"WholeSale" Spam Posts
 

I've been having a lot of problems over the last few days with members registering with the user names "Wholesale..." something or other on my business forum. Once they register they start about 20 spam threads all over the forum.

My forum is on VB 3.8.4
It has IS Bot from vb.org installed and running
We require email verification
reCaptcha is used for member registration

I've been permanently banning the members and adding their IP's to the banned IP lists. But they / he / she / it (I don't know if it's a bot or not) keeps coming back and making about 20 spam posts on the forum.

The IP's I've banned include; Quote:
17.26.211.234
117.26.113.56
117.26.211.135
117.26.208.229
117.26.208.162
Has anyone else been experiencing similar spam?

What can I do to stop it? I'd prefer not do anything that would make the forum less user-friendly for new and genuine members.

Thanks!

I wasn't sure if this thread should go here or in the Managing your Community section, sorry if I picked the wrong area.