Increased spam posting?

[Hobie-wan]

Ok, so is it just me or is there a lot more spam posting going on? I know its buying season, but there's been more spam than usual on the board here. My Craigslist had been getting almost unusable the past few weeks. I Just went to look at the video Game section and there are about 40 posts since midnight and 30 of them are from one of the spammers that's been going nuts recently. Is anyone else noticing more crap in boards and such they frequent?

I mean seriously, look at this shit.

[Xonticus]

I've been seeing a general increase in spam traffic for the past 4 months or so on many fronts, hopefully it will die off a bit soon.

If not, Moderators and people in generally will have to be more aggressive at controlling the spam quantity

[millerjm2]

You are not the only one; DC and Baltimore have had an unprecedented amount of spam in the past few days. Speaking of Spam; have you seen the front page recently? I count five separate Spam postings.

[Dakinggamer87]

I have also noticed an increase in spam posting on forums and especially on Craigslist in my area.

[gtmtnbiker]

Ditto for me in the Boston Craigslist. It's for the same company that changes its website URL and email address all the time. If you check out the site, they don't accept credit cards or paypal. No thanks.

[J T]

Dear Hobie-wan sir,

It is an honor to speak with you. I am the son of Nigerian royalty. I have been requested by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for oil exploration in the sub-Sahara region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equaling US$40,000,000.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company is desirous of oil exploration in other parts of the world; however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.

Your assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. Etc., etc., etc.

The only thing not suggested is taking a Cash Advance to pay for a ticket to Nigeria.

Please help us.

-JT al bajooboo

[GamerMON]

I see you are trying to sell your prized possessions on craigslist. I too have been struggling to try and make ends meet. I had to sell my daughters xbox 360 just pay the bills. You can go to www.stupidsurveysite.com to make money.

[jfe2]

Dear Hobie-wan sir,

It is an honor to speak with you. I am the son of Nigerian royalty. I have been requested by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company to contact you for assistance in resolving a matter. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company has recently concluded a large number of contracts for oil exploration in the sub-Sahara region. The contracts have immediately produced moneys equaling US$40,000,000.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company is desirous of oil exploration in other parts of the world; however, because of certain regulations of the Nigerian Government, it is unable to move these funds to another region.

Your assistance is requested as a non-Nigerian citizen to assist the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, and also the Central Bank of Nigeria, in moving these funds out of Nigeria. Etc., etc., etc.

The only thing not suggested is taking a Cash Advance to pay for a ticket to Nigeria.

Please help us.

-JT al bajooboo

[swiftzx]

Ditto for me in the Boston Craigslist. It's for the same company that changes its website URL and email address all the time. If you check out the site, they don't accept credit cards or paypal. No thanks.

same here in Raleigh craigslist. It gets annoying because you have to skip those and in the process, you could miss a good deal. Let's hunt spammers to extinction, just like elephants

[Hobie-wan]

I was flagging at first, but damn. Its like 100 posts a day just in the video game section.