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+title: 'The M.O. of the Comment Spammer?'
+date: '2003-10-26T07:01:44-05:00'
+permalink: /the-mo-of-the-comment-spammer/
+tags:
+    - networks
+---
+
+I’m finding googlings in my recent referrer logs that look like this:
+
+> [MT-Blacklist](<http://www.google.com/ie?q=/archives/+%22posted+by%22+%22at+
+> <br />
+> august%22+2003+comments+%22post+a+comment%22+%22name:<br />
+> <br />
+> %22+%22email+address:%22+%22url:%22+%22comments:%22+%22<br />
+> <br />
+> remember+info%3F%22+-spam+-spammer&num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=<br />
+> <br />
+> utf8&oe=utf-8&as_qdr=all&start=500&sa=n”></p>
+> <pre>
+>      google.com/ie?q=/archives/+%22posted+by%22+%22at+
+>      august%22+2003+comments+%22post+a+comment%22+%22name:
+>      %22+%22email+address:%22+%22url:%22+%22comments:%22+%22
+>      remember+info%3F%22+-spam+-spammer&num=50&hl=en&lr=&ie=
+>      utf8&oe=utf-8&as_qdr=all&start=500&sa=n</pre>
+> <p></a></p></blockquote>
+> <p>
+> in which the search has been for:
+> </p>
+> <blockquote>
+> <p>/archives/ “posted by” “at august” 2003 comments “post a comment” “name:” “email address:” “url:” “comments:” “remember info?” -spam -spammer</p>
+> </blockquote>
+> <p>
+> No actual spam has yet resulted therefrom, but is there some other purpose such a search could possibly have?
+>
+> \[UPDATE, 10.26.03, 8.17 am: Yup. Confirmation: the IP of the search is listed in my referrer logs as 61.181.5.69, and I’ve just found in my activity log three entries that look like this:
+>
+> > ```
+> >
+> >      2003.10.25 02:14:10    61.181.5.69    MT-Blacklist comment denial:
+> >                                              00000-online-casino.com
+> > ```
+>
+> Jay Allen is my new hero.\]
+>
+>