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Beware of Scammers in the WTB section. Just a warning. Please read
Well this saved me from Russ7 trying to sell me a M52B28
How are these known scammers still able to use PM
In case you haven't seen, the forum basically has one active mod who can delete posts, but not ban users, and one super mod who can ban, but isn't often on the forum. The site owner is pretty much MIA, so expect zero improvement.
In case you haven't seen, the forum basically has one active mod who can delete posts, but not ban users, and one super mod who can ban, but isn't often on the forum. The site owner is pretty much MIA, so expect zero improvement.
Unfortunately, we have limited tools to deal with PM spammers. Forum posts are easier, although still painful - since we can see them, I can just check a bunch off spam posts at once, delete their posts and ban them all at once.
However, mods can't see spam sent through PMs at all. The only recourse is to PM us (me) with the names and we (I) can ban them, but we can't delete spam PMs, and it has to be done manually (*and* I'm the only currently active mod with ban powers).
Honestly, I probably won't get to them immediately - and it's likely they'll send 1 or 2 PMs (or post once), and just register a new account knowing they're about to get booted. So there's almost no point to banning them at all. Probably the best course of action is to ignore the post (especially if they are recently registered and no or little forum posts) and delete it.
I'm not even a "super" mod, lol. I think that's JasonC - he's the only person besides James as far as I know that can grant powers to new mods, but he hasn't been active.
I'm a big grown man, but this makes me cry. I remember sending checks in the mail to my BMW friends back in the day - never got burned. Thanks to the mods for fighting this scourge!
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