Category Archives: spam

winch gargoyle

The above is the title of a (suspected) spam caught today by Pobox’s filter. I’m almost tempted to find out what the content could be. In other news, I was passed on the highway by a sport Audi moving at … Continue reading

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spam magnets?

I had a look at the Trash folder in which I archive notices of attempted comments on the blog (most of which are spam). Since I last cleaned it, 164 posts have received two or more, and #1301 has had … Continue reading

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open season

Lately the attempts to spam this blog come disproportionately as comments on posts in the spam category. Hm. Just for laughs, I’ll approve all comments on this one.

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argh

And now I’m getting spammed by Frappr: DOWN CLOTHING from Chino (CA) would like to be your friend and join your Friend Map. I only bloody joined Frappr because one of my groups wanted to get everyone on the map. … Continue reading

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our schools win too!

Sometime in 2005 I received referral spam from: http://www.rebuildsanmateohighschool.org/casino-gambling.html http://www.rebuildsanmateohighschool.org/casino-games.html http://www.rebuildsanmateohighschool.org/online-casino-gambling.html There’s a certain charm in it, don’t you think?

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I tawt I taw a Caspian sturgeon

A spammer asks, “Can you imagine a Silvester without Caviar?” Well, no, I guess not. What’s a Silvester?

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a buggy spammer?

In the past few days I’ve received dozens of robot comments whose only plausible purpose is to see what will get through the filters. Most of them contained exactly three links to well-known entities, most of them in entertainment or … Continue reading

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