OT Why are Nigerian scammers permitted to post in classifieds?

[shogun]

It is really difficult to stop that. Look at the test forum of Bimmerboard, viagra etc.
Once they are blocked, they enter with another I.D. and post again
http://www.bimmerboard.com/forums/test/

[Paul in NZ]

i post on another forum too and we were inundated with them.Have now got to register to post .The response to that has been we have ten or twenty new "spammer" members every time i look at the members list..they dont sem to post.I delete them or sometimes i go into their profiles and change their passwords.More satisfying somehow.Its a much smaller and therefore less active forum than this one tho.

[Paul in NZ]

pundit how do you even with these spammers?

[Flamin'Cow]

Because when the King of Nigeria personally asks you for loan, you don't turn your back, man.

LOL

[pundit]

pundit how do you even with these spammers?

You scam the scammers at their own game.

If you want a laugh check out this website... http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

[Evan]

I've implemented 100 php and vb message boards for clients over the past three years.

I currently administer three of them for the fed government. I give limited administrative power to certian members and they keep the board free of trash. It's cost-effective and efficient and makes for a much more pleasant experience.

[Alan_525i]

I've implemented 100 php and vb message boards for clients over the past three years.

I currently administer three of them for the fed government. I give limited administrative power to certian members and they keep the board free of trash. It's cost-effective and efficient and makes for a much more pleasant experience.

I agree this is the best solution. If Ed were to give moderation capabilities to a few members that I know check the board very frequently to handle deletion of these posts/accounts, it would curb the abuse.

[Alan_525i]

mate i hate spam and telemarketers.
these posts do bother me to a small degree. i also feel that they have increased dramatically over the last month.
so the trend to see more and more in the future. sorry if i think that this will lead this board to be a place i don't want to be, and since it is the privaledge of members to question why we are letting this happen then i do.

So now you can come to the real point of what you were about to say. is that if i don't like ******** scams i can go f-off.
to which i will say if the members of the board can't be bothered trying to prevent this from becoming spam city. then I will be glad too

I definitly don't believe that those that don't like ******** scams should go f-off. They bother me as well. But I'm not going to let that deprive me of the excellent resource and community we have going here. I would hardly call this "spam city." I think we just have had a few posters do more than usual and the increase is merely temporary.