Scammer activity is just too much

We all understand. Would it be possible to only allow some of our long established members/vendors still list?

Two Three scams in the classifieds right now have used long established members accounts.

Good !

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Those members whose accounts were hacked had weak passwords?

Does SIGforum have a mechanism to require good passwords? I.e.:
At least 14 characters
From 4 character sets (UC, LC, numbers, special characters)

Understood. Para thank you for all you do to keep us safe.

I don't think it's a weak password issue.

Thank you for your vigilance Sir. It is a shame that your efforts are required, but they are much appreciated.

If that’s what it takes, then that’s what it takes. I know you’re looking out for us.

Thanks for looking out for us Para, go get 'em.

Whatever other measures you take, I've been thinking it may not be a bad idea to start requiring timestamp pictures. Basically, a hand-written note with the forum member's handle and the date in a picture with the item. The issues with the passwords being hacked aside, this alone could help a lot. It's one thing to hack a forum, to hack passwords, but it's a lot more effort and skill required to photoshop handwriting worth a shit. This has massively cut down on scammer activity in a few other places I have done online business.

Freaking thieves try to ruin everything!
Thanks for putting the brakes on.

Everyone knows it's been coming and understands, don't stress yourself over it.

Is there a chance that the forum software itself has been compromised? It's starting to seem like so many active accounts are being hacked that it's had to believe they're just cracking individual passwords.

www.qrz.com requires membership to post ads. Not sure if this annual fee would discourage the bad guys.

www.qrz.com requires pictures with handwritten dated and named paper note in frame.

I think I speak for all when I say, do what you need to do. Having been a member for over 20 years here, when you speak such things into the air, we all know they have been well thought out and deliberated.

We will follow your lead and are immensely grateful for what you provide here. Let us know how to help.

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do! Those scammer bot nigerian uncle bastards are everywhere.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I don't think it's a weak password issue.

Para - is there anything that we as individual members can do to help out?

I know that I was part of the problem for a long time. I was using the same weak password for 20 years. I have since rectified that.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do! Those scammer bot nigerian uncle bastards are everywhere.

Ain't that the truth. It's at least a weekly thing at work taking reports on this crap. And there's nothing we can do about it because even when you can track them the source typically ends up being overseas. It would be just fine with me if after the military gets done dealing with the Venezuelan drug-runners if they shifted the "kinetic intervention" focus to some of these assholes.

Do what ya gotta do Homie