Craigslist spam

Rider · 03-12-2010, 03:00 PM

WTF is that all about? I currently have 5 things for sale on CL and on every listing I am getting multiple replies for me to go check out some link and it's always the same link. I'm not clicking on them and I'm adding the user to my blocked senders list but WTF? There are people out there with way too much time on there hands browsing CL ads and spamming the posters. What the hell could be so important that they take the time to send a link to every person with a for sale ad on CL?

Particle Man · 03-12-2010, 03:01 PM

automated maybe?

Rider · 03-12-2010, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Particle Man

automated maybe?

Could be but why?

goof2 · 03-12-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Could be but why?

A certain percentage of the population is dumb enough to click on the link. Out of that group there is a certain percentage that is dumb enough to do whatever it is that is making that website money.

Avatard · 03-12-2010, 03:09 PM

...Or it simply installs a trojan.

BobTheBiker · 03-12-2010, 03:15 PM

for every intelligent person, theres 300000 dumb fucks that will do whatever the computer tells em.

Rider · 03-12-2010, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Avatard

...Or it simply installs a trojan.

Are people really that bored with their lives they gotta send Trojan horses to people they don't know?

Bluestreak · 03-12-2010, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Are people really that bored with their lives they gotta send Trojan horses to people they don't know?

It's all about the Benjamins.

BobTheBiker · 03-12-2010, 04:58 PM

trojans keep computer repair folks in business an makin money. plain an simple.

goof2 · 03-12-2010, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Rider

Are people really that bored with their lives they gotta send Trojan horses to people they don't know?

Many of the trojans today are the kind that bring a person to a website that tells them said trojan is actually a computer destroying erectile dysfunction causing virus. "Fortunately" the website will sell them program that "removes" the trojan/virus. This brings me back to my "do whatever it is that is making that website money" comment.

03-12-2010, 03:00 PM	#1
Rider Moto GP Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 12,156	Craigslist spam WTF is that all about? I currently have 5 things for sale on CL and on every listing I am getting multiple replies for me to go check out some link and it's always the same link. I'm not clicking on them and I'm adding the user to my blocked senders list but WTF? There are people out there with way too much time on there hands browsing CL ads and spamming the posters. What the hell could be so important that they take the time to send a link to every person with a for sale ad on CL?

03-12-2010, 03:01 PM	#2
Particle Man Custom User Title Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Central NY Moto: 2003 SV650S Posts: 14,959	automated maybe? __________________ I'm not "fat." I'm "Enlarged to show texture." Handle every stressful situation like a DOG: If you can't eat it or hump it, pi$$ on it & walk away.

03-12-2010, 03:09 PM	#5
Avatard Crotch Rocket Curmudgeon Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Here to integrity Moto: Li'l red baby Ninja Posts: 7,482	...Or it simply installs a trojan. __________________ Insert free thought here.

03-12-2010, 03:15 PM	#6
BobTheBiker too much time on my hands Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the northern district of god damn Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now. Posts: 1,802	for every intelligent person, theres 300000 dumb fucks that will do whatever the computer tells em.

03-12-2010, 04:58 PM	#9
BobTheBiker too much time on my hands Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: the northern district of god damn Moto: 01 ZX6R, looking for more now. Posts: 1,802	trojans keep computer repair folks in business an makin money. plain an simple.