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Spammer gets owned

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    #62
    Pj!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭Pj!


    Boards would have closed the thread on the first page.

    Which would be a shame.


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    #63
    Agamemnon
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭Agamemnon


    Forky wrote: »
    Boards would have closed the thread on the first page.
    Probably, but that would be the fault of Irish libel law, not harsh modding.


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    #64
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,046 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    agamemnon wrote: »
    Probably, but that would be the fault of Irish libel law, not harsh modding.

    I actually think it would have been deleted fairly quickly because it was spam.


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    #65
    bongi69
    Closed Accounts Posts: 370 ✭✭bongi69


    this is the reason I love the net


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    #66
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    I actually think it would have been deleted fairly quickly because it was spam.
    Yep, reported, binned, banned, end of story!


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    #67
    phasers
    Registered Users Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    saw it, own of the year!


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    #68
    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    Brilliant... i could not read it all but after 2 pages it was enough....
    Was having problems anyway due to server overload!


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    #69
    Tha Gopher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭Tha Gopher


    In fairness isnt becoming a victim of spam just like hunting in the wild e.g. the wilyest of the bunch wont be caught. I have been online 7 years and I get no more than maybe one spam a week, if that. I have never received a phishing email, and I have never received a tale of African coups and fund transfers in my inbox (Ive always wanted to receive one so I could take the piss, but they have never found me). If I am signing up for anything I think will pass on my email to the spamsters, I just use an email address I reserve for this kind of crap, rather than my personal one.


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    #70
    Saruman
    Registered Users Posts: 11,389 ✭✭✭✭Saruman


    No its not that simple... you might never give your email address out but eventually it will be randomly added to a spam database somewhere, could even be because someone else's email gets hacked and your address is in there.


    Anyway this was forum spam, not email.... this guy made up a fake story with a link to a.... no wait im not typing it, its clear from the link :D


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    #71
    cance
    Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭cance


    that thread makes me happy in my pants


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    #72
    padi89
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭padi89


    There is another one here i read a couple weeks ago.Well worth a read,some nice eye candy too.

    http://bbs.scoobynet.com/non-scooby-related-4/650319-ebay-scumbag.html

    Id want to crawl into a hole and die :o


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    #73
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Tha Gopher wrote: »
    In fairness isnt becoming a victim of spam just like hunting in the wild e.g. the wilyest of the bunch wont be caught. I have been online 7 years and I get no more than maybe one spam a week, if that. I have never received a phishing email, and I have never received a tale of African coups and fund transfers in my inbox (Ive always wanted to receive one so I could take the piss, but they have never found me). If I am signing up for anything I think will pass on my email to the spamsters, I just use an email address I reserve for this kind of crap, rather than my personal one.
    The fewer places your email address is placed the less likely you are to be spammed, but the likes of yahoo are just bombarded with "dictionary" type attacks, the fevorite source is unsecured guestbooks, I never sign them. If one of your contacts get their addressbook hacked then you're stuffed - that's what happened to one of my older addresses.


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    #74
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users Posts: 5,962 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    Classic


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    #75
    GhostInTheRuins
    Registered Users Posts: 5,962 ✭✭✭GhostInTheRuins


    padi89 wrote: »
    There is another one here i read a couple weeks ago.Well worth a read,some nice eye candy too.

    http://bbs.scoobynet.com/non-scooby-related-4/650319-ebay-scumbag.html

    Id want to crawl into a hole and die :o

    That's a good one too. Serves her right


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    #76
    Mossy Monk
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    Finally got to read the thread. Fantastically brilliant.


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    #77
    patrickolee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 890 ✭✭✭patrickolee


    thought it was pretty crap to be honest... a load of sad little people jumping on the band wagon. glad boards wouldnt allow such a thread here. Libel laws are there for a reason.


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    #78
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users Posts: 3,118 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    i agree that 90% of that thread is pure ****e but the core posts were excellent.


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    #79
    Heisenberg.
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    This post has been deleted.


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    #80
    Mossy Monk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28,128 ✭✭✭✭Mossy Monk


    Of course not. How could he have gotten the details if the paedophile removed everything.


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    #81
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Omg what a thread. That is unreal ! That guy is going to kill himself for sure.


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    #82
    The guy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭The guy


    I got to page 13 before being unable to read anymore, someone's going to back the thread up.


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    #83
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    I actually feel sorry for the guy. Not the full shilling, but he's kinda hot ;)
    His life is pretty much fcucked now.


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    #84
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 8,016 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    WindSock wrote: »
    I actually feel sorry for the guy. Not the full shilling, but he's kinda hot ;)
    His life is pretty much fcucked now.

    Wind this guy is totally ****ed, they have his name & address! Can you imagine the amount of abuse hes getting in his home town! I see other forums spam with those funny cats too, I think it was page 21... very very funny


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    #85
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Not to mention the fact that he's probably been added to every direct mailling list available, especially plain brown wrapping types.


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    #86
    c0rk3r
    Registered Users Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭c0rk3r


    Seems to be a great week for internet warriors.

    http://bbs.scoobynet.com/non-scooby-related-4/650319-ebay-scumbag.html
    http://www.forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=6322401
    http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98489

    Let this be a lesson to everyone out there that your piracy can be none existent on the web. Which is a reason why i dont have a myspace account, facebook, bebo or any other social networking websites. I dont have a youtube account. I use different usernames for everything i use. I never use my real name, ever. I dont post much on boards even though ive been here lurking for 7-8 year for fear of people knowing too much information about me.

    I reckon i could/along with most people track down a user from this forum. Beware who you piss of on the internet.


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    #87
    pid()
    Closed Accounts Posts: 669 ✭✭✭pid()


    Funniest ownage ever.


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    #88
    cooperguy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,650 ✭✭✭cooperguy


    I dont get why people are saying that the thread would have to be closed here because of libel laws! They did not post untrue information. They posted whois information and government database information. Where is the libel in that? Admittedly I havent been able to read the entire thread because of server overload but what have I missed


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    #89
    A-Trak
    Registered Users Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭A-Trak


    WindSock wrote: »
    I actually feel sorry for the guy. Not the full shilling, but he's kinda hot ;)

    If you're 15 you're quids in.


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    #90
    Cupid Stunt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Cupid Stunt


    Just read it all, I think it got a bit out of control, people driving by his house at 4am shouting abuse at his girlfriend and baby etc, there's only a certain amount of 'ownage' a guy can get and sometimes internet mob mentality can get out of hand.

    Plus the fact that 95% of the thread is 'look at my forum' posts which are just spam in themselves


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    #91
    bushy...
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭bushy...


    Cupid Stunt wrote: »
    Plus the fact that 95% of the thread is 'look at my forum' posts which are just spam in themselves

    First post ? would your name start with an ' N ' by any chance ?


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