[BNM] Wordpress Spam

[Chris Billett]

Do you use Askimet? Works well but occasionally makes mistakes...

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On 26 Jul 2008, at 18:17, "James Lawrie" <stwange at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've started getting some comment spam. It's not an issue because  
> they are
> referred for moderation and it's only a couple a day that I can  
> easily deal
> with.
> The thing is, they are gibberish and don't seem to point to a valid  
> website
> or anything, so my question is - why are they wasting their time?  
> Are they
> just sending bogus stuff so their details aren't recorded if they are
> moderated and hoping to follow up any sites where the spam got  
> through with
> the real stuff?
>
> Here's an example:
>
> * mbdswqr<http://black-ops.co.uk/wp-admin/comment.php?action=editcomment&c=5 
> >
> *
> http://mrhnbsnrvyyy.com/ | fovzdu at vvzzej.com |
> 74.211.171.252<http://black-ops.co.uk/wp-admin/edit-comments.php?s=74.211.171.252&mode=detail 
> >
>
> VCl7yc utycemnyqqrw <http://utycemnyqqrw.com/>, [url=
> http://sybtucitnfft.com/]sybtucitnfft[/url], [link=
> http://xbfopzdgerna.com/]xbfopzdgerna[/link], http://jggpdppsuuif.com/
> <http://jggpdppsuuif.com/>
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