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Essay Spam 2 - when people don't read

Author: daoosaigon. Published on Sunday 11 July 2010 at 2:03 a.m. Categories: English. Tags: Spam, Essays, Writing, Plagiarism, Stuff. Comments: 0.

Someone hasn't been paying attention. I write a post describing essay writing firms; I also condemn them wholeheartedly as cheaters and frauds. Then some idiot comes along and adds not one, nor two, but six comments with six links to six different writing firms. I am confident it is only one idiot (or one idiot and friends), because it is statistically improbably for six random strangers to comment using the same email address. I am also certain that the email address belongs to spammer, because I emailed the address to ask why he was representing six different firms. No denials. No "It's not me!". No "Delete the comments - I don't care." Just silence - sometime golden, but in this case suspicious.

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Essay Spam

Author: daoosaigon. Published on Monday 19 April 2010 at 9:10 p.m. Categories: English. Tags: Spam, Essays, Writing, Plagiarism. Comments: 0.

Update (July 11, 2010): Yes, I know. More spam. Aren't I pleased?

I haven't paid much attention to my blog these last two months. I've been concentrating on completing the PostPressed website. So to my surprise and dismay, I've found I've been comment spammed. Oddly enough, they all follow the same theme: semi-professional essay writing. It's not Viagra or Lottery spam, but still off-putting.

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