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Topic: How to stop hackers like Danny Cheung: References needed to access member list
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jshields
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posted June 08, 2006 07:47 PM
       
I have been repeatedly spammed by Danny Cheung along with I am sure many other MOTL members that are otherwise honest traders. Since this guy has created a number of accounts and tried to spam people, my suggestion would be to make the member list only accessible to people with 10 or more legitimate reference lists. Im addition, I would suggest only allowing people with the same amount of refences to be allowed to post new topics on the T/A and Sale list, along with the Auction List only being able to trade until they reach their initial 10 references. Would we be able to program the forums to work this way? If not, what are other security ideas we could try?__________________
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teroknorevents
Member
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posted June 09, 2006 12:48 AM
If this were implemented, the rippers would just make gimmick accounts and fake up the needed number of refs. There has to be a better way to stop Danny Cheung than locking the site down tighter than Fort Knox.__________________
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Goaswerfraiejen
Member
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posted June 09, 2006 07:30 AM
 
Another, easier solution would be to ignore TA posts by people without a reasonable number of refs. As has been pointed out, a minimum limit to access the memberlist will merely prompt ref-faking, which will also lead to more effective fraud. By the way, why isn't the kid serving time yet? __________________
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ronandaggy
Member
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posted June 09, 2006 08:25 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Goaswerfraiejen:
Another, easier solution would be to ignore TA posts by people without a reasonable number of refs. As has been pointed out, a minimum limit to access the memberlist will merely prompt ref-faking, which will also lead to more effective fraud. By the way, why isn't the kid serving time yet?
i dont think hes actually ripped anyone off yet. anyways, changing the forum to deal with 1 person seems a bit crazy. ive been on motl for awhile now and this is the first major spam like problem ive seen. its like my new dog that whines all the time. if you ignore it long enough, it will go away. __________________
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pyr0ma5ta
Banned
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posted June 12, 2006 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by ronandaggy:
its like my new dog that whines all the time. if you ignore it long enough, it will go away.
I doubt it. He's clearly not afraid to go to jail to make a few quick bucks. Incidentally, I've started receiving 30-50 new spams a day from advertising companies, around the time that Danny sent me 50 copies of his latest scam. Is this related somehow? Is the member list getting datamined by outside spam companies? __________________
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BoltBait
Moderator
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posted June 12, 2006 01:03 PM
I recently installed the K9 Spam Filter for other reasons. I am very happy with it. This is just another way to combat spam.__________________
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Leshrac
Founder
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posted June 13, 2006 11:00 AM
SpamBayes is also a very good learning filter. By combining it with Mozilla Thunderbird, you should be able to eliminate nearly all the spam you receive.__________________
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