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Old Jan 30, 2020 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveGS4
Sorry no, Mittos is a spammer. Anytime there is a thread on transporting cars some damn bot eventually picks it up and does a trick like this which I'll share with you.

Mittos is from Ukraine Republic of Crimea, specifically Simferopol

Some idiot spammer there is paid to find threads like this, bump them with a fake "how did you solve it?" post, then somebody else new comes along "just saw your thread and had a similar experience, here is what I did... I used X transport company. Had a great experience here's a link"

Here's another similar thread that's been necro-bumped twice by his buddies in the Ukraine (now pruned off and closed)

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...l#post10600579

If you folks see newbies linking and recommending stuff, please report so we can ban with prejudice. I also censor the spammers URL so you may see links that look like *********
Dave, I looked at the link you posted. I had participated in that thread. I didn't see any funny business. Just people making various suggestions. Maybe I'm naive, please tell me what the bad stuff was. How are we to know a spammer when we see one? Thanks.
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Old Jan 30, 2020 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by swfla
Dave, I looked at the link you posted. I had participated in that thread. I didn't see any funny business. Just people making various suggestions. Maybe I'm naive, please tell me what the bad stuff was. How are we to know a spammer when we see one? Thanks.
I or the moderator team prune those posts and links when we ban the spammers. The two posts removed were from 2017 and 2019

Primary is to look for new joiners bumping old threads to post links or recommendations. Their profile info looks wonky and username often looks nonsensical and generated

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Old Jan 30, 2020 | 07:46 PM
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Glad you guys are looking out for us!
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Old Jan 30, 2020 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveGS4
I or the moderator team prune those posts and links when we ban the spammers. The two posts removed were from 2017 and 2019

Primary is to look for new joiners bumping old threads to post links or recommendations. Their profile info looks wonky and username often looks nonsensical and generated
Thanks Dave!
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