# Spam account scanner script

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-account-scanner-script/128948
**Category:** Extras
**Created:** [September 18, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-account-scanner-script/128948 "2019-09-18T20:11:02Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-account-scanner-script/128948/2 "2019-09-19T00:05:00Z")

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Very cool! One thing you’ll want to do is be sure Akismet is enabled, as we recently (within the last 2-3 months) added a feature where the Akismet plugin will scan new user accounts for spammy stuff and flag them for you thanks to @Roman 👏

Yes, [completely human spam account signups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chopped-spam-in-new-user-profiles/52804/4) – accounts that never post once, just set up an account with profile info and walk away forever – is indeed still a problem. The below is even _after_ Akismet checking:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/0/601046589262ab07db50d0280b2b57c425cbba7a.png)

But bear in mind user profiles aren’t indexed at all, and new user profiles have seriously suppressed info.. and our Akismet change helps tremendously.

Having a cleanup tool is still needed though!

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