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Wayne Zuhl, The Last Name You'll Ever Need in Real Estate (Remax First Realty II)

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Ambassador
2,061,803
Alan May
Jameson Sotheby's International Realty - Evanston, IL
Home is where the hearth is.

The weekends seem to be particularly busy.  I think they've figured out that on the weekends, the AR guardians aren't at their posts.

Sep 02, 2016 11:31 PM
Rainer
232,019
Jessie Cochran
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Panama City Realty Group

AFAIK... What happens is they send out bots looking for spammable/hackable sites and place them in their database

The ones affecting AR are not so much hackers as they are so called SEO experts trying to generate traffic for their customers who will soon get penalized for using these types of services

Once they have  customer with needs, they grab their bot database and find sites that are easily posted to and there you have it - SPAM

It happens to most sites that offer anonymous postings and also happens to sites that allow free form commenting

Sep 03, 2016 12:32 AM
Rainer
56,684
LeAnn Sink - Realtor Knoxville, TN
United Real Estate Solutions - Knoxville, TN
#ThinkSink when you need an agent.

I wish I was that lucky! I feel like I am attacked by spam in all directions all the time! Hate it!  And I particularly hate the ones where I unsubscribe but keep getting their stuff for weeks. UGH....

Sep 03, 2016 12:21 AM
Rainmaker
2,817,671
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

Who knows.  Maybe it's about "budgeting" on the spammer's part.

Maybe they are just different spammers.

I don't think there are filters, BTW...I think they just block the IP address after they find they've spammed.

Sep 02, 2016 11:54 PM
Rainmaker
1,466,207
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl They probably get a new IP Address and bombard the site until the AR Staff takes action to block them. You can bet they will be back.

Sep 02, 2016 11:46 PM
Rainmaker
1,844,291
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Nope, they find the site & then just hammer it.

AR blocks their IP address & they are bounced. They also close their accounts at the same time.

Sep 02, 2016 11:30 PM
Rainmaker
1,725,996
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Perhaps it has to do with the providers of the targeted emails?

Sep 02, 2016 11:28 PM
Rainmaker
4,572,183
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Opportunity.   Spammers are clever but not smart.  

Sep 02, 2016 11:26 PM
Ambassador
3,727,873
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@Properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

At some point, I'm guessing that AR will tweak the spammers.

Sep 03, 2016 03:13 PM
Ambassador
6,393,404
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

More efficient to batch up jobs

Sep 03, 2016 01:46 PM
Ambassador
3,164,294
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

new shipment of computers after the last IP addresses were blocked?  Just a guess.

Sep 03, 2016 12:54 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,258
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Like my good advertising you need to have more than one or two ads

Sep 03, 2016 11:10 AM
Rainmaker
2,707,721
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

I think there was a hole in the AR net...but I bet they fix it soon!

Sep 03, 2016 08:59 AM
Rainmaker
4,272,548
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

I think spammers find a hole and exploit that hole for as long as they can Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl 

Sep 03, 2016 06:16 AM
Rainmaker
4,936,677
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hape spammers and do not want not.

Sep 03, 2016 05:13 AM
Rainmaker
900,128
Olga Simoncelli
Veritas Prime, LLC dba Veritas Prime Real Estate - New Fairfield, CT
CONSULTANT, Real Estate Services & Risk Management

I think it's random.

Sep 03, 2016 03:48 AM
Ambassador
3,345,091
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

I am not sure your comment about AR filters is an accurate statement.  The "filter" as I know it ... once reported ... the IP is blocked and the account is deleted.  Holiday weekend ... command post is likely not monitored to the extent it is during the week.

Sep 03, 2016 03:36 AM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

Football season is here.

Sep 03, 2016 01:21 AM
Ambassador
5,230,068
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

This has been a bad week for it.  One day, it took getting to page 3 of the Q&A to actually help someone by answering a question!

Sep 03, 2016 01:03 AM
Rainmaker
2,781,173
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

It occurs in waves for the same reason when someone is robbing a bank vault & the other guy is yelling we got to go & they don't. It becomes addicting. The opportunity is too good to pass up. Spam success is like that

Sep 03, 2016 01:00 AM
Rainer
352,976
Teri Pacitto
Compass - Westlake Village, CA
Real Estate, Your Style...Your Home...My Specialty

Just when I was getting ready to say...glad they are gone!  One just popped up again.  This is not good. Reported!

Sep 03, 2016 12:48 AM
Rainmaker
989,652
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

I don't but I know someone who does

Sep 03, 2016 12:37 AM
Rainmaker
1,157,785
FN LN
Toronto, ON

It seems that a large portion of the spam in a specific wave comes from one spammer or group of spammers.

Spammers can spam if they are using an IP address that is not blocked or they are otherwise able to block other AR filters.

Sep 03, 2016 12:35 AM
Rainmaker
290,969
Allie Angeloni
Long Realty - Oro Valley, AZ

I think Lyn Sims has a great answer - 'this is what they do' being spammers, though fortunately, AR will block them every time (even if it takes awhile, because it's not just one person).  "Annoying" is their game Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl

Sep 03, 2016 12:31 AM
Rainmaker
1,231,853
Mary Yonkers
Alan Kells School of Real Estate/Howard Hanna Real Estate - Erie, PA
Erie/PA Real Estate Instructor

Never gone for too long just like ants.  Kill a few and their cousins will come for free meal.

Sep 03, 2016 12:26 AM
Rainmaker
5,216,398
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Have noticed it is sporadic. Prefer when they leave me alone!

Sep 02, 2016 11:43 PM
Rainmaker
5,583,278
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

probably for the same reason members here blog everyday for a month and then drop off the face of the earth!!

Sep 02, 2016 11:37 PM
Rainmaker
4,800,082
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

They probably do continue to do it regularly, but our address only comes up on occasion as they do it to so many.

Sep 02, 2016 11:34 PM
Rainmaker
7,836,134
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Every day seems to be a good day for spammers.

Sep 04, 2016 08:32 PM
Rainmaker
4,319,419
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Andover, MA
Andover, MA: Andover Luxury Homes For Sale

Wayne and Jean Marie Zuhl - they are not human, just bots.

When guards are down (or less protected) here in 'Rain at a certain time, they attack!

Once successful, they continue!

Sep 04, 2016 03:56 PM
Rainmaker
1,090,637
Diana Zaccaro Broker Associate
ZOOM Realty Group - Cocoa Beach, FL
"The Accidental Blogger" Cocoa Beach, Florida

It seems to be worse on weekends and holidays...I guess they think staff will not be working to catch it.

 

Sep 04, 2016 10:12 AM
Rainmaker
1,502,998
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Because once you find a weakness in the filters/blocks you exploit it and exploit the heck out of it.  Startup a wordpress blog and enable public comments, you'll see what I'm talking about in no time!

Sep 04, 2016 04:57 AM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

Alan May nailed this one!

Sep 03, 2016 10:44 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,127
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

No idea.

Sep 03, 2016 01:54 AM