Laughing at forum spammers - this never gets old!

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In the interest of full disclosure, I should first tell you that I'm easily amused.

That said, let's move on.

A lot of forums have a feature that is designed to stop offensive language. So if someone swears, you can have that word automatically changed to something like "darn gosh".

Awhile ago I set up some word replacements, but instead of searching for swear words, I had it search for common phrases used in forum spam, especially those selling mobile phones.

I had things like phone brand names replaced with "Stolen Goods", and "My mother's phone". A common phrase was also one explaining that they're fully legit.

Now I forgot about these for awhile, but someone just spammed my forum again. They started off with:

OYINX LIMITED is one of the leading supplier of high-end products to customers, we deal primarily in genuine and brand new electronics, all items are sourced directly from the manufacturers and carry the manufacturer's warranty.

We are Legitimate - We promise! We bought out licence off the internet for 99 cents, Registered No.06717353.
...and selling products such as:

Stolen Goods myTouch 3G Slide----$200
Stolen Goods MDA Vario V----------$140
Stolen Goods Dash 3G--------------$150

My Self Respect:
My Self Respect 4G 32GB------- $230
My Self Respect 16GB -----------$105

My Mothers Phone E7------------$250
My Mothers Phone X5-01-------- $220
My Mothers Phone N8 ------------$210

Like I said, I'm easily amused, and while I do find it pretty funny, it also has the side effect of warning my members that it's spam, and also hopefully also means that whoever was being paid to spam my forum isn't getting paid afterall.

For those that haven't yet tried it, laughing at spammers is an excellent pastime, and I one which I whole heartedly recommend.

cheers
Sam
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