[Brandoch]

There has to be something we can do about these scammer posts. I have found 30 ish this morning.

[Equilibrandt]

Even worse when an account with a high reputation and iTrader score posts an item for sale, you show interest, and then an account with a nearly-identical cloned name messages you to try to scam you. All while the original account never contacts you to protect that original account.

[Brandoch]

Originally Posted by Equilibrandt

Even worse when an account with a high reputation and iTrader score posts an item for sale, you show interest, and then an account with a nearly-identical cloned name messages you to try to scam you. All while the original account never contacts you to protect that original account.

Yep.
I try to make a post quoting the scammer to alert people. I also have written a few posts of how to spot a scammer.

[vreihen16]

Example number six gazillion for why the site admins should close down all classifieds sections and ban anyone who posts a for-sale item in the forums. There are plenty of other venues to sell items online, and most of them have dedicated scam-fighting teams to protect buyers and sellers.....

[Brandoch]

I am going to update this evey morning until the mods actually deal with this.

Another 30 ish this morning.

[Brandoch]

Seriously Mods, deal with this.

[apptest]

Make sure to report the offenders as spam for community voting. Also can you pm me a thread or name of one for example

[Brandoch]

Originally Posted by apptest

Make sure to report the offenders as spam for community voting. Also can you pm me a thread or name of one for example

When I find 30+ I'm not going message you directly on every one.. And yes I report every one, I also quote every post with a "Spammer" massage.

[Brandoch]

Originally Posted by apptest

Make sure to report the offenders as spam for community voting. Also can you pm me a thread or name of one for example

https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=32470607
https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=32470650
https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=32470676

[T.R.S.]

Seriously Mods, I appreciate all the things you deal with. I get immensely more value out of Bimmerpost than the absolutely nothing I have to pay to access it.

[apptest]

Thanks to everyone for pointing this out, I’ve setup about 80 bans on these guys and they should all soon be eradicated. Going forward if you see any more (especially with their new and inventive techniques) just let me look and ill go after some more!

For those of you who replied to them pointing out they are scammers, that was a good move for the community, however now since they are banned, their spam lives on via your post quote. Its hopefully obvious to ppl you were quoting a spammer, but it could be useful to go back and delete your posts so there is no record of their scam/spam numbers

[Brandoch]

Originally Posted by apptest

Thanks to everyone for pointing this out, I’ve setup about 80 bans on these guys and they should all soon be eradicated. Going forward if you see any more (especially with their new and inventive techniques) just let me look and ill go after some more!

Thank you. I appreciate you looking in to this. I'll tag you in these posts when I find them going forward.