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Diane M
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spammers

Post by Diane M » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:00 pm

Is it just me or all the people with birthdays look like spammers??
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Re: spammers

Post by kiwi33 » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:06 am

No, it is not just you.

Most of the spammers are not real people. Rather, they are "spam-bots" (= software written by unpleasant people). Spam-bots are often programmed to "pick" the current date as a DOB when they target a forum. Other indicators are "random" usernames and profile details.
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