Spammers

Marc Peters · #1 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004, 12:07 PM

Just been spammed by h**p://www.merchantaccountforums.com/

Seems it's been done to other boards too. Feel free to add comments to the board.

Marc Peters · #2 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004, 12:12 PM

Just noticed another two. I know it's a bot, but for information only, if you don't authorise your account it will be deleted. I'm going to delete all accounts that haven't been activated.

LJR · #3 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004, 12:16 PM

I thought you couldn't post unless you had confirmed your account?

Marc Peters · #4 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004, 12:20 PM

There sure is, but you can register and get a free link. If you register with an non aplha character as the start, you will be top when the member list is put in alpha oder, so there a stong possibility google will crawl the site on the next visit and give a backlink. And backlinks mean prizes.

It's one of the many tools of a spammer. No direct hits, but a boost to searcg engine weighting.

Pieguy · #5 (**permalink**) 10-21-2004, 04:49 PM

got this info from a whois:

Registrant:
XPERYA Corporation SA.
P. O. Box 1613
Panama, Panama 9
PA

Domain Name: MERCHANTACCOUNTFORUMS.COM

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
XPERYA Corporation SA.
P. O. Box 1613
Panama, Panama 9
PA
1212121212
support@downloadline.com

Domain created on 08-Aug-2004
Domain expires on 08-Aug-2006
Last updated on 08-Aug-2004

Domain servers in listed order:

URL1.BUYDOMAINS.COM
URL2.BUYDOMAINS.COM