Received the same.
Wished there was a notify admin button in the message system.

 

yep

 

bmerrill, yes, I looked for some kind admin or webmaster notification option, but couldn't find anything.

 

just pm cricket or make a comment and flag yourself she gets on it pretty fast,were all sick of teds.

 

Done.

 

Guess I've finally been accepted as a member here. I've seen many of these Ted threads but have never gotten one of their messages until this one showed up this morning.

It's nice to be wanted.

 

Yes just did today…..

 

There is a new "Ted" today….Nick20….blocked him. And flagged…

 

There is a new "Ted" today….Nick20….blocked him. And flagged…

- bandit571

i did too he's hit a lot of threads.

 

Write BAD things publicly about TED, and he will block you evidently. I didn't get one.

All I can say about TED is if you have a curiosity, just go visit a pron site. TED isn't at all about woodworking, he's about identity theft. He will harvest your e-mail, and evidently if you do go to his site to get the "good stuff" you have to give quite a bit of personal information. We are funny, our defenses are up to identity theft, but hey free stuff, and a lot of people drop their guard.

Just say no to TED. If 16,000 appears in anything pertaining to woodworking, he's not bright enough to change his text, just say NO.

 

Every time one of TED's spammer clones shows up…not only flag the bastard, but BLOCK that thing!

Almost need a "Ted Patrol" on this site, like a Neighborhood Watch?

 

Every time one of TED s spammer clones shows up…not only flag the bastard, but BLOCK that thing!

Almost need a "Ted Patrol" on this site, like a Neighborhood Watch?

- bandit571

yeah the problem is it's new people or under different accounts and different email adddress's so it never ends,everyone needs to just stay on them and report as soon as possible.

 

Well only good thing is I got an email notice of new private email. Had not been here for a long time. Saw the 16000 and yelled "Its ted". Delete. I see he migrated to facebook too. Cheers all

 

Yeah! Got it today. Too bad, this site is a haven for purists and should remain so.

 

Yep. Got one too. Left it to fester. A little creative retaliation might be fun! Tech heads, what say you?

 

i think we need the help of the russians or north koreans to take him out once and for all.hang on guys im gonna contact the white house for some help!

 

I'm assuming that you all know that there is nobody who is actually named Ted right??

 

Add me to the list and thankfully smart enough to round file.

 

FWIW:
Biggest problem with the latest 'TED' Spammers is how they do it:

1) They create a log in.

2) A special script posts spam into a random list of threads using the 1000 latest thread numbers as reference list.
Script waits just long enough between posts to avoid alerting admin for too many messages in short period.

3) Another thread takes the list of names collected during spam run, and send each and every one a PM.
The mass spam helps the newbie meet the forum requirements for: minimum number of posts, during a reasonable period of time; that enables them to send PM. Boom mass email!

There are many things admin can do to reduce spam, but the trade off is always some type of inconvenience for the valid new user. LJ already has several things turned on to reduce spam.
These go along way to reducing spam; but it hard to stop any truly dedicated spammer.

Yes, that is how spamming forums works….. DAMHIK

OK, one hint:
There are 'kiddie' scripts written by hackers posted on various hacking forums for just about every brand and version of popular Forum Software in use on WWW. It is a badge of honor to be first hacker to post scripts or 'how to' documents every time a popular forum changes it's security settings, membership requirements, and/or latest version software.
I don't dare post any links as proof. If you attempt to visit most hacking sites without using TOR browser, VPN, and/or some other protection to hide your identity; your home network becomes an instant target by simply surfing the sites.
Hacking curiosity will kill the unprotected cat. :-0)

Be safe, not sorry.

 

New idiot spammer started spamming Ted's again.
Name: woodworkqgyl

Has 1003 posts when I posted this.

An hour later, they have 1856 posts, and still farming user id's

Sent a PM to Cricket, fingers crossed….

 

Yep, have had 3 invites the last couple of days from "woodworkqgyl", very annoying.

 

Just have the tissue box ready when he comes knocking

 

I got PM from 'woodworkfrce' on Oct 1st; Sent PM to Cricket and he was deleted almost immediately.

Since the spam-attack did not stop, I think more aggressive action is required.

PS Unfortunately the side-effect of this are multiple threads on forum about spamming….

 

Recently received something similar from someone named woodworkqgyl, inviting me to click on a link. I mean I'm dumb, but no that dumb…

 

I think we all just bombed!

Ive got 5 x on each of my posts.

Not sure what to do?

I know how to flag, but how does one block?