I Could Be On My Way To Vegas - If These Referrals Were Real!
So, I've had a few months break from them, from July to September, then suddenly these false referrals started up again.
Since the beginning of September, I've had more than 85 Starter Referrals, and they keep coming. Just today I had another 16! They average between 5 and 20 every day.
They never upgrade to Premium and they have strange names that don't relate to their User Name on WA. Here are some examples:
- Wilhelm Kiehn - Dear Archie
- Kareem Dicken - Dear Winifred
- Salvatore99 - Dear Mabel.
I'm sure you get the drift.
It is so frustrating because I usually have to open and check each one and unfollow them - I don't want to be following non-referrals.
Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem. I thought it had stopped after Carson did the security upgrade, and it certainly did stop from July to September.
Anyway, just interested to know if anyone else is experiencing this.
Cheers
Jenni
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That’s quite something, Jenni. I hope it soon resolves for you. Hoping you’re keeping well.
Susan
Hello Jenell,
I am sorry to hear you are experiencing so many scam referrals. I am lucky since this has not happened to me at this time.
Keep us updated on how this problem goes, we all can use the solution if it ever happens to us
I wish you the best
Jeff
Hi Jenni,
Sorry to hear that you're getting so many "spam" referrals, it's unfortunate as it makes it hard to read your stats. Unfortunately, these are REAL people, or a real person. I believe it's just one user that is creating multiple accounts.
There most definitely is bot protection on this page as with all entrances into WA, but this is a real user, in a browser typing into the form and passing security checks. It's not a bot.
This user is creating accounts through an old custom signup link that you have. You could delete that custom signup link if you like. Feel free to reach out to me via PM if you'd like to discuss how to do that.
Cheers,
Carson
There could be various reasons and we're well aware of who these accounts are and we're keeping a close eye on them.
I had some of those with a name and then Lock or Locked after it; that was last year. I have had others, but not as obvious; they never responded to my welcome email and are never heard from again.
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Sounds like the page has been caught by a botnet and these are SPAM accounts trying to reach WA Admins. Sad to say the ones with that format in the names are a regular plague on website admins around the globe. On my social network I get around 320 of these accounts to delete a week and that's just the ones I can catch.