[nospam] Spammers are despicable. Comment spammers are even more despicable. [diespam]
OK, so … I got my second actual comment spam today … and it was much more of a pain than I had anticipated (of course, that’s mostly because I put together this post complaining about it instead of simply deleting the posts).
The worst part is, the domains are all registered through domainsbyproxy dot com, which I think is just fitting, considering the anonymous coward didn’t even provide a legitimate email address.
Anyway , do not, under any circumstances, shop at any of these despicable dealers:
- Do NOT go to musical-instruments online dot com — if you’re looking for information on — tune a bass guitar or acoustic bass guitar or for a headset microphone
- Do NOT go to golf equip online dot com — if you’re looking for information on — golf ball monogrammer or left handed golf clubs or golf club exchange
- Do NOT go to background checks-online dot com — if you’re looking for information on — public criminal record check or criminal court records or hamilton county court record (why?)
- Do NOT go to loose weight effectively dot com — if you’re looking for information on — weight loss calculator or herb weight loss
- Do NOT go to flat screen tvs online dot net — if you’re looking for information on — lcd monitors or plasma tv buying guide or lcd flat screen
- Do NOT go to teleconference call services dot com — if you’re looking for information on — cheap conference calling
- Do NOT go to new-car priceguides dot com — if you’re looking for information on — 2004 lincoln navigators or audi a4’s
- Do NOT go to buy new cars-online dot com — if you’re looking for information on — corvette for sale or a car dealer
- Do NOT go to new car-quotes dot com — if you’re looking for information on — wrangler or a land rover
- Do NOT go to persian rugs online dot net — if you’re looking for information on — a hamadan
- Do NOT go to texas loan information dot com — if you’re looking for information on — texas home equity
- Do NOT go to wholesale-pricing dot com — if you’re looking for information on — all clad
- Do NOT go to area rugs online dot net — if you’re looking for information on — cheap area rugs
Oh, and in case you can’t figure it out, I ran myself a little search-and-replace and removed the links, and removed the original “advertisment” text before I posted it … I actually put the keywords and url text on this page in hopes of completely messing with their heads.
I’m going to have to change my settings … I actually had it set up before that you couldn’t use html at all in comments (although textile processing is always available[:-)]), but when I upgraded to the latest WordPress over the weekend, it turned back on the ability for people to put html into the comments, and I figured I wouldn’t worry about it because nobody had ever tried anything. Boy was I wrong.
Well, it would serve them right if this warning page actually showed up when people went tooking for these things, but mostly I’m just venting. Phaugh!
You might want to consider installing the WP Blacklist hack for WordPress (it’s usually quite good at catching comment spam).