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New type of WF comment spam?

by Rob Howard
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Hey everyone...is it just me, or have other guys noticed an increase of "Mockingbird" spam???

You know, where someone will pull a line from another comment and paste it?

Is there some new software I missed that is supposed to emulate conversion by copy/paste?

Rob
#comment #spam #type
  • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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    Thought they were just the run of the mill cookie stuffers...if we are talking about the same ones that have been happening tonight.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
    I thought so too...until I saw them inside non WSO threads...

    Rob
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    There's lots of them every day. They're mostly cookie stuffers. There are invisible images in their post that you can see if you use IE or if you hit quote, you'll be able to see the code. Just report them.
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    • Profile picture of the author salegurus
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      There are invisible images in their post that you can see if you use IE or if you hit quote, you'll be able to see the code.
      That's how i stumbled upon them a while back, hit
      quote and noticed the hidden images...
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  • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
    Ok. I've only noticed them inside the WSO threads, so my original assumption was that they were attempting to hijack affiliate commissions inside there.

    Never noticed them before.

    Rob
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    • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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      Originally Posted by Rob Howard View Post

      Ok. I've only noticed them inside the WSO threads, so my original assumption was that they were attempting to hijack affiliate commissions inside there.

      Never noticed them before.

      Rob
      There are a few here per day. Not sure which site they are stuffing for though. I just report them and move on. Glad I don't go to the WSO section. I can only imagine what it is like in there.
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      • Profile picture of the author tpw
        Originally Posted by Rob Howard View Post

        Damn. I feel oddly out of touch.

        Rob

        LOL Rob...

        Maybe that shows that you spend too much time in the WSO sub-forum or not enough time in the main forum.

        The others are correct. This has been going on regular since about the first of the year.


        Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

        There are a few here per day. Not sure which site they are stuffing for though. I just report them and move on. Glad I don't go to the WSO section. I can only imagine what it is like in there.

        I followed the images through one time to see if I could identify the affiliate ID and report them. They are generally promoting: GoDaddy, HostGator and another web hosting company.
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        • Profile picture of the author Joseph Robinson
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          Originally Posted by Kal Sallam View Post

          I never really quite understood the idea behind this, people are willing to go the extra mile, work really hard to steal your commissions BUT NOT WORK AND MAKE MONEY THE RIGHT WAY! why?
          That is because in their own misguided little brains they believe that they have found a shortcut that will make their computer an ATM machine with no work. They don't realize that to keep the scam going, they have to post A LOT of spam over a long time, so they actually work quite hard. If they could visualize that work translated into real business building practices, they'd stop. Of course, they can't seem to do that, so we have to deal with them.

          Originally Posted by tpw View Post

          I followed the images through one time to see if I could identify the affiliate ID and report them. They are generally promoting: GoDaddy, HostGator and another web hosting company.
          Ah, so were you able to get the affiliate ID, or are we stuck just deleting them out of here?
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          • Profile picture of the author tpw
            Originally Posted by Joe Robinson View Post

            Ah, so were you able to get the affiliate ID, or are we stuck just deleting them out of here?

            I was not able to pull out the affiliate id's.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kal Sallam
      Originally Posted by Rob Howard View Post

      Ok. I've only noticed them inside the WSO threads, so my original assumption was that they were attempting to hijack affiliate commissions inside there.

      Never noticed them before.

      Rob
      I never really quite understood the idea behind this, people are willing to go the extra mile, work really hard to steal your commissions BUT NOT WORK AND MAKE MONEY THE RIGHT WAY! why?
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      • Profile picture of the author goindeep
        Originally Posted by Kal Sallam View Post

        I never really quite understood the idea behind this, people are willing to go the extra mile, work really hard to steal your commissions BUT NOT WORK AND MAKE MONEY THE RIGHT WAY! why?
        Yeah I dont get that either. Ive always wondered about that. I guess its the whole high risk high return that pulls them in. What a bunch of WA**ERS!
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  • Profile picture of the author J Bold
    I've been noticing this for quite a while now, at least since the new year.
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    • Profile picture of the author Rob Howard
      Originally Posted by redicelander View Post

      I've been noticing this for quite a while now, at least since the new year.
      Damn. I feel oddly out of touch.

      Rob
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    These have been happening for quite a while now... and not just in the WSO forum. Almost every time I bump one of my WSO's it is now hit with at least a couple of these image cloaking posts. It's becoming quite a nuisance. I've suggested to the mods that they introduce a ban on people using images until after 20 posts or something similar or even better still, remove the ability to post images from all people in a WSO thread except for the person who posted the WSO. I really don't see any need for images to be enabled for other users within a WSO thread. This would eliminate probably 99% of the problem and stop us all from wasting a whole heap of our time on reporting and deleting these posts.

    Sadly, the problem continues....
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