Fun with spammers
Jun 27 2010
Spammers are obviously the scourge of the internet. It’s something that everyone with an email address and/or a website has to deal with. As for me, I actually end up getting hit with the double whammy here, in that the occasional spambot is able to make it past the Captcha image on my contact form, and they’re also constantly trying to leave comments on my posts. Thankfully my comment-spam quarantine doesn’t allow for anything to automatically posted unless it meets certain prerequisites, but that doesn’t stop spambots from trying. Oddly enough, they usually provide an email address relating to the shitty scam website they’re trying to pimp out in their totally off-topic comments. That got me to thinking….maybe these spammers would like to collect each others’ email addresses.
Knowing that bots are able to detect plain text and mailto: links, I’ve decided to keep a running list of spammer emails posted in a new section of the site entitled Spambots. Here I’ll just be posting a running list of all the email addresses I receive when they come in via indisputable comment spam or site contact spam. You know… the ones that are pitching cheap Viagra or pimping their lastest “download free movies & ringtones” site. It probably will accomplish nothing in the grand scheme of things, but it’ll really only take about 10 minutes once a week to update the list. It might also fuck with the occasional person who hasn’t yet acquired the know-how to fully automate their spamming.
Good idea! I just started my website & I got a sketchy looking comment. When I googled the email address, I found your website. So your list is serving multiple purposes. I almost want to contribute all the spammer email addresses from my email account!
Comment by Amy — August 11, 2010 @ 5:55 am