Comments on: Evil Idea: Make money from spammers! http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/ Stories from the web spam fighters Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:40:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Rune Jensen http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-297 Rune Jensen Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:26:39 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-297 I have for some time redirected comment-spammeing bots to a search engine with the spammers ip and the word spam in the query stirng. Like response.redirect "http://google.com?q=spam+" & request.servervariables("REMOTE_ADDR") response.end It is not that the spammer him or herself see this, since the commentspamming is usually done via zoombied PCs (who are in fact innocent of anything else than having lousy security). Yet it gives me a feeling of revenge... Since there will in some cases be a GET after the POST, pt. often by another IP - to see, if the message got through. It might end up in some spammers DB giving him some thoughts. Also I have been experimenting with redirecting to a page that redirected to another page that redirected... funny to see how long they are willing to go. Actually I only used this for a while. Still have to remember the majority of spammers IPs are innocent users, and it will use their bandwidth... I have for some time redirected comment-spammeing bots to a search engine with the spammers ip and the word spam in the query stirng.

Like

response.redirect “http://google.com?q=spam+” & request.servervariables(”REMOTE_ADDR”)
response.end

It is not that the spammer him or herself see this, since the commentspamming is usually done via zoombied PCs (who are in fact innocent of anything else than having lousy security).

Yet it gives me a feeling of revenge… Since there will in some cases be a GET after the POST, pt. often by another IP - to see, if the message got through. It might end up in some spammers DB giving him some thoughts.

Also I have been experimenting with redirecting to a page that redirected to another page that redirected… funny to see how long they are willing to go. Actually I only used this for a while. Still have to remember the majority of spammers IPs are innocent users, and it will use their bandwidth…

]]> By: Spam Bots and CAPTCHAs » Blog Archive » The evil idea again, now with the screenshot and with Harry Potter quiz http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-72 Spam Bots and CAPTCHAs » Blog Archive » The evil idea again, now with the screenshot and with Harry Potter quiz Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:38:34 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-72 [...] evil idea again, now with the screenshot and with Harry Potter quiz The post “Evil Idea: Make money from spammers!” has raised a number of comments. The intermediate verdict is: “A bad idea if put into [...] […] evil idea again, now with the screenshot and with Harry Potter quiz The post “Evil Idea: Make money from spammers!” has raised a number of comments. The intermediate verdict is: “A bad idea if put into […]

]]> By: Alex McKee http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-70 Alex McKee Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:03:58 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-70 Yes, this would piss off the advertisers or the affiliate program. A bad idea if put into practice, not a bad idea in theory, though. Yes, this would piss off the advertisers or the affiliate program.
A bad idea if put into practice, not a bad idea in theory, though.

]]> By: Josh http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-59 Josh Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:19:04 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-59 yea, I know how it goes.. Anyway... I was thinking about this and the advertisers might get mad about "false clicks" if we redirected the spammers to an amazon page or other advertiser links. yea, I know how it goes..

Anyway… I was thinking about this and the advertisers might get mad about “false clicks” if we redirected the spammers to an amazon page or other advertiser links.

]]> By: olpa http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-55 olpa Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:18:38 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-55 > I LOVE this idea :-) Thanks. I was afraid that I was too spoiled to consider this idea as good or funny. I'm still afraid, but at least I'm not alone. > if you ever want someone to work on it with you, I can help.. Unfortunately, not me. My TODO list is overloaded, and I have to cancel even the useful and interesting ideas. > I LOVE this idea
:-) Thanks. I was afraid that I was too spoiled to consider this idea as good or funny. I’m still afraid, but at least I’m not alone.

> if you ever want someone to work on it with you, I can help..
Unfortunately, not me. My TODO list is overloaded, and I have to cancel even the useful and interesting ideas.

]]> By: Josh http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-54 Josh Mon, 08 Oct 2007 02:29:57 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-54 Heya, this is the FSpamlist.com guy again.. I LOVE this idea... if you ever want someone to work on it with you, I can help.. Thanks, Josh Heya, this is the FSpamlist.com guy again..

I LOVE this idea… if you ever want someone to work on it with you, I can help..

Thanks,
Josh

]]> By: MoneyQs » Blog Archive » Evil Idea: Make money from spammers! http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-41 MoneyQs » Blog Archive » Evil Idea: Make money from spammers! Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:36:34 +0000 http://bbspam.com/2007/09/16/evil-idea-make-money-from-spammers/#comment-41 [...] Eloise Pasteur wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptInstead of capturing the spammer’s URL and directing traffic to it, suppose you modified your comment script so it directed the spammer to a page that you could make some money from? You use any of the tricks of the trade to recognize a … [...] […] Eloise Pasteur wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptInstead of capturing the spammer’s URL and directing traffic to it, suppose you modified your comment script so it directed the spammer to a page that you could make some money from? You use any of the tricks of the trade to recognize a … […]

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