Author Topic: Playing Whack-A-Mole with Spammers  (Read 21392 times)

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Re: Playing Whack-A-Mole with Spammers
« Topic Start: September 22, 2011, 02:56:55 AM »
We can pretty much guarantee that it is. All the spammer account names are two real names followed by a number (f.ex. FrankSmith4), they upload one graphic with a characteristic name appended with random numbers (f.ex. solar panels 4453.jpg), then create a page that *looks* real and has phrases relating to the supposed topic with links to their advertised site. Almost guaranteed to be automated.
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