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The Spam Folder: July 2022

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It's July and you know what that means! It's, uh, another spam filled month on the internet... So stretch out your fingers and let us know if you find anything fishy!

Thank you for all of your help keeping our forum clear and helpful. We really couldn't do it without you.


So, you know the drill—share any spammy content you find on iFixit in this thread so that @krisrodriguez and I can get rid of them!

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Hi @amber

Spammer? 4153039 Points to a website (bearing the same name as the user) in an answer and also a guide.

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4103647

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Both have been cleaned up, thanks @jayeff!

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Hi,

My first report of July;
This users answer to this question is plain spam.

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Hi @geirandersen

Spam taken care of.

I'll let the admin take care of the user

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Great teamwork @jayeff. I've cleared out the user and banned them. Thank you for your first report, @geirandersen!

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SOLVED: How to Remove iPhone passcode lock without updating iOS version - iPhone 6 - iFixit

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4153445/key....

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Taken care of, @nick, thanks!!

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4154173 posted a guide in the form of a question, it needs to go, as it seems very suspicious.

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Hi @guardian10, I'm not able to see any guides that this user has written. Can you link me to the guide you found?

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@amber It was a question with some very sketchy info, but it is no longer there. I did mark it as spam, so it must have been removed.

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@guardian10 Excellent! That means you did the right thing. :)

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https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/1670...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4128207/Davi...

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...and the user is gone. Thanks @nick!

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https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/3561...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4138008/Elon...

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Who knew Elon Musk was into scamming Toshiba repair. ;)

Thanks @nick, it's all cleaned up.

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This user just joined today, and posted this question (which appears as some form of promotion / spam)

I have marked it for removal in moderation

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This account was definitely a spammer. Great catch, @geirandersen!

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@amber @krisrodriguez

This user needs to go; C4rry

Only just joined and has started spamming (I've found three occurrences so far:
Answer to this question
Comment on an answer on this question
Comment on an answer on this question

Asking to be called on WhatsApp to solve problem(s)

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I marked this users contributions as spam. I'd like to see if they reach out. I'll keep an eye on them. Thanks @geirandersen!

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First in July:

https://de.ifixit.com/User/4154882/Phone...

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@vauweh, all done. Thank you :)

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Post: https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/7391...

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@andrewsawesome, all done. Thank you :)

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Hi

Heres a spam user

It’s hard to say if it’s just spam or if there is a bug causing everything to be wrong but I think it’s spam:-)

User name is {{7*7}}%3cH1%3eTEST%3c%2fH1%3e

Below is a link to their profile

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4154483/%7B%...

Thanks:-)

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@hellomacos , I left the question and user up, because it seems legitimate. But, I did remove the two comments from the two users and banned them. I'll keep an eye on the question asker :)

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Hi @amber

4157020

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Hi @krisrodriguez

I think this user and the wiki they created (modified?) have to go.

4158475, unverified wiki

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@jayeff, thank you. All done :)

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Another one:

https://de.ifixit.com/User/4010540/Holt+...

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Hi @vauweh @krisrodriguez

Taken care of the spam, admin can ban the user.

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@jayeff and @vauweh , thank you. All done :)

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https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Safely+remo...

https://www.ifixit.com/User/4160813/Wami...

Another one who thinks I don't watch for them 😂. But on a more serious note, this gets limited views and basically attracts spam. I'm close to just pulling it and noting it as a "spam pool" pull because I'm kind of over it with having to watch for these comments. I shouldn't need to supervise guides comments so closely. If I take it down due to this, there's no bringing it back.

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Hi @nick @krisrodriguez

Spam removed

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@jayeff , thank you :) The fixer has been banned.

@nick , unfortunately, even in-house guides experience this. I know it can be a pain. But, the guide is solid and would help a fixer in the future. I always want to discourage deleting content that can help the community, but of course, it's your decision.

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This is a great guide, @nick! I'd be sad to see it go.

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@amber At least you understand why I'm frustrated at how often this happens.

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@krisrodriguez Yeah, I don't have issues with the others (or if I do, it's not common enough but I still need to watch out) like this but yeah, it seems like I have a lot more problems with this one then the others.

That said if I give up I'll give it time and see if it keeps happening.

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4157060

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They still don't get it do they! I'd love to SPAM the spammers! 4103111

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@danj , that's the internet for ya :) All done.

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4114060

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All taken care of, @jayeff!

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Hi @amber

4095785

4082812

4161735

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@jayeff , all done. Thank you :)

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This user wrote a comment or answer with a message about crypto and a phishing page. The comment seems to have been either related or deleted, but here's the user: https://www.ifixit.com/User/4161705/Jack...

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@andrewsawesome, all done. Thank you :)

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I found a spam question here

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/7408...

Thanks:-)

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@hellomacos , Thank you :) All done.

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Lost gamer and Spammer! 4147262

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All done @danj , thank you :)

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4162709

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Very strange. All these users joined yesterday and all posted spam in the same thread, all about at the same time, mostly providing links to various crypto coin and wallet type places.

Are they all one and the same person? If so they were busy.

I deleted the spam

4162598, 4162604, 4162608, 4162611, 4162674

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From what I can see, it looks like almost all of them were one user. Thanks, @jayeff!

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@amber

Here's another 4163525, joined today (25/7), same spam, same thread.

See @eke0909 answer below - same user link ;-)

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@jayeff , thank you :) I went ahead and banned 4162709 @amber , thank you for handling the rest :)

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Hi @amber ,

These two users seem's to have posted spam comments that link to an external company website :

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Thanks @es_six, they're taken care of!

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@amber

Found a user posting crypto adds as answers.

4163525

One of the answers

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Won't be doing it any longer!

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They tried and failed. Gone, @eke0909!

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Hi @amber

4136385

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And her contributions are gone. Thanks @jayeff!

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https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/7414...

It’s someone tasking about something along the lines of banking

Thanks:-)

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@hellomacos - He was very confused !! Wrong type of Bank ;-}

His cash has been withdrawn from our Bank

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No more confusion on our end as he's been banned and his content is officially gone. :D

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I don't really know about this, I just got a weird feeling about the post. Could someone please take a look? (used Google Translate to understand, the person is searching for someone that has a specific cable to another device than the main post)

Answer - 741460

4164211

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Interesting one. I went ahead and removed his email from the post and forwarded it over to someone on my team who speaks German. She'll get back to us tomorrow. Thanks @eke0909!

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@amber Sounds good! :D

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She said it was valid and she answered his question. Thanks for pointing this out, @eke0909!

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Hello again! @amber

Found another two suspect comments, both in the post 447936

Users:

4164100

4164101

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@eke0909 , all done. Thank you :)

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Hello! @amber

Posting adds as answers.

Answer - 732407

User - 4164539

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@eke0909 , all done. Thank you :)

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Hi @amber

4158928. Links own website - needs to go.

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@jayeff , thank you. All done :)

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Post: My Website is Casinositewiki - ErgoDox EZ Keyboard - iFixit

User: https://www.ifixit.com/User/4165510/casi...

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Hi @amber,

Add this one to the list 4165516 They upvoted the spam user above.

I've removed the spam

You'll also have to remove the "in progress guide" from this guide

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@andrewsawesome , all done, thank you : )

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Hi @krisrodriguez

4031535, 4038536, 4166269, 4166311, 4166596

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Wrong thread I know but I'm curious who this user is and what they've done, given that they have only had an account with ifixit for just over 12 months?

Nothing much shows on their Activity page except that they seemed to have amassed a vast number of rep points. 0 to 100,000 in just 2 hours, Wow!

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@jayeff Oh jeez. That was me. I was testing some site features and I needed to do it on the live site so I manually granted myself that reputation and then removed it. I assumed that removing the reputation after my project would take me off of the leaderboard but it didn't >_<.

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I've also gone through and cleaned up all of those spam accounts.

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@amber

I wondered if it was you but the user tag wasn't there and I've finally learnt not to assume. (taken a long time and still have relapses though) ;-)

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User: https://www.ifixit.com/User/4167184/valk...

Posts:

Cenforce 100 mg: Buy Cenforce Tablet Online at Lowest Price - Health And Personal Care - iFixit

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/7421...

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All taken care of, thanks @andrewsawesome!

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