Spammer's Identity!

**Krang** · 08-28-2002, 02:41 AM

I found out the identity of the person who spammed our forums. It's Paul's friend, Fenix. Here's how I found out:

The spammer criticized my graphic design on my site. There are several boards for graphic design at the forums that Fenix is an administrator at.
The spammer said that phpBB "sucks," and that YaBB SE was better. Paul's old host, Geeks Online (which Fenix is affiliated with), is running YaBB SE.
The spammer claimed that I don't know much about PHP (even though I know alot about it, probably more than him). At those forums I linked to above, Fenix claims to be a "PHP Master."
The spammer accused me of having a store-bought PC (which I don't), and was showing off about his dual Athlon XP. Here's Fenix's signature at those forums:

Quote:

I gotz mad php skillz!
Dual p3 533EB 512mb SDRAM. 10gb Maxtor, Alton MB
Dual XP 1800+, 256mb PC2100 ECC, 120gb WD SE, Asus MB
p4 1.6a, 256 pc2700, 40gb WD, Need to buy a MB..
The spammer used two IPs, one for each name. Fenix mentions that he has several PCs networked in a post at those forums.

And here's the one that absolutely proves it:

The spammer used the IP address 12.248.103.4 when he posted as "HAHAHA," and 12.248.196.156 when he posted as "Ipwnzj00." Here's what I found when I did a lookup of cyphersshack.com at Samspade:

Quote:

dns cyphersshack.com
cyphersshack.com resolves to 12.248.196.156

Just wanted to let everyone know who spammed the forums, and that Paul was probably behind it, since I doubt Fenix would know about my forums without Paul telling him. Sorry for making this an announcement, but I wanted to make sure Azure sees it when he gets back from vacation.

**Karpo_007** · 08-28-2002, 09:17 AM

That is really lame... How can he be an adminstrator somewhere... Or is it he's own board?

*Nickokapo* · 08-28-2002, 12:13 PM

Paul behind all this? o_O well i never thought he'd do something like that...hmmm...i'm speechless

"I PWNZ J00"

i shouldn't be laughing but...he thinks he's l33t

someone can't spell here...
What i can't understand is why they've done it....

probably without a reason

**Nturtle** · 08-28-2002, 12:22 PM

wow, nice detective work krang, damn spammers, is Fenix the same guy paul tried to make wheeljack with? I can't belive anyone would want to spam this place, but maybe it was Fenix's revenge on Paul if it is the same guy from wheeljack oh well I could frankly care less as long as there is no more spam

*Nickokapo* · 08-28-2002, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Detecive Nturtleck holmes ;)

wow, nice detective work krang, damn spammers, is Fenix the same guy paul tried to make wheeljack with?

Yeah, fenix gave him the hosting space and stuff, i think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nturtle

I can't belive anyone would want to spam this place, but maybe it was Fenix's revenge on Paul if it is the same guy from wheeljack oh well I could frankly care less as long as there is no more spam

I don't know why anyone would want to spam the technodrome

but i don't care anymore...the spam is gone and that's all it matters...SPAM, SO GOOD ITS GONE

**Nturtle** · 08-28-2002, 12:34 PM

YAY NO MORE SPAM!!!! *does no more spam dance* (that hyper TMNT emotion is scary

)

*Nickokapo* · 08-28-2002, 12:38 PM

Scary...yes it is, look at his eyes

*does the nickowatson dance*

**HorseTechie** · 08-28-2002, 01:12 PM

oooo.. that is sooo wierd lookin! And isn't it kind of odd that we can't get to that cyphershack site now...?

**Nturtle** · 08-28-2002, 01:39 PM

EEP!!!!

whats a cyphershack??

**HorseTechie** · 08-28-2002, 01:41 PM

the site those evil spammers came from...

*Nickokapo* · 08-28-2002, 01:58 PM

Hmmmm well the site is closed but the messageboard is open...

**Nturtle** · 08-28-2002, 02:36 PM

Bleh!!! spammers probebly spawn on the bottem of dark putrid messageboards

~~PWDESAI~~ · 08-28-2002, 04:21 PM

hey
yeah, kevin might have done it, but i wasn't behind it, I'll talk to him about it. i did tell him about the board, because i said i wanted my forums something like this, so if that's so bad, sue me i don't care. I'll be back in a while, because i'm more into he-man right now, I MADE A CUSTOM NINJOR, be sure to check it out, it's really cool. Wow awesome detective work krang, i'll be sure to talk to him about it.
catch y'all later.

**Nturtle** · 08-28-2002, 04:54 PM

Good to know you wern't part of the spaming paul just try to keep them from coming back here

*Skeletoncrew* · 08-28-2002, 11:34 PM

Brilliant deduction Wadsworth! Er, Krang.

*Kameko* · 08-29-2002, 07:50 AM

Allright, Krang! Not, bad, old bean.

No more spam! No more Spam! No more -- Allright, I'll shut up now.

SeaThreePeeO · 08-29-2002, 12:56 PM

*Tut tut tut tut*

I go away for a few days and look what happens

Anyway, glad I missed all the fun

Kingkapong · 08-29-2002, 03:18 PM

cool. spam and spammers are now on the top of my hate list.

**Nturtle** · 08-29-2002, 05:36 PM

Internet was supposed to be the ultimate power for freelancers, idealests and information to be spread where every one helps each other. But spamers, pop-up ads and big corperations have ruined that

~~Fenix~~ · 08-29-2002, 09:26 PM

wow, great detective work! i bet that was hard to type my IP address into IE. How can i be an admin? hmmm... well, maybe its because i know what i'm doing unlike Krang here. Ok, so you know all about classes and object oriented programing in PHP? has anyone ever paid you to make a PHP script? no, if you knew more about PHP, you might think about using it on your website, instead of plain HTML. yep, you know more about PHP, since you don't even use it. ok, so you didnt buy it in a store, where then? the DELL website? i am a PHP master j00 f00. And really, why would paul tell me to spam these forums, i decided to after looking at them and falling off my chair laughing at how much they suck. And if i felt like figuring out what your IP address was, i would look at the apache logs, but i don't really care. and guess what, i have a dynamic IP, if you know what that is. Oh and nickokapo, you think your cool because you say l33t? well you play with toys, and have every single TMNT ep, you loser. why would anyone want to spam this forum? maybe because its extremely stupid, a forum about toys, not just toys, but old toys that are stupid. HorseTechie, you can get to it just fine, maybe your just to stupid to spell it right. notice how it says "cyphersshack.com" idiots. yea, krang is an old bean, and he knows jack about computers too. well, i'm out,i expect this post to be deleted, but thats ok, i don't realy give a **** anymore.

08-28-2002, 12:13 PM	#3
Nickokapo Emperor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Argentina Posts: 5,802	Paul behind all this? o_O well i never thought he'd do something like that...hmmm...i'm speechless "I PWNZ J00" i shouldn't be laughing but...he thinks he's l33t someone can't spell here... What i can't understand is why they've done it.... probably without a reason __________________

08-28-2002, 12:22 PM	#4
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	wow, nice detective work krang, damn spammers, is Fenix the same guy paul tried to make wheeljack with? I can't belive anyone would want to spam this place, but maybe it was Fenix's revenge on Paul if it is the same guy from wheeljack oh well I could frankly care less as long as there is no more spam __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

08-28-2002, 12:34 PM	#6
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	YAY NO MORE SPAM!!!! does no more spam dance (that hyper TMNT emotion is scary ) __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

08-28-2002, 12:38 PM	#7
Nickokapo Emperor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Argentina Posts: 5,802	Scary...yes it is, look at his eyes does the nickowatson dance __________________

08-28-2002, 01:39 PM	#9
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	EEP!!!! whats a cyphershack?? __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

08-28-2002, 09:17 AM	#2
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	That is really lame... How can he be an adminstrator somewhere... Or is it he's own board?

08-28-2002, 01:12 PM	#8
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	oooo.. that is sooo wierd lookin! And isn't it kind of odd that we can't get to that cyphershack site now...?

08-28-2002, 01:41 PM	#10
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	the site those evil spammers came from...

08-28-2002, 01:58 PM	#11
Nickokapo Emperor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Argentina Posts: 5,802	Hmmmm well the site is closed but the messageboard is open... __________________

08-28-2002, 02:36 PM	#12
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	Bleh!!! spammers probebly spawn on the bottem of dark putrid messageboards __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

08-28-2002, 04:21 PM	#13
~~PWDESAI~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,873	hey yeah, kevin might have done it, but i wasn't behind it, I'll talk to him about it. i did tell him about the board, because i said i wanted my forums something like this, so if that's so bad, sue me i don't care. I'll be back in a while, because i'm more into he-man right now, I MADE A CUSTOM NINJOR, be sure to check it out, it's really cool. Wow awesome detective work krang, i'll be sure to talk to him about it. catch y'all later.

08-28-2002, 04:54 PM	#14
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	Good to know you wern't part of the spaming paul just try to keep them from coming back here __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

08-28-2002, 11:34 PM	#15
Skeletoncrew Foot Elite Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bearing in on your spicy brains Posts: 3,275	Brilliant deduction Wadsworth! Er, Krang. __________________ Adult TMNT fan art and fiction contest Now accepting entries!

08-29-2002, 07:50 AM	#16
Kameko Sister to the TMNT Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Posts: 2,756	Allright, Krang! Not, bad, old bean. No more spam! No more Spam! No more -- Allright, I'll shut up now.

08-29-2002, 12:56 PM	#17
SeaThreePeeO Mad Scientist Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The Void Posts: 1,345	Tut tut tut tut I go away for a few days and look what happens Anyway, glad I missed all the fun __________________ Zombies, once you get past the stench of rotting flesh and their unhealthy obsession with brains, they're really nice people.

08-29-2002, 03:18 PM	#18
Kingkapong Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2002 Location: T.O. Canada Posts: 548	cool. spam and spammers are now on the top of my hate list. __________________ Go leafs go!

08-29-2002, 05:36 PM	#19
Nturtle Ninja Master Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Technodrome Airducts Posts: 5,215	Internet was supposed to be the ultimate power for freelancers, idealests and information to be spread where every one helps each other. But spamers, pop-up ads and big corperations have ruined that __________________ Fil rules. If Fil takes your 5 bucks then you should be eternally grateful that Fil would even borrow your money. Fil.

08-29-2002, 09:26 PM	#20
~~Fenix~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2	wow, great detective work! i bet that was hard to type my IP address into IE. How can i be an admin? hmmm... well, maybe its because i know what i'm doing unlike Krang here. Ok, so you know all about classes and object oriented programing in PHP? has anyone ever paid you to make a PHP script? no, if you knew more about PHP, you might think about using it on your website, instead of plain HTML. yep, you know more about PHP, since you don't even use it. ok, so you didnt buy it in a store, where then? the DELL website? i am a PHP master j00 f00. And really, why would paul tell me to spam these forums, i decided to after looking at them and falling off my chair laughing at how much they suck. And if i felt like figuring out what your IP address was, i would look at the apache logs, but i don't really care. and guess what, i have a dynamic IP, if you know what that is. Oh and nickokapo, you think your cool because you say l33t? well you play with toys, and have every single TMNT ep, you loser. why would anyone want to spam this forum? maybe because its extremely stupid, a forum about toys, not just toys, but old toys that are stupid. HorseTechie, you can get to it just fine, maybe your just to stupid to spell it right. notice how it says "cyphersshack.com" idiots. yea, krang is an old bean, and he knows jack about computers too. well, i'm out,i expect this post to be deleted, but thats ok, i don't realy give a **** anymore.