Category Archives: spam

they’re trying to drive me mad

Got a spam this evening, titled abridge, whose entire content is the word ammunition.

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crickets chirping

This site’s traffic declined sharply in May; likely because referral spam suddenly went out of style.

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our little medium is all grown up

Got a junk call (from 214-279-0990) just now on my mobile telephone. I think it’s my first ever in seven years. In unrelated news, the humidity that was just barely unpleasant earlier today is now coming down as a very … Continue reading

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where have all the spammers gone?

This week I saw a sudden decline in two kinds of spam: comment spam on this here blog, and referral spam in my HTTP log. I have not done anything recently to improve filtering.

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it ain’t me, babe!

Some clown is using my address to spam everyone@amherst.edu with what appears to be an account of the bombing of Dresden. Why??

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temptation

A spam this morning from someone who wants to “invest” in my website and improve its search-rank; apparently he believes I’m selling something. I’m way tempted to call the 877 number and string them along, seeing how long it takes … Continue reading

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a first time for everything

Date: 13 Apr 2005 15:37:12 -0000 To: bronto@pobox.com Subject: QUERIDO MIO From: JAMES UDO INIEKPO Estimado Sr. Les saludos, soy JAMES UDO INIEKPO un director con el departamento de los recursos del petróleo y de la secretaria del agrupacion de … Continue reading

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