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