# Important - spam attack **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 13, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593 "2015-07-13T15:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/21 "2015-07-13T22:33:01Z")
Have you thought of using Captcha in creating an account. Captcha is really good at eliminating bots. ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/22 "2015-07-14T02:13:32Z")
Carolyn,you are worth your weight in electrons,take the spammers and make em eat treet! ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/23 "2015-07-14T20:12:09Z")
The local newspaper put a forum on line linked to their site with abbreviated news stories but their effort became a big problem as they were overwhelmed with criticism for their poor performance. The paper allowed spammers to flood the forum with ads and gibberish which quickly made searching it impossible. I assumed that allowing the spam to trash the forum was quicker than dismantling it so the owners welcomed the trashing. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/24 "2015-07-15T04:38:29Z")
I get similar telephone spam. I have been on the Federal no call list for 14 years. Complaints identify the offender by telephone number. For the last few years they have been using something similar to the spambots described here. Every call has a different toll free number on the ID. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 5:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/25 "2015-07-15T05:47:41Z")
Well I am in the millions having my identity hacked for security clearance working as mission essential personnel with base housing on an afb. At least target offered 2 years security protection. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 6:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/26 "2015-07-15T06:35:05Z")
@cdaquila Well they’re at it again… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/27 "2015-07-15T07:11:04Z")
Sarge, they use that internet phone system (can’t remember what its called anymore) that allows them to plug in any number they want. I got the IRS calls and the number on my caller ID was a 202 area code from DC. But of course they were far from DC. I’m not a fan of new laws but instead of more EPA stuff, seems to me this kind of thing should be a felony-maybe it is and they’re just too slippery for the NSA and FBI. Impersonating a federal agent is a pretty serious thing though. ---
**Author:** ![SteveC76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SteveC76](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveC76)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/28 "2015-07-15T07:30:55Z")
THERE BACK!!! ---
**Author:** ![DrRocket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/drrocket/32/2603_2.png) [@DrRocket](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DrRocket)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/29 "2015-07-16T03:01:59Z")
Wow. It’s all cleaned up. Great joh Carolyn. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/30 "2015-07-16T06:28:20Z")
Man, those guys never get tired of this, do they? Carolyn, send yourself something nice for all the hard work you’ve been doing. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/31 "2015-07-16T06:34:36Z")
Yep and then they come again. It’ll take a while I’m sure so just ignore the folks and work around them. At least they are easy to identify. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 7:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/32 "2015-07-16T07:49:33Z")
Carolyn, you are doing an amazing job swatting down the efforts of the bad guys! ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/33 "2015-07-16T14:34:23Z")
Thanks, guys. Off the cuff, I think the spam post volume is slowing down, but I am checking in more often to make sure. The number of spammy accounts created doesn’t seem to be slowing down, so something is working. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/34 "2015-07-16T22:25:33Z")
We thank thee for your hard work. Is there any reason to flag them at all since you are on top of them anyway? ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/35 "2015-07-16T22:59:03Z")
@Bing, that’s a good and timely question, actually. Yes, it does indeed help if you flag them because when I move them myself they disappear instantly, but when 2 or 3 of you flag a thread as spam it will also be moved without my intervention. So, for you night owls – since they like to start posting after I go to bed – I may suggest if you see something, flag something. Now, if we have another terrible night where we have 33 pages of threads, that might not be feasible, but it would help me out. ---
**Author:** ![DrRocket](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/drrocket/32/2603_2.png) [@DrRocket](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DrRocket)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/36 "2015-07-17T02:03:19Z")
Will do Carolyn. Again, thank your for your hard work. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/37 "2015-07-17T02:25:21Z")
Got your back, Carolyn. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/38 "2015-07-17T06:06:35Z")
Aw, thanks. Here’s hoping we’ll have a night off from the bamwar spam war tonight! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/39 "2015-07-17T14:40:48Z")
**“Man, those guys never get tired of this, do they?”** Yup! This reminds me of that GW Bush statement about terrorists…“They never stop thinking about ways to harm our country, and neither do we”. **;-))** [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3541706.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3541706.stm) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593/40 "2015-07-18T06:13:15Z")
Actually, if the are in Korea, they shouldn’t be tired. They are 13 hours ahead of us. 10 PM here is 11 AM there. They can get up late and spam us all day before we rise. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/important-spam-attack/90593.md?page=3)