's ok since he's here by popular demand

Originally Posted by RUMPY

Yeah these all look dodgy af. Start with dt and finish with 24/7. Almost bet they are all the same person.

Originally Posted by rugerman

yeah ya right they look highly dodgy. We will keep an eye on them.
As for that fella Gimp, he's ok since he's here by popular demand

Might not be that popular anymore, it's been a while