Whistle Cow Crew, assemble: Indonesia attacks!

I just got this PM from @Exedor

"We've been getting hit with spammers from Indonesia. They post links in the author comments and reviews and they post stolen art, movie trailers, etc. Have your people monitor the Audio Portal. Usually, the spammers will post a sound or music clip with a name like "WATCH HD DEADPOOL WALKING DEAD FULL SEASON LINK" or similar. That's your target. They then post spam reviews. Audio can be reported in the Audio Portal Clean Up thread: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1375322/1

We're getting tired of this and may block Indonesia for a while, so now's the time for great points. ;)"

Apparently some people from Indonesia are now targeting Newgrounds as a front for their scams & they're using the Audio Portal as the main artery in their scheme. Given the description from Exedor, their plan is to post audio clips in the Audio Portal offering pirated movies & then they go on reviewing sprees, pasting links everywhere. They've also been haunting the Flash Portal & Art Portal as previously stated. This scam raid is as good an opportunity as ever to get a Gold Whistle so keep an eye out.

Here's an example I found from a user called ertyerty.

I'm going to be keeping a list of these accounts here:

ertyerty 3 Songs [2/14/16]

SqueteLorenzo | 6 Abusive Reviews [3 movies & 3 games] [2/14/16]

k-mas | 3 Songs [2/14/16]

jung34 | 4 Songs [2/10/16]

I found him by typing the word "Watch" into the search engine with the "Everything" filter on. You will not get the same results with the other conventional filters such as Audio.

@solitonmedic @spider @Wavepad @Hikari @crankbait @NEOSLAYRE @Keisok @Skater @ChaingunSnake @ExodusTerminator @kirs10 @legomarios @etriuswimbleton @AfterburnerV @exedor @Radaketor @mad-spyke @DoctorStrongbad @kompibutut @subspacer @larrynachos @civilies @CGA-999 @DOTGaming @Viper @belthagor @KillerSkull @Suprememessage

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KompiButut 2016-02-14 15:50:02

this thing was a shame for my country.

MetalCanon 2016-02-14 16:07:19

Well shit..here's one http://squetelorenzo.newgrounds.com/reviews/
Also you have an invisible member in your crew: AfterburnerV

Psychopath 2016-02-14 16:07:19

His account was deleted? Interesting...

MetalCanon 2016-02-14 16:33:57

I'm a little bit confused..It's not possible to flag audio submissions,right?

Psychopath 2016-02-14 16:33:57

Yeah but these guys have a habit of leaving reviews, too.

MetalCanon 2016-02-14 16:38:23

Doesn't seem like it. Looks like he was just here to drop his spam cargo and fly away.

Psychopath 2016-02-14 16:38:23

Explain SqueteLorenzo then. That one had 6 abusive reviews.

Exedor 2016-02-14 16:50:01

No need to list the accounts; we're removing them. Just hang on the Audio Portal page and refresh every so often. You can report the audio on the thread I listed above. The reviews can be flagged in the normal way, and there's lots to be had. ;)

Psychopath 2016-02-14 16:50:01

I'm going to list them anyway just for posterity's sake. Info like sign up dates, what they did, naming conventions and the like can be useful for comparison in future events.

MetalCanon 2016-02-14 16:50:25

You misunderstood me.
I meant that one was just there to post spam songs and not reviews.
The SQeauesuaeas guy was just there to review spam.

MetalCanon 2016-02-14 16:54:53

Another one http://jung34.newgrounds.com/

Exedor 2016-02-14 17:02:12

When on the Audio Portal page, be sure you're on "unscouted artists" since that's the newest ones, and where they might show up. I must admit, I'm unskilled in Audio Portal browsing.