Posted by David Segall on 11/09/06 06:23

"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:

>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.)
What about one of their test numbers or a number that passes the
preliminary checks for validity?
>
>Oh, and remember they will have your IP address, if they want to start a
>fraud charge.
It would not be fraud since I would not be receiving or paying for
anything. In Australia, we do not have the extraordinary U.S. laws
that seem to protect the credit card companies as though they were
religions.

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