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Our first win in bringing the good ol' TF back: large group of shills intercepted.

Thread title: Our first win in bringing the good ol' TF back: large group of shills intercepted.
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03-07-2010, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Village Genius View Post
Wow, we knew something was going on in hosting when I was staff but this is more than I could have imagined.
If anything the numbers are lower than I thought, only 19 accounts. Anyway, good to see something done about it: another tick on the list of things that needed to be done around here.

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Originally Posted by Salathe View Post
If anything the numbers are lower than I thought, only 19 accounts. Anyway, good to see something done about it: another tick on the list of things that needed to be done around here.
I am sure there are more accounts involved in this scam, but they are not as active, if at all. However, that doesn't mean we stop here - all suspicious usernames get recorded and investigated. It is definitely a long term fight, but the fact that we have a list of ALL the recommended companies and statistics for each of them, this will allow us to quickly intercept further spam.

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