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Originally posted by smegma
I had a conversation with the ipod spammer tonight.
Yup -- one of the fake search results showed chat enabled. And they actually talked to me! Here's what the spammer has to say for himself:
Code: You: WHY DO YOU SEND THIS SPEW????
24.59.129.174: what spew
24.59.129.174: ?
You: The fake search results!!!
24.59.129.174: Huh?
You: You know ... the ipod picture
24.59.129.174: nothing that i know of is fake
You: You returned a search result for an ipod picture...
24.59.129.174: whats the name
You: "fetscom super".
24.59.129.174: what file?
You: It's the search query I used.
You: fetscom super.jpg
You: Why are you offering a picture of an ipod named whatever the search was?
24.59.129.174: i wasnt aware that i was
Host is unavailable Apparently, denial and feigned ignorance are to be preferred over admitting the truth, even in conversation with someone who can't do much about it anyway. |
Umm...
I put 10 to 1 odds that this person also downloaded the spam. Then, when the spammer responded to your query with your search terms, they included several recent downloaders as Alternate File Locations. The person you chatted with is almost certainly NOT the spammer.
;-)
-dave-