I got this message from out of the blue on AIM. I periodically do from time to time so I didn't think much of it. Something about it felt a bit odd, but it nonetheless was quite well done:
Them: hi.. wanna chat :-)
Me: kinda busy at the moment
Them: asl (age sex location)?
Them: 24/f/new york
Me: 24/m/Houston
Them: so what are you up to Pariatex*?
Them: cool. i was just hangin out. kinda bord.. kinda horny :-)
Them: feel like cybering with me ? please please...
Me: sorry, not interested
Them: ok, i can take a hint.. but you should check out the pictures i have of me on my site.. you might change ur mind.. check it out http://www.cyberfungirls.com/elisabeth/
*- my account name. Feel free to drop me a line some time and tell me off.
I get spambots messaging me all the time. I'll give this one extra points for being elaborate. It kinda glossed over the point where I said that I was busy, which was the first sign something was odd. Some AIMers are like that, though. Particularly ones that message people out of nowhere. Wasn't sure what to say to the horny part, thought the cyber request was pretty strange, then the site clinched it (it's not even the same name, for heaven's sakes). I wonder what would have happened if I'd said yes. I'm sure some lonely schmuck out there would have. If anyone has run into this bot before and said yes, let me know. Confidentiality, of course, will be granted.
In any case, whoever programmed this did a pretty decent job.
Comment spam is an ongoing problems that we're trying to address. Previously we required people to create accounts and log in. I am thankful to say that is no longer the case. We're giving Captcha another try and are playing around with a text-based Q&A variant of Captcha. So bear with us as we try to figure out how to best get a handle ont he problem. Please note that any comment on a post more than 30 days old will go into the moderation queue, where I will get to it when I can which could be once a week.
