tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post1698437092290945761..comments2024-03-29T16:58:01.576+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: Spammers stumped meArthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-50387447487509132082012-11-27T17:20:38.691+13:002012-11-27T17:20:38.691+13:00…and today a spam comment got posted to THIS post....…and today a spam comment got posted to THIS post. Sigh.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-61328207637111550012012-11-24T10:41:59.330+13:002012-11-24T10:41:59.330+13:00Trolls live under bridges. Internet trolls should ...Trolls live under bridges. Internet trolls should be chained there. ;-)Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-74117881756219064462012-11-23T12:55:38.069+13:002012-11-23T12:55:38.069+13:00I love Spam especially Musubi (Spam Sushi) . What ...I love Spam especially Musubi (Spam Sushi) . What do you think of Internet Trolls? Graveetashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667836507843657578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-76802520533678782962012-11-23T12:46:00.388+13:002012-11-23T12:46:00.388+13:00Sigh. The second comment on this post was, with no...Sigh. The second comment on this post was, with no real irony, spam. When I deleted it, there were also two spam comments in the moderation queue (they were posted to old posts, or they would have gotten through, too), and 20 others were in the spam queue. Quite day in Spamland, obviously.<br /><br />I've added an update to the post, a plausible explanation for why they do it.<br /><br /><b>Roger: </b> Yes, I've seen numbers used in place of letters in such emails. Your explanation is related to the update I posted, except you're talking about filters than block such comments, and the other explanation is that, basically, it could fool spam filters (and, they spammers think, get each comment seen as unique by search engine bots).<br /><br /><b>April: </b> Agreed! Of course, I don't actually believe in hell, but it I did, it would be filled with Spammers. And people who own companies that send robocalls to people. Actually, that's the same thing, really.<br /><br /><b>Sandra: </b>I reckon that the computer genius who manages to finally solve the spam problem will be made King of the World by unanimous vote. In the meantime, the explanation I've seen the most frequently (and I've been reading about this a <i>LOT</i> lately…) is that spammer think their "comments" will improve their Google Juice with so many links to their scam websites coming from legitimate sites (which is why so many mavens I've read tell people to be vigilant about killing spam whenever it shows up). But it's a bloody waste of time!Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-20352367186869594152012-11-23T09:39:25.119+13:002012-11-23T09:39:25.119+13:00I'm with April.
We've seen a sudden surge...I'm with April.<br /><br />We've seen a sudden surge in form spam recently by-passing the form (with a captcha). It's tiresome because now we have to spend our own time (and therefore money) on a strategy to combat it.<br /><br />Don't they have anything better to do with their time?<br /><br />But what I don't get is why they do it? Surely people don't actually do anything with their lame promo links?????<br /><br /> not a spammer Sandrahttp://www.essenteewebdesign.co.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-20377514340026287122012-11-23T08:57:22.848+13:002012-11-23T08:57:22.848+13:00I like to think that there is a very special circl...I like to think that there is a very special circle of hell reserved just for spammers.Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11147522457041154931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-69307350085343200192012-11-23T02:57:27.805+13:002012-11-23T02:57:27.805+13:00I think the omega is because some systems can bloc...I think the omega is because some systems can block specific words or phrases, but the insertion of letters from other alphabets screw that up. i've seen it on viagra spam.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.com