Honey Trap

~ Cheryl

This blog gets around 300 spam comments a day. None of them get through, but that means you folks don’t get to see how daft some of them are. So I thought I would make a honey trap post and add to it any comments it receives. I will, of course, edit out the links to porn sites and malware distribution sites. I may also be unable to refrain from snarking occasionally.

31 thoughts on “Honey Trap”

  3. Here’s the first one. The supposed Matthew C. Kriner claims to come from a group of Twitter experts. Nice try, kiddo, but it would be even more stupid if it were genuine.

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  4. This one is dead boring, but I note that the sex site responsible posted variations of the same to 13 separate entries.

    Perfect layout! How did you get it?

  5. From a regular visitor bot purportedly advertising business opportunities in Saudi Arabia:

    I think what you are talking about is something strange and different, but even if this site remains with you of the best sites I have

    Also, in separate comments:

    thats article was nice , Ihope thats well help me

    And:

    Iunderstand what you are saying and I agree with you

  6. Oh, fabulous! This one was supposedly advertising the sale of toilet paper holders. I have no doubt that my blog is a massive target for that industry.

    Thank you, I’ve recently been seeking for details about this topic for ages and yours is the best I’ve found so far.

  7. This one claims to be advertising something to do with a football tournament. It is a fairly weak example of comment snark. I’m sure the bots can do better.

    Nicholas Murray Butler: “An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.”

  8. From a bot advertising an XBox emulator:

    Nice layout I think.

    There are lots of vaguely complimentary comments like this which don’t address the post at all.

  9. It’s difficult to find well-informed people in this particular topic, but you sound like you know what you’re talking about! Thanks

    Why, thank you, Mr. Bot. I am, indeed, an expert on honey traps for spammers.

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  11. A porn site being flattering.

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  14. Our Xbox emulator friend again:

    Perfect layout I think.

    and

    #up: Don’t sure if you’re right man.

    and

    Amazing layout! How did you get it?

    and

    Nice layout I think.

    and

    Amazing layout I think.

    and

    Mhm, nice layout

    and

    Perfect layout! How did you get it?

    and

    #up: I’m not sure if you’re right, bro.

    and

    Cool layout I think.

    and

    #up: Don’t sure if you’re right, bro.

    and

    Mhm, cool layout

    and

    Great layout! How did you get it?

    All submitted to this post in the space of a couple of hours yesterday.

  15. And finally, someone trying to sell me malware for Facebook:

    This is one piece of Lead Generating Software that actually works: [link redacted]

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    Brussels? Are you afraid of sprouts or something?

    Also, no, I would not be seen dead in your sweatpants.

  17. Why? Why are spammers still talking about the Zune? Don’t they know it is dead?

    The new Zune browser is surprisingly good, but not as good as the iPod’s. It works well, but isn’t as fast as Safari, and has a clunkier interface. If you occasionally plan on using the web browser that’s not an issue, but if you’re planning to browse the web alot from your PMP then the iPod’s larger screen and better browser may be important.

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    Aw, how sweet.

    But actually I don’t have a car, so there’s no point in trying to sell me car-related services.

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    A man who wants bread is ready for anything.

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  25. These two from overnight:

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    and

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    Thank you spammers, you made my day.

    But I still don’t want to go to a tea shop in Winnipeg, thanks.

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  28. Some spammers know what they are doing has little chance of getting through, so they cheer themselves up by yelling abuse.

    The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as much as this one. I mean, I know it was my choice to read, but I actually thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.

    Oddly enough, a few minutes earlier the same spammer (shilling for a bookmaker) had posted this:

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