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i440bx



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:22 pm    Post subject: Strange PMs Reply with quote

This Guy send me a PM with an offer for some Chips i posted to the Want-forums

https://www.cpu-world.com/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7265

Anybody else too? He told me an e-mail adress i should answer to.

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xi11west



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Some time ago one guy sent me a pm saying that he has all the intel sspecs in my want list, but cannot provide a single picture.
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isa-d



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 6:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

same here
https://www.cpu-world.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37527
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debs3759



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd consider it spam or a scam if someone PMs you as soon as they join the forum, without ever posting a thread or comment. I didn't think we allowed PMs with no posts.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Today I've got one offer via PM from wallaceglaweese28 to contact markkaitlyn01@gmail.com for Nx586 PF110 in a good condition ... I consider it a SPAM.
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aj123456.



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got it too but I guess it's a liar
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H3nrik V!



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 3:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh, thanks for the heads-up, I had a message too regarding a post about a chip I was looking for. I asked for more details ...
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svmlegacy



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same here.
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CHips



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is actually surprising that the Forum is not inundated with Spam given that there is not even a Captcha in the Registration Form...
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Wasmachineman_NL



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CHips wrote:
It is actually surprising that the Forum is not inundated with Spam given that there is not even a Captcha in the Registration Form...
CAPTCHAs do jack shit when you can hire an army of indians for pennies on the dollar to complete them. That or using CAPTCHA autosolvers.

The only thing that helps against forum spam is check what new users post and do pattern matching, as their MO usually is very transparent: post random shit that is tangentally related to the topic at hand and edit their posts to add whatever they want to shill after a while.
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