Question is do people actually fall for that stuff?
Actually, the question is more "does that crap have any place in the game" ?
If the cows don't wanna appoint anyone to remove spam posts - and they've made it abundantly clear that they don't - then maybe having some sort of prerequisite posting requirements to the forums is a step forward.
Just leaving at is, saying "does anyone fall for it" isn't a solution. OK, the fake passport rubbish is one thing, but folk used to fall for the "visit my site for free fsp's" garbage all the time.
Adding in some prereq's for posting won't solve the problem entirely, but it may slow it down. After all, getting to Level 50 is pretty easy (as an example), but these spammers just want to create an account, post, and disappear - they don't want to have to "work" for the right to post their rubbish.
Just my 2c
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Eddie Izzard : The National Rifle Association say that guns don't kill people, people do. But I think the gun helps, you know ? I think it helps. I think just standing there going "BANG" - that's not going to kill too many people, is it ?
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