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Disguised Spam?

4th comment from top here.

Has two large images advertising "Photobucket"...w/ proviso "image currently not available"...but hovering over image shows no underlying URL? Except indirectly suggesting a date/sighting from Kentucky, seems to have no substantial utility or relevance to the thread.

Contributor has single comment on BG...and added the comment on date long after sub-thread where it appears.

… Aaron Schusteff, 12 April, 2024 - 2:15pm

Not spam

It's an attempt to display a bug image from another website. There is a Complete Markup Article in the Article's forum on how to do this. The image was deleted there, so it displays an error message instead.

… Edward L. Ruden, 12 April, 2024 - 3:41pm

Term paper spam...

...here.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 February, 2024 - 4:16pm

Thanks again, Ken

Got it.

… Ron M., 1 March, 2024 - 5:02am

Weird conspiracy rambling?

I found this weird comment from what looks like a throwaway account on my old photo of a webspinner. They seem to be talking about some kind of alien conspiracy theory?? At any rate, it's totally irrelevant to real arthropods.

… Margaret Wallace, 19 February, 2024 - 1:56am

Not sure what that was...

It is gone now.

… Ron M., 19 February, 2024 - 6:34am

several spam comments

here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/1276829

… metrioptera, 4 February, 2024 - 7:26pm

Got them all

Thanks for reporting these comments.

… Ron M., 4 February, 2024 - 8:07pm

Small novel being posted selling things

Found here. User Exotic Wild Pets

… Tyler Hedlund, 12 January, 2024 - 8:19am

Thanks for reporting this.

Taken care of...

… Ron M., 12 January, 2024 - 12:15pm

Spam comment...

...here

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 December, 2023 - 4:08pm

Thanks again, Ken

It's gone.

… Ron M., 23 December, 2023 - 6:17pm

spam user

https://bugguide.net/user/view/150193

… metrioptera, 29 September, 2023 - 3:37pm

Got this one.

Thanks for reporting.

… Ron M., 1 October, 2023 - 5:13pm

Puppies

The second to last comment on this thread is about puppies?

… Jeff Brown, 16 September, 2023 - 9:37am

Taken care of...

Thanks for spotting this one.

… Ron M., 19 September, 2023 - 3:29pm

Not sure about

this one. An empty forum topic?

… john and jane balaban, 13 September, 2023 - 8:58am

New User

The poster is just a new user based on both pics and comments. He/she is apparently attempting to draw attention to their posts but unfamiliar with the purpose and mechanics of the forums.

… Edward L. Ruden, 13 September, 2023 - 10:06am

account has sightings

The account has what look to be legitimate photos submitted, which would appear to be from the area they claim (Oklahoma). If it's a bot, it is an extremely clever bot.
User needs to enter dates in the fields, and correct the County location, as another editor noted already.

… Cotinis, 13 September, 2023 - 9:17am

Spam comment...

...by "Gandhiya" here

… Ken Wolgemuth, 13 September, 2023 - 7:33am

I missed this one.

Sorry, Ron. It is gone now :)

… Ron M., 19 September, 2023 - 3:29pm

weaver game spam

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1229886#3665805
User:
nardleo

… Cotinis, 27 August, 2023 - 11:45pm

It's gone.

Thanks!

… Ron M., 27 August, 2023 - 11:47pm

the Spam Reports forum has been spammed

10 times by supposed user "cocolangot" ( https://bugguide.net/user/view/152616) in Korean no less

… Steve Scholnick, 27 August, 2023 - 3:08pm

Thanks for reporting

Taken care of.

… Ron M., 27 August, 2023 - 10:48pm

Spam profile

Spam profile with just a currently-empty comment here.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 12 July, 2023 - 1:49am

Taken care of...

Thanks for reporting this.

… Ron M., 12 July, 2023 - 2:38am

Another casino link …

here amidst what reads like AI generated text.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 29 June, 2023 - 9:05pm

Taken care of...

Thanks for reporting.

… Ron M., 30 June, 2023 - 2:20pm

doubly spammed

This post has casino spam from ”BillStall” and an irrelevant comment from ”MaryFerguson”

… Steve Scholnick, 23 June, 2023 - 10:46am

It took them a little while...

...but Ms. Mary finally edited her post to include a casino link.

You can safely bet that account won't post anything again :)

… Ron M., 30 June, 2023 - 2:22pm

but it will be back

in some new, transmogrified, form :-( Somebody out there must have the impression that insect enthusiasts are gamblers but it's only the ones that collect stinging wasps...

… Steve Scholnick, 30 June, 2023 - 5:33pm

yet another strange one

https://bugguide.net/user/view/151591

… john and jane balaban, 23 June, 2023 - 8:01am

No doubt about this one...

the entire profile page was like an infomercial :)

… Ron M., 23 June, 2023 - 11:36am

another strange one to watch is here

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2256971
Sidney Amaro or William Sturgill?

… john and jane balaban, 22 June, 2023 - 9:16am

An account to keep an eye on...

...here. No spam yet, but I suspect it's just a matter of time.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 June, 2023 - 4:06pm

I will keep an eye on it...

I am also watching this one :)
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2256970/3622414#3622414

… Ron M., 21 June, 2023 - 8:07pm

It's a bot--needs to be cauterized

Nice find of bot-generated text in the wild. Whoever monitors this stuff should delete that fake account.

… Cotinis, 21 June, 2023 - 4:22pm

We did not click on mcdvoice

in this comment, but are thinking it might be spam
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2240085

… john and jane balaban, 12 May, 2023 - 9:09am

Taken care of...

I was out of town for a graduation and wanted to wait until I got on my computer to take care of this.

Thanks for reporting :)

… Ron M., 15 May, 2023 - 1:49pm

definitely SPAM

No need to click, that is obviously SPAM. User has no image submissions and just that one comment. Text is obviously bot-written. User account:
Lorenalowrence
Authenticated user, but obviously the spammers/bots got around that.

… Cotinis, 13 May, 2023 - 11:21am

Spam account...

...here

… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 April, 2023 - 7:16am

Thanks again, Ken

Got it.

… Ron M., 24 April, 2023 - 7:51am

essay service spam

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1745765#3573368. Only post from “Cynthia Dixon”

… Steve Scholnick, 23 March, 2023 - 3:13pm

Taken care of...

Thanks for reporting.

… Ron M., 23 March, 2023 - 4:14pm

Somewhat disguised spam

here, necroposting on a 15-year inactive thread. Poking around, it looks like the site's really a job listing and e-commerce site that uses a sort of article farm, using a number of stolen photos (including the one on that page), to lure in potential business under false pretenses. It's at least bordering on what's known as the SEO bait-and-switch technique, which is often considered a prohibited tactic by the FTC.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 March, 2023 - 1:12pm

Clever essay service spam...

...in this user's March 2 comment.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 March, 2023 - 7:47am

Two essay spam comments...

...by this user.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 February, 2023 - 7:27am

Taken care of...

Thanks for reporting this.

… Ron M., 15 February, 2023 - 11:29am

Looks like a spam comment

here https://bugguide.net/node/view/572709

… john and jane balaban, 9 February, 2023 - 11:34am