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vintage spam, but still needs to go

Spamming user Jameslapointe. Most of their comments look to be SPAM, or nonsense:
- spam link comment
- nonsense comment
- nonsense comment
- spam link comment--a few days after legitimate-appearing comment below
- earlier comment, legitimate-looking
Sophisticated mix of spam and nonsensical comments over two years--odd.
I posted this under another topic in the SPAM forum, but I guess all SPAM is going under this one topic--fine.

… Cotinis, 23 August, 2024 - 9:45am

Thanks for reporting this.

It has been taken care of. I only get notified of new comments about spam on threads that I have subscribed to. When new threads are started, I don't always catch them.

… Ron M., 23 August, 2024 - 10:02am

Essay service spam...

...here

… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 August, 2024 - 7:30am

Thanks again, Ken

Got it.

… Ron M., 23 August, 2024 - 8:02am

older essay spam still around from

"Verdaweinberg"
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2094254

… Steve Scholnick, 22 August, 2024 - 10:37am

Thanks for reporting this.

I took care of it.

… Ron M., 22 August, 2024 - 10:55am

again

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2248658#3811318

… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2024 - 8:05am

Thanks for reporting

Taken care of again.

… Ron M., 5 August, 2024 - 9:12am

new one here

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2248658#3807191

… john and jane balaban, 29 July, 2024 - 8:00am

Thanks for reporting

Taken care of.

… Ron M., 29 July, 2024 - 11:53am

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2359222

… Laura P., 24 June, 2024 - 12:10pm

It's back!

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2141657#3776147

… john and jane balaban, 4 June, 2024 - 8:13am

Taken care of...

Same person, different account.

… Ron M., 4 June, 2024 - 9:42am

advertising here

https://bugguide.net/node/view/2141657#3775612

… john and jane balaban, 3 June, 2024 - 3:36pm

Got it

Thanks for reporting!

… Ron M., 3 June, 2024 - 6:13pm

Spam

Here.

… Jeff Brown, 27 April, 2024 - 10:32pm

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