Yahoo! chat is full of these, um, bots?
August 2, 2008
Lovely conversationalist, that Jordan. Er, I mean Bob…
bobsheppard61: rnganbfrchR u there?zrfbykghaakxrclpazaozzofy
Geoff Barnes: Yes, I’m here. Are you there?
bobsheppard61: wbsvyhi emailgeoff, i got urwbbxvinfo from Angela, i hope u dont minduqgja
Geoff Barnes: nah, I don’t mind a bit. Angela’s a real peach. What’s up?
bobsheppard61: xjqftI’m Jordan BTW LoL,uupafI just moved here from outta town ezdnu
Geoff Barnes: Hi Jordan, where did you move here from?
bobsheppard61: jdxgzR u busy this weekend?udbnci’m looking for some one to have a little… fun with
Geoff Barnes: Oh that’s a shame, because I’m really busy already. But I’m interested to know where you moved from.
Geoff Barnes: Why do you type so funny?
bobsheppard61: ilzxgTo remove your id visityzshthttp://yremoveyourid.com ykgbhhjlgv
Geoff Barnes: idsfdfecbksOkay I’llfherfblqexbdo that fdfgwsgalater.
bobsheppard61: hxeio here are my details if u wanna meet uptifruhttp://www.%61%64u%6c%74h%6f%6f%6b-u%70s%2ene%74 ojofghfqlh
Geoff Barnes: Really? adulthook-ups.net?
bobsheppard61: bgrlu here are my details if u wanna meet updwlzfhttp://www.h%6fok%2d%75%70s-%72%2d%75s%2e%63o%6d vlplrjypau
Geoff Barnes: That’s your site? Good work on the home page.
bobsheppard61: pipoo here are my details if u wanna meet upkrobfhttp://www.%61d%75%6c%74%68%6fok%2du%70s%2en%65t hnxnzmrynf
Geoff Barnes: Uh oh, I think I broke you.
bobsheppard61: qqblv here are my details if u wanna meet upkpwbjhttp://www.%61%64ul%74hoo%6b%2d%75%70%73.%6e%65t
August 5, 2008 at 11:41 am
What happens if you actually put your id in the box? Will it confirm to them that it’s active and make you the target of even more spam? If they are keeping a database of the names entered, would entering false data or names of other chatbots in the box eventually fill their database?
August 12, 2008 at 3:41 pm
These bots talk to me at least every other day. I never click on the links or anything and I block them and report them as spam, but then another one talks to me a few days later. Any tips on getting rid of it? Does anyone know how?
August 20, 2008 at 4:21 am
nothing you can do but go to privacy options and ignore everyone not on your list