[wp-forums] Egregious spammer in the forums

[James Huff]

It was probably a bot to begin with. We’re blocking spammers now anyway, bozo should just be for watching people. It’s usually *less* work that way. But, like I said, this is why I want a blacklist. :)

@otto If you’re reading this, what do you think of blocking signups from @guerrillamailblock.com ? I assume we’re blocking other shady temporary email providers (especially when they’re scriptable), and this appears to be the service they have tied their script into.


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On October 7, 2014 at 2:55:01 PM, andrew nevins (andrew.nevins.misc at gmail.com) wrote:

I'm afraid I'm to blame here. I blocked the original account & the second  
subsequent account that was created. Those accounts contained the majority  
of posts. It looks like there was a genuine user behind this to begin with  
and now that angry user is trying to get back at the system. Or me.  

On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Jan Dembowski <jan at dembowski.net> wrote:  

> I hate people who script for no good.  
>  
> There's a new spammer hitting the review forums. They push a button and  
> create an account, spam, rinse and repeat.  
>  
>  
> https://wordpress.org/support/bb-admin/posts.php?post_text=woosquad&forum_id=0&post_status=all  
>  
> The best part is that the topic of the spam is titled "Sponsored Post" and  
> includes the words "Sponsored by WordPress.com".  
>  
> It's a "Woo" club that has nothing to do with Woothemes but offers all  
> their plugins and themes for a monthly fee. Putting aside the  
> distastefulness of that site their script has already dumped 122 posts in  
> that forums.  
>  
> Jan Dembowski  
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