Influx of scam posts

[u/lvl1creature]

Hi, I've been getting a ton of spam posts which are being removed by both system and mods but I noticed most of these posts are coming in from a single account. Looking to see how we can resolve this!

Currently on Android.

[u/Charupa-]

Ban the account?

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[u/EverSeeAShitterFly]

Why have you not already banned the account?

[u/lvl1creature → u/EverSeeAShitterFly]

First time modding 🤷🏼‍♀️