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Spot a Facebook spammer before letting them in a Group
Sometimes it’s obvious that someone is trying to join your group or friend you to spam, but these days, spammers are tricky, so here are some tips for spotting them so you don’t have to waste time researching them!

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Bruce
February 14, 2015 at 10:22 pm
I have no problem spotting spammer profiles before they can spam my groups. My question is: what report category do I use to report them to fb so they can shut them down? I’ve tried reporting them as representing a business or as a fake account but apparently fb can’t spot them as well as I can even when I drop them in their lap! All but 1of the last 10 or so that I have reported have come back as “Profile not removed”.
Facebook “help” is completely useless when it comes to this. I’m not about to admit them to my groups, wait until they post their sunglasses spam, and THEN report them!
Surely there is some software code that could be written to look for the common characteristics that these profiles have.
And/or, request the help of the group Admin people all over the globe! Help us to help fb get rid of them. We’re doing the work to identify them anyway! Gives us a proper code to identify them and save us work in the future.
… Bruce
Greg Bard
July 10, 2015 at 8:20 pm
If they have signed up for only 10 groups that are all alphabetically sequential to your group, then the are pretty much definitely spam.
Lani Rosales
July 12, 2015 at 11:33 am
GREAT point, Greg. And we're finding that they put the appropriate city in their profile as they sign up for groups in that city, then ultimately move on to the next city in the alphabet (as does their profile info). Blech.
Sarah
July 14, 2016 at 8:25 pm
I have a pressure cooker recipe group I started, and a member is telling me that some relevant posts are spam? How are they spam if they are just recipes, and not selling anything, but maybe promoting their blog?
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