Text filter failing on spam bot links with unusual unicode characters

[PeZsmistic]

As of a couple (5?) of weeks ago I’ve started getting batches of 3-4 posts on my group wall from 2-3 different users with randomized usernames every single day, and the users change every day. Every single one has the same message format, and the URLs used change every couple of days. They contain unicode text and emojis.

Previously I was enjoying a wonderful months-long spell of a spam-free group wall.

Here are some samples. Obviously don’t visit these links.

🧲 💎💰𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐔𝐗 // 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖 // 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 💎 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘⏳250𝙺 𝚁𝙾𝙱𝚄𝚇 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 👉☑️ 𝐦.𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐛𝐱.𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞☑️

🧲 💎💰𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐔𝐗 // 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖 // 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 💎 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘⏳250𝙺 𝚁𝙾𝙱𝚄𝚇 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 👉☑️ linktr.ee/250k

✅ ❤️ 💰 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐔𝐗🎁 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖! 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 ✅ 250𝙺 𝚁𝙾𝙱𝚄𝚇 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎👉 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐱.𝐱𝐲𝐳

💎 💰 📌 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐔𝐗 💎𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖! 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 ✅ 250𝙺 𝚁𝙾𝙱𝚄𝚇 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 👉𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐱.𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞.𝐧𝐟👈

[bvetterdays (roman)]

Can confirm I’ve also been experiencing this. I wish these weird characters just weren’t allowed on group walls.

[i8cheese (Cheese)]

Players also using it for harassment:

[slothchef7]

Thank you for the reports, we’re aware of bypasses avoiding our automated text filtering. we are looking at ways we can combat this and appreciate all the shared examples.

[PeZsmistic]

Thanks for the acknowledgement!

In exchange, please take this additional sample from 30 minutes ago.

✅ 🎈 🌟 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐔𝐗? 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐰! 🌟 💎 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 ! 💎 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝚆𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝘛𝘰 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝟤𝟧0𝙺 𝙍𝘽𝙓 ➡ 𝙭𝙧𝙗𝙭𝙪.𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎.𝚗𝚏

[PeZsmistic]

Still getting these, about 8 messages per unique user with a randomized username. Here is an updated sample:

✅💚💰N̲e̲e̲d̲ ̲a̲ ̲R̲o̲b̲u̲x̲ Ge̲t̲ ̲i̲t̲ Now 159 💰✅F̲R̲E̲E̲ ̲F̲O̲R̲ ̲A̲ ̲L̲I̲M̲I̲T̲E̲D̲ TIM̲E ONL̲Y̲✅A̲T̲ ̲T̲H̲I̲S̲ ̲W̲E̲B̲S̲ITE ⫸𝚛𝟹𝚘.free.nf

✅💚💰N̲e̲e̲d̲ ̲a̲ ̲R̲o̲b̲u̲x̲ Ge̲t̲ ̲i̲t̲ Now 765 💰✅F̲R̲E̲E̲ ̲F̲O̲R̲ ̲A̲ ̲L̲I̲M̲I̲T̲E̲D̲ TIM̲E ONL̲Y̲✅A̲T̲ ̲T̲H̲I̲S̲ ̲W̲E̲B̲S̲ITE ⫸𝚛𝟹𝚘.free.nf

User profile: zz250ke0 - Roblox

The number is randomized per message.

[slothchef7]

hi folks, we’ve recently made some improvements which will better catch these messages in group wall posts. let us know if anything slips by, appreciate the reports

[PeZsmistic]

Thanks! Since we are also moving to forums and I haven’t seen any instances of these for a while, I’m going to resolve this thread.