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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 11:44 am
by Mrs C.
Has anyone else noticed that there has been a recent spate of "new members" (well, it may be only 2 or 3!) with ITALY in their username?
Someone playing games? Or is it INS forgettting his name and password again??
Not a word from any of "them" of course...... I really don`t understand why people register when the forum can be accessed without the need for registration! (and yes, I know this has been discussed elsewhere!)
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:42 pm
by jtaylor
Well spotted - yes, it's a bit strange.
None of the accounts have been activated - i.e. it's likely that the email addresses do not exist, and hence they don't receive an activation email.
All of the email addresses are @gawab.com -
http://www.gawab.com
If they're not activated after a while, I'll delete the accounts.
J
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:12 pm
by J.R.
Isn't that one of Bin Liner's web sites ?
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 1:42 pm
by Scone Lover
That looks decidedly dodgy to me, is someone using the forum for "irregular" purposes?
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:01 pm
by J.R.
Scone Lover wrote:That looks decidedly dodgy to me, is someone using the forum for "irregular" purposes?
... or immoral ???
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:04 pm
by Mrs C.
I think it`s someone who entered the " when will we get to 1000 members?" competition!!
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:49 pm
by sejintenej
jtaylor wrote:Well spotted - yes, it's a bit strange.
None of the accounts have been activated - i.e. it's likely that the email addresses do not exist, and hence they don't receive an activation email.
All of the email addresses are @gawab.com -
http://www.gawab.com
If they're not activated after a while, I'll delete the accounts.
J
Strange that bthe applicants should have used ITALY. Looking at the T & C there is the option to include certain words in the address; they are all related to Islamic countries except South Africa and Zambia. The latest knowledge base is written in arabic script but I haven't bothered with a DNS lookup
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:53 pm
by Katharine
Another forum I belong to, had problems recently and was closed down for a while. A temporary forum appeared with the same website and we had to re-register. Very quickly there were several strange names and addresses registering unknown to the 'old' members. That time they all had connections with the pharmaceutical industry - the forum is for card makers. None of the new registrants posted anything.
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:55 am
by jtaylor
See this post:-
viewtopic.php?p=46365#46365
Have just removed all of those accounts as part of a tidyup of inactive usernames.
Will keep an eye and see if they return - none were active.
J
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 8:34 pm
by blondie95
sejintenej wrote:jtaylor wrote:Well spotted - yes, it's a bit strange.
None of the accounts have been activated - i.e. it's likely that the email addresses do not exist, and hence they don't receive an activation email.
All of the email addresses are @gawab.com -
http://www.gawab.com
If they're not activated after a while, I'll delete the accounts.
J
Strange that bthe applicants should have used ITALY. Looking at the T & C there is the option to include certain words in the address; they are all related to Islamic countries except South Africa and Zambia. The latest knowledge base is written in arabic script but I haven't bothered with a DNS lookup
in English??????????????
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:16 pm
by DavebytheSea
.... or even Amyspeak - which I'm learning.
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:40 pm
by blondie95
er DBTS that last post was perfect English!!! but im glad your learning!