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Sorry for posting here, but noticed something strange we may want to be wary of.
I was passing through my profile page and noticed my Recent Visitors log. No names I recognized, all seem to have joined in 2105, no posts but active today (doing what?). I'll give it a day and see what new ones appear. Maybe our tech guy can learn something about this.
cfroelichmarry
dorflesnersalva
hnorthshop
ionpenningsheld
nshmanodisa
nystenshelb
rullererro
tcketthele
uhafosburgtanes
zdcruzeclif
I've seen it before. I just ignore it...but always be vigilant.
Peter
I may be paranoid (and not as tech savvy as some on the board) but I also have the most recent visitors to my ID as
- aiorastev,
- cfroelichmarry,
- iacoolidgcarl,
- ibrletichwood,
- jmejake,
- metwmper,
- nshmanodisa,
- oewandoskmanu,
- ubeaumacg,
- wonderfulphones
I cant help wondering if they are "bots" collecting data (although they would probably be disappointed in anything they collected about me :)
Most of them also "joined" in 2015 and none have ever posted and all were on line today
Creepy stuff—particularly as folks share a bit of info here...
Just checked, and same deal...all joined in 2015:
bridallouboutin, btribbycarm, dadmonsalvtrini, dsliverdiscount, eioevon, eoursercarl, ltralouk, taquiettamar, vbuyvest, wawwesp
The cleverest scam on forums these days is this, which there's been a bit of over at Pelican: a scammer scrolls through forum profiles looking for people who haven't visited in months or years. Then he tries to login using stupid-simple passwords ("Porsche," "password" etc). Eventually he compromises an account. Then he "sells" a big ticket item or two. It all looks perfectly legit -- the account is a longstanding user with lots of posts. This is the one to look out for.
I got them all too.... I'm just happy to be part of their algorithm
ahafullardtamat, amsmacchiowilli, bdelasabtiffany, dsliverdiscount, ecewilnerwalla, iersezwskironac, kelambkaruth, niernola, nmensnorth, ucheapauthentic
Yup, same snoops were on my page.... aiorastev, bupblak, cimpclor, efaelescot, futterfiebook, nystenshelb, rnsouralin, ucheapauthentic, uhafosburgtanes, zdcruzeclif... someone please sound the klaxon that we are being invaded.
aagatajohn, anhlavacwilso, aszubabrya, dorflesnersalva, iamashburnregin, iomagliolooctav, rhochrufus, trouletterose, uhafosburgtanes, yaveneypiamc are on me ... :eek:
It's the Russians,,,,they think we elect a president of Early S,,,colluding with Frank,,,:D
I regularly get a "website not secure" message in the address box.
Just found this thread from late 2016 on the same subject:
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...profile-visits
My suggestion is to delete these accounts especially if the IP's are suspicious.
Just looking up Ashton's acct. His is probably hit worse than ours. 71000 hits compared to about 4000. I'm guessing that this is not good.
We're looking into it....
Same here after checking my profile. All of these accounts were created in 2015 and have zero posts:
aagatajohn
amsmacchiowilli
aressmanjene
aszubabrya
bdelasabtiffany
btribbycarm
dnorthdenali
dzzadevi
rhochrufus
rilbertther
Same here after checking my profile. amallinaktomas, aszubabrya, auggjacket, bupblak, dsliverdiscount, efaelescot, lsissellbren, niernola, sspariseanick, voyvenn
My list of stalkers.
amsmacchiowilli
aroazuateodo
epkriserphili
hcoachfake
larrellanlinw
nystenshelb
oebelsportwave
olusodis
sclubsgolf
whatnot
The typical fake has a minimum of 7 letters and generally a nonsense name. Most joined in 2015 but a few in Feb 2014. No idea how active they have been, but they all have been active today. I'm sure that this must cost us something for bandwidth; so far I have identified over 100. Just what are they harvesting? I don't believe it is benign.
Some very odd visitors to mine as well.
If I look at the thread today, it looks different than yesterday. Isnīt this kind of censorship a bit over the top? I can understand if you want to limit the topics very much to concerns of Porsche enthusiasts, but a little more serenity would certainly not damage the forum.
Bernd
Could you be more specific? Other than moving the thread to the Membership section, it is as it has been written.Quote:
Originally Posted by softwindow
Bernd, I am not sure what you are saying. No modified posts that I can see. As Peter says, it got moved; but I expected that since it did not really belong in general discussion. I only put it there for increased exposure since I think the situation called for a strong response. There should be sufficient response through people look at the new posts, or looking for a resolution in the thread.
Actually not true Peter.Quote:
Originally Posted by 72targa
Apparently my Collusion!! post offended one of the mods.
It’s as if any word or term that the culture has politically weaponized is vulgar. Frankly I find that very odd.
It's never benign... I've been a mod on another site for several years and when stuff like this pops up (sometimes waaaay to often) it takes hours to run the IP sources and isolate them. Usual sources are Russia, Ukraine, India.Quote:
Originally Posted by davep
Best practice = scrub them as soon as they appear, block the addresses and their mirrors if possible. It's time consuming work, there is AI software available to combat it. Good luck, Dave.
Sorry Frank, I did not notice that post was missing. When I first saw it I had a great laugh!
Actually, with over 100 of these "user names" reading posts all at the same time I do have to conclude that they are colluding on something; but what. Have they been dormant since creation and only activated recently? I have not noticed them in the past.
Russ, I am not a mod on this site (but a minor mod on another site). Ashton is the person on this site that will have to take care of this. I wish him luck since there appears to be a huge number of "users".
I still see a lot of members online that belong to this class of miners.
More to the point, since I noticed this activity my spam has exploded. No coincidence!
I see them too: anhlavacwilso, billesbacwill, ecewilnerwalla, hcoachfake, ollgirodmerri, poncepatcr, ritoungerlmarga, rostergrenwerne, voyvenn, ygeadygenn
these are mine, 2015 with the exception of one 2014. Some Online right now (I'd say two) I'm sorry if I've added a faithful user to the forum.
""anhlavacwilso, cheaplouboutins, ecewilnerwalla, ereuberforr, futterfiebook, hedrehsalph, iizzisamo, nweddingcoll, rmonclerinnavy, zdcruzeclif""
*http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...-iacoolidgcarl