Site Abuse, how may I prevent it?

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  justplainbill · Member · Aug 21, 2014 at 1:38 pm

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  My blog keeps getting “taken over” by people like: Deangelo’s Author Profile

  Live Articles: 1
  Total Article Views: 40
  Author Homepage: http://houseofentertainment09.thoughts.com/posts/heavy-rain-play-it-in-all-console
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  Hi there! :) My name is Deangelo, I’m a student studying Latin American Studies from Stykkisholmur, Iceland.

  Here’s more info in regards to gry podobne do heavy rain na pc stop by our own website.

  Recent Articles by Deangelo
  – See more at: http://www.articlesworld.in/profile.php?a=1473#sthash.BpMP42HZ.dpuf

  Who seem to be using it as an anonymous mail drop for them. Note that these people are running prostitution rings in various countries, put “comments” on my blog about video game playing, or advertise hookers in various cities. I keep marking them as spam, but they keep returning in different guises.

  Anything that you can do about this abuse?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 22, 2014 at 10:00 am

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  WordPress.com can’t do anything about websites that are hosted elsewhere.

  However, you do have complete control over who can and cannot comment on your site.

  Change your discussion settings so users must be registered and logged in to comment or to at least provide a name and email when commenting: http://en.support.wordpress.com/who-can-comment/

  Enable comment moderation. You can choose between moderating every comment, or that you must at least approve someone’s first comment on your site. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#before-a-comment-appears

  If you have either of those settings disabled you’re opening up your blog to spammers.

  Lastly, for persistent spammers, add their emails, URLs and names to the comment blacklist: http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist

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  justplainbill · Member · Aug 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm

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  Thanks, didn’t know that I could do all of that. Now, is it worth it to upgrade for the $25/ year?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Aug 22, 2014 at 3:39 pm

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  I’m not aware of an upgrade that costs $25. Could you specify to which upgrade you’re referring?

  You can see all available upgrades for WordPress.com here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/

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  justplainbill · Member · Aug 22, 2014 at 4:18 pm

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  At the top of my dashboard it says that I can upgrade to wordpress premium for $25/ year.

  I’m going to look at the others.

  Thanks.