How to stop spam

I just got the same pm from the same user and have sent feed back.
User 685810

Originally posted by utherpendragon
I just got the same pm from the same user and have sent feed back.
User 685810

As far as I can ascertain, 'she' has made her way through the top 500 in the ratings list...poor old 'philomena' has certainly spread her wings overnight...

The message limit for users was accidentally raised allowing this scammer to send hundreds of messages, which was really unhelpful. (Slaps own wrist for that one).

All deleted now, and the user banned.

I don't want to discuss this too much publically, as this is a cat and mouse game where it will eventually become too much effort for the spammer and they will move on to easier pastures.

Originally posted by RevRSleeker
As far as I can ascertain, 'she' has made her way through the top 500 in the ratings list...

That seems like a counter-intuitive choice. Maybe itReveal Hidden Content believes in the theory that anyone who is good at chess must necessarily be bad at human interaction and easy to scam. If so, it's forgotten that engines don't read PMs 😛.

Richard

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
That seems like a counter-intuitive choice. Maybe it[hidden]spammers don\'t deserve personal pronouns[/hidden] believes in the theory that anyone who is good at chess must necessarily be bad at human interaction and easy to scam. If so, it's forgotten that engines don't read PMs 😛.

Richard

Nice theory, and not without a degree of truth I'm sure lol..also, I sent a PM to some top 10 chap MONTHS AGO, the last time I could check it he still hadn't opened it 😉

Originally posted by Shallow Blue
That seems like a counter-intuitive choice. Maybe it[hidden]spammers don\'t deserve personal pronouns[/hidden] believes in the theory that anyone who is good at chess must necessarily be bad at human interaction and easy to scam. If so, it's forgotten that engines don't read PMs 😛.

Richard

Ever heard about Eliza?

Originally posted by Ponderable
Ever heard about Eliza?

I've written an Eliza. I fail to see how that is relevant to the human-led targeting of this scam.

Richard