Category Archives: spam

a new twist

Posted on Saturday, 2015 October 03 by Anton

Each month I check my HTTP referral logs, and find that nearly all of the “referring” pages that I haven’t seen before are spam. Usually there are also a few sites showing one of my images as examples of some … Continue reading →

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self-referential

Posted on Sunday, 2014 December 07 by Anton

A recent comment on this blog from someone named ‘air jordan 1 ebay’: Hello, i read your blog occasionally and i own a similar one and i was just wondering if you get a lot of spam responses? […] Yes. … Continue reading →

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to boldly spam

Posted on Monday, 2013 December 30 by Anton

A recent fad in spam is Star Trek filler: Sisko swiveled toward his chief engineer. “What do you think? Is there anybody still aboard the cargo shuttle?” The commander nodded grudgingly. “Yes, I know. But you thought they might steal … Continue reading →

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preprocessor fail

Posted on Sunday, 2013 December 22 by Anton

I’ve been getting comments like this:

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Dear sir or madam: It’s important in today’s economy to cover all bases.

Posted on Tuesday, 2013 November 05 by Anton

Funny spam comment: {The Secret|The Main Element {To|In order to|For you to|To help you|If you would like|If you want to totally|On the way to|When you need to}} master the moncler-market Is Rather Straight foward!

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limited voice recognition?

Posted on Saturday, 2013 October 26 by Anton

When I answer the ’phone, I generally say either “Yes?” or “Good day/evening, Sherwoods” rather than “Hello.” With cold-callers I often don’t get a response to that; I pause and try a variation or two of “Is someone there?” before … Continue reading →

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divided by common letters

Posted on Tuesday, 2012 July 03 by Anton

I’ve been getting Russian spams in which some of the Cyrillic letters “Аа В Ее К М Н Оо Рр Сс Т у Хх” are replaced by the similar Latin letters “Aa B Ee K M H Oo Pp Cc … Continue reading →

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