Why does 800notes.com block postings with "post pending moderator approval" ???

I have been posting here for years and years.  In my business, I have 10 different phone numbers so that makes me get about 20+ Scam phone calls a day.  I report each and every one out here to 800notes.com, have been doing it for years.    Lately, at least half my posts go up, stay up for a few minutes and then disappear with a "post pending moderator approval" message.   They never get approved and that message just stays there in place of my post.  There is nothing wrong with my posts and they are usually the same post I have put up 100's of times.  This is the exact post that is getting blocked:

Your Name: RPM SCAMBUSTER
Message: This is a Scammer trying to scam cars off Craigslist from over 1000 miles away, typical PayPal scam.  100% Scam
Caller: Scammer

Now why is this being blocked again and again ???

} usually the same post I have put up 100's of times

This can be seen as spammer behavior when the comment is boilerplate and its use is indiscriminate.

As Resident47 said, a post like that, put up hundreds of times indiscriminately with no further information  is considered and in fact is spam.

It's not "indiscriminate".  It's the truth from 100's of spam emails and texts.

Here's a test case today.  I kept having problems reporting a spammer so kept trying different posts:

https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-909-236-7900#p1037904180194585083

I've seen your posts-you may think it systematic, to myself and others? It really does look 'indiscriminate'.

I would look at the problem is a lack of understanding. To attract the Craigslist scammers you would need to post items for sale on Craigslist. I have never had a Craigslist scammer call but I can imagine that RPM SCAMBUSTER does sell items on Craigslist. So she/he is subject to those calls / texts / emails that would include a phone number.  I would look at the posts as informative, not some violation under spam.

Repetitive posts, exact verbiage IS considered spam. Period.

He has sold "hundreds" of items on Craigslist and gotten calls or texts from "hundreds" of different phone numbers?  If that were the case I would certainly rethink the whole selling on Craigslist thing.

Sure seems like a no brainier to me BigA...

I am guessing you are selling used cars and Craiglist is one method you use to advertise specific models, and make frequent posts to Craigslist. Sure, it's expensive to advertise with printed flyers and they only get distributed locally. People who live in rural areas will drive 90 miles to buy a car to save money over what someone living near them wants. I've seen this in Texas for decades; people who have the cash can buy anywhere and not have to negotiate with a bank or credit union.

Since anyone in the world can read a Craiglist ad, the far-out-of-town scammers have it easy. Their cost to try to scam you is only the time it takes to send a text.

Clods running bots have infested forums for years, posting the same junk over and over. So software is written to see how much a recent post matches prior reported spam posts. Software can also check successive posts for content match. The posts are nearly identical, so I figure an algorithm is catching them and flagging the posts for review.

It is possible the scammers try to rip off other people using that same number, so posting some information helps. But you need to register an account and provide the admins with your "credentials" so the site will not flag your posts for much-later review.

Now for your posts. The sample you gave shows an email address (gmail) and where the text came from (TextNow).

Did you report the email address to Google along with the 800Notes link, as Google can't see the text you received? You don't say you did.

Did you report the text to TextNow (with the 800Notes link) so they can investigate where it is coming from, and shut down that particular number?  You don't say you did. Every phone service provider can see ALL texts that pass through its network, and as your number doesn't change, any future text originating on their network with your number in it can be flagged as suspicious. But I doubt any phone service provider would do that without a subpoena or other court order, unless the owner's own phone got hit.

TextNow is one of many low-cost wireless operators.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_ ... twork_operators
List of United States mobile virtual network operators

I had not heard of it until today. So I went to that website (TextNow.com). Their plans cost less than most cell providers, which makes their service very attractive to criminals who use burner phones.

I live in Austin, Texas, and found they are being sold through mostly small convenience stores that I have never seen. I have to get out and look for this; none of these are near where I live and are also not on any of my regular paths.

And also ... Frys. I haven't seen any ads from Frys about this particular phone provider.
( for reference only : http://www.frys.com/product/8511669 )

Found a post on another number thread that reports a scam text send through TextNow. At least the service tags their texts; you know who to report these to.
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-248-716-3868

Seriously.  If I was selling a lot of stuff and kept getting scammers calling me all because of the one place i was advertising on, well I would be advertising somewhere else.  I guess he is too cheap to do that.

Another case of using the site as social media?

I did an advanced Google search of his screen name.  It seems he is the owner of a dealership, at least according to him.  So he is trying to be cheap by advertising on Craigslist for free.  The fact that he is inviting these scammers to contact him makes me think even less of his complaint.

Then he's getting what he's (not) paying for-that's his issue. Doesn't give him the right to come here and spam-rant about it