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Reporting A Scammer & What's Up With Spam Bots?

pantheist84pantheist84 Member Posts: 33
edited May 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
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Hi, Everyone

That link is direct from my steam screenshots. Not sure what section I was meant to put this in but I thought it should be known to people that this happened and it's a constant threat in the never winter chat zones.

Spam Bots: I am sure you guys are already well aware of the fake website spamming that constantly floods the chat logs day in and out. Any news of possibly installing a chat monitor or something to help combat the problem? I have heard a few people making complaints in game because of accidentally making a purchase through those fake websites.

Aside from this I think the game is absolutely amazing I really enjoy it and look forward to sticking around for a long time. This is my first ever thread and I apologize for it being a negative one I hope I didn't do anything wrong by posting this up.
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  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Please report spammers using the ingame function (GM > Behavior) or right click the name and select "Report Spam". Do not post screenshots (or links to screenshots) of any sort on the forums as this is a violation of Rules of Conduct. (whether the behavior is obvious or not, naming and shaming is prohibited as a matter of consistency).

    As to why...it's a back and forth battle. To us, they're an annoyance; to the spammers, this is their paycheck...so they're not going to just go quietly into that good night. The report queue IS monitored, however, it's simply too slow a process. Most spam accounts live long enough to drop their three messages, get muted, and use another throwaway account to spam some more.
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  • pantheist84pantheist84 Member Posts: 33
    edited May 2014
    Alright well sorry for posting the link I just thought providing some proof might be more useful than just accusing somebody of something but rules are rules and noted. thank you.
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    edited May 2014
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  • ambisinisterrambisinisterr Member, Neverwinter Moderator Posts: 10,462 Community Moderator
    edited May 2014
    Reporting them in game will get them outright muted in short order and banned upon actual staff review.

    Issue is this is a free to play game. When they get muted and banned they make another account.
    But it's better to report them than to just let them keep spamming.
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