Spam My Own Site, Why Not?
There seems not a day passes than some spammer tries to get by my defences. The latest came via my contact form from someone calling themselves Amethyst Royal:
My name is Amethyst Royal and I work with a company that offers online resources for those seeking to start, change, or further their career via an advanced education. I really like your web page, Longrider, and am hoping that you would be interested in hosting a link for our company. I am looking for a text link to be posted on one of your older subpages or posts. I would be able to compensate you for your time and your space. If you are interested, please let me know.
Kind Regards,
Amethyst Royal
PatternSpace
Sigh… Usually these people try to get onto old posts themselves by leaving a spammy comment such as here – and I really do suggest that the blogger concerned deletes the comment.
This one does appear to be written by a real person rather than a bot – although I could be wrong on that one. The syntax appears real and the faux flattery designed to appeal to my ego suggests some attempt to look at the site. Given that I have auto-close in place on old posts, contacting me and asking me to spam myself appears to be the only option available. Like I’m cabbage looking or something. Anyway, these people have form, it seems.
Assuming that this is a real person, they clearly haven’t bothered to read my link exchange policy. Given that I am not prepared to indulge in link exchanges, I am hardly likely to fall for selling links, now, am I? And for any lingering doubt, there are no adverts on this site. It is not a commercial site, I don’t do any selling and if I did, it would be in plain sight, not hidden in a link in an old post; the tactic of the spammer and scammer.
So, Amethyst Royal – or whatever your real name is – No, I am not going to host one of your scammy links.
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