Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 11/08/06 17:27

David Segall wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:
>> Would you mind explaining *why* you need to do this .. thousands of
>> times .. as what you describe is exactly what spammers do to
>> insecure web forms. Are you a spammer? Are you participating in some
>> sort of click fraud scheme?
>
> Perhaps he is a "white hat" spammer.

Is there such a thing?

I wouldn't consider a person who wants to hit my web form "thousands
time" as wearing a white hat.

> I have always wanted to respond to my email spam by visiting the web
> site and responding by "buying" the product in a way that incurs a
> cost for the spammer. Do the credit card companies charge for
> checking a credit card?

Not if you make up a number ... :-) Use one that you see in a tv
commercial - guaranteed to be incorrect. (People really do try to buy
stuff with those numbers.)

Oh, and remember they will have your IP address, if they want to start a
fraud charge.

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-bts
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