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Beware of bam scam

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londonTiger
londonTiger Posts: 4,903 Forumite
edited 21 December 2013 at 2:35AM in Praise, vent & warnings
They hire spammers to post links to their site on forums.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/member.php?u=2231806

Edit: removed something I'm highly suspicious about but cannot prove therefore may be libellous. So I'm removing it before mods are forced to do so.

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  • Gingernutty
    Gingernutty Posts: 3,769 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Thanks londonTiger.

    theforumking has been all over the forum since October with pointless posts in order to bring up his post count and now he can add links.

    He's a student stiffed on a beauty deal, a struggling web designer, a gamer, a pet lover.....anything to get his post count up to promote bam scam.

    Could the idiots who reply to spammers not do so please?!! Just mark the :spam: icon and let the thread/post die.

    By replying, you bump the thread to the top of the forum, making it visible on the front page - which is what these nolifes want!!
    :huh: Don't know what I'm doing, but doing it anyway... :huh:
  • ValHaller
    ValHaller Posts: 5,212 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Bumping spam does push it up for the spam button to be pressed. I think it is better bumped a few times and on the front page until it is killed rather than leaving it to lurk for years.
    You might as well ask the Wizard of Oz to give you a big number as pay a Credit Referencing Agency for a so-called 'credit-score'
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,918 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I spotted those posts last night. The website seemed to post that a website was a scam and charge the website owner to remove it.

    Sounds like a scam to me.

    So is BAM a SCAM also?

    I do think so.
    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • wealdroam
    wealdroam Posts: 19,180 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Looks like user theforumking and all his posts have been removed.

    Well done MSE. Thanks.
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