Combatting Gold Spammers on the Forums

Leiali

So.... that "name and shame" rule just applies to certain things some people do, not everything? Gold sellers are annoying and I wish they weren't around, but I wouldn't bother coming here to give their name, I'd just delete the msg and move on. There are people that are just as, if not more, annoying that are not selling gold, just being annoying to be annoying or rude to be little brat or doing things just in attempts to ruin others' fun and those are the names I'd like to know.

I suppose I should have found somewhere else for this post since it contains no name of a gold seller. Sometimes I know it's best to keep my mouth shut, but I can't help it always, and even when I can, I can't stop my fingers from typing.

AlexDougherty

Leiali wrote: »

So.... that "name and shame" rule just applies to certain things some people do, not everything? Gold sellers are annoying and I wish they weren't around, but I wouldn't bother coming here to give their name, I'd just delete the msg and move on.

This is the only exception to the name and shame policy, and even then only because the Goldsellers are using PMs to sell us gold, which is in violation of the TOS for both the game and the forums. Mind you it is an unofficial exception, based solely on the fact that the Mods aren't chastising anyone for naming them.

As for just deleting the message, fair enough, I'm not going to criticise.

ZOS_AlanG

A quick note, this thread is for alerting us to and gold spam on the forums themselves, specifically spam send through the Private Message system.

If you encounter spammers or bots in-game, please use the in-game report system. You can do this either interacting with character and choosing the report option, or right-clicking on their name in the chat window and clicking report.

Arabellan

rerereree and dewrewfg sent me a message

c1r3gamerb16_ESO

Just had a PM today - but checking the posters profile I think he's already been banned - although his PM is time stamped 8.27 pm today?
-

rewkjkriotr 8:27PM

is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold. •Very low price
•Instant Delivery.
•This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
•100% Handwork Guaranteed!
•7/24 Customer Service!



Warm Regards, the Team

DrywFiltiarn

djekewjrkew 9:17PM

xxxxx is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.
Very low price
Instant Delivery.
This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
100% Handwork Guaranteed!
7/24 Customer Service!
WWW.xxxxx.COM

Warm Regards, the xxxxx Team

User seems to be banned already.

Really curious though how they came through this time. Is it a system flaw, or someone not paying attention? I would expect that CS people responsible for inviting to the forums, are well aware of the jibberish random letter names by now.

Eivar

djekewjrkew sent me a gold spam PM as well

good work on the quick ban of their account though

Iorail

@demonuik, just now


About

Banned
Username
demonuik
Joined
1:47PM
Visits
2
Last Active
5:00PM
Roles
No Roles
Invited by
ZOS_AlanG
Badges
0

Interesting...

@ZOS_AlanG, May I ask how that happened? I mean why does it shows that you invite him to the forums? (not that you did of course, right?) My page doesn't show that at all, or even that Invited by tab.

DrywFiltiarn

Iorail wrote: »

Invited by ZOS_AlanG

Well at least that leads to the conclusion, that it's not a single admin inviting those users, the guy that spammed me was invited by @ZOS_MichelleA

Akhratos

Iorail wrote: »

@demonuik, just now


About

Banned
Username
demonuik
Joined
1:47PM
Visits
2
Last Active
5:00PM
Roles
No Roles
Invited by
ZOS_AlanG
Badges
0

Interesting...

@ZOS_AlanG, May I ask how that happened? I mean why does it shows that you invite him to the forums? (not that you did of course, right?) My page doesn't show that at all, or even that Invited by tab.

I think it was an invitation OUT the forums.

Might be a typo regarding who banned an account?

Rm4g3dD0v

BAN THIS PIECE OF TRASH!!!

k9mouse

I got one also:

"rewkjkriotr 4:45PM
*** is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.
Very low price
Instant Delivery.
This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
100% Handwork Guaranteed!
7/24 Customer Service!
WWW.******.COM


Warm Regards, the ***"

Nox_Aeterna

"jkfjkereio"

Xidem

jkfjkereio <img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/5020507/uploads/FileUpload/20/f669bee6cf15e1cb5c6c47c35b675b.png&quot; />IP ban this guys here is a picture that he been spamming me and others dont block account they will just create another just ban them on IP or mac adress. and thank you for showing me the way to this forum

wdougandersonub17_ESO

jkfjkereio 5:56PM

_________is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold. •Very low price
•Instant Delivery.
•This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
•100% Handwork Guaranteed!
•7/24 Customer Service!
WWW.______.COM


Warm Regards, the ***

Lucifer66

Why do we have to take time out from playing the game to come here and post every time we get a PM from spammer? Why don't YOU have some moderators in the game busting these guys? It's pretty simple, just make an account with a typical user name and they will spam ya just like the rest of us.

While I'm here though, why don't you guys make a simple 1 button gold spammer reporting button were we just click 1 button to report them and don't have to fill out some big long complicated form? Because I stopped reporting them after the first one because it took too long and was too much hassle.

Same thing in chat, just make 1 click like you have for the ignore function. Really though you should have some moderators in chat so that we can just play the game that we are paying for.

Hurbster

demonuik - but it's been banned.

Icy

demonuik sent you a message
*** is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.

Very low price
Instant Delivery.
This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
100% Handwork Guaranteed!
7/24 Customer Service!
[redacted]

Warm Regards, the ***

Atreidus

So the spamers are invited by corrupted employes? Interesting.
And i wonder where they got the money from to buy this ammount of game licenses..
Not that i didnt seen already that some GM/employes got rid of their job for taking 50 dollars bribes.
and this guys earned 3000 . I say an Month. Not year.

tanthil

god dam spammers taking all the good usernames

nsakonyub17_ESO

jkfjkereio sent you a message

Dubah

@demonuik‌ sent me a PM selling gold

ZOS_JasonI

Thank you all for continuing to report these gold spammer accounts to us.

Rest assured, @Iorail, the forum invitation notice you are seeing is normal -- this process changed between beta and live, so some forum accounts will not show "invited by" on the account page.

Nps2

jkfdksli sent you a message

*** is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold.
Very low price
Instant Delivery.
This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
100% Handwork Guaranteed!
7/24 Customer Service!

etadelta164_ESO

I just received a message to my personal email address from the Elder Scrolls Community forums wanting to sell me gold. Now this is where I draw the line. When I start receiving personal emails from gold spammers through ESO's online forums, this is is clear violation of the terms of service. Who can I forward this email to.

Awe

djekewjrkew sent you a message

"NAME" is the most secure place to buy Elder Scrolls Gold. Very low price
Instant Delivery.
This company has very good reputation, selling in-game currencies since 2005.
100% Handwork Guaranteed!
7/24 Customer Service!
"SITE NAME"

Jiigen

I have an interesting one, I got sent a PM that said "50 people". I opened it and saw the following;
Sent by: dedewrew
Date: 19-5-2014 9:49AM CEST
Topic: ***

Now the following people had been added to this conversation;
bndeclap_ESO
bndahl02_ESO
qmv.pham_ESO
bndgeek012_ESO
Dim_Mok
dim4xxx
DimwitTheWise
bndnickbndb14_ESO
JiiGaWiiGb14_ESO
opusismeb14_ESO

And 40 others I can't see. I'm assuming these are real players, but cannot be sure. I have at least never heard of them before.
Regardless, this is the first time seeing conversations pop up and again I feel somewhat violated as I do not want my Account Name to be public information like that, if I am being added to other peoples PMs or gold spammer ones. It's one more detail out in the open they can use for hacking.

Thanks for keeping the Witch Hunt open on these heretics.

hoesmaarten

'demondshyu' sent me a gold spam message today (Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:21 AM)

Pixie123

Jiigen wrote: »

I have an interesting one, I got sent a PM that said "50 people". I opened it and saw the following;
Sent by: dedewrew
Date: 19-5-2014 9:49AM CEST
Topic: ***

Now the following people had been added to this conversation;
bndeclap_ESO
bndahl02_ESO
qmv.pham_ESO
bndgeek012_ESO
Dim_Mok
dim4xxx
DimwitTheWise
bndnickbndb14_ESO
JiiGaWiiGb14_ESO
opusismeb14_ESO

And 40 others I can't see. I'm assuming these are real players, but cannot be sure. I have at least never heard of them before.
Regardless, this is the first time seeing conversations pop up and again I feel somewhat violated as I do not want my Account Name to be public information like that, if I am being added to other peoples PMs or gold spammer ones. It's one more detail out in the open they can use for hacking.

Thanks for keeping the Witch Hunt open on these heretics.

I just got one like this one. Says 50 people too.... User who sent it is dehjdfkds

edu.journeymanub17_ESO

Just received e-mail in my personal account from a hacker/gold seller.

Note: I only have subscriptions in game and Bethesda forum, there is no other way they could obtain information about my personal e-mail account that was not though Bethesda database.

For the people saying that only received messages in the forum, check your spam directory.

This is a very serious situation and yes, I already contacted customer support, although there is NOT an option there related to this in the drop down menu, I just filled a ticket in ACCOUNT/BILLING option with the generic other problem to be solved...

BTW, the name of the sender is: djekewjrkew