Monday, October 11, 2021

Free Advertising!

Every so often spammers try to get through in comments. You'd think with moderation they'd know better.

This was submitted under two separate posts:


They generally begin these things with a generic "compliment," hoping the false flattery will get them through the door and let them slip in an ad. Me, I wonder what kind of legitimate gun business relies on being a parasite off the labor of others, and if that's indicative of other business model principles. The problematic grammar also raises a flag, as does the name "omna vani," which "coincidentally" also leads to a labrador puppies pet scam warning.

I checked out "ammowarehousezone.com" (sorry, guys, no live link for you) and the site does look pretty nice -- on the surface -- but telltale clues, including grammar that screams "Google Translate" and a FreePik portrait for one of the testimonial sharers, raise more flags.

So I decided to check them out on who.is and saw an administrator address that when entered into Google led to a "suspicious website" scam advisory for "premiumgunmart.com" at the same address. As for our newfound friends at "ammowarehouse.com":


There's your free ad, guy. Hope you like it.

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