Spammers

Twitter widens its view of bad actors to fight election fiddlers

Twitter has announced more changes to its rules to try to make it harder for people to use its platform to spread politically charged disinformation and thereby erode democratic processes. In an upda

Tinder Spammers Move To SMS After Improvements To Dating App’s Security

Dating app Tinder for a long time had been flooded with spam bots - fake accounts that flirt with users in order to redirect them to adult sites, and yes, take their money. This summer, security firm

Twitter Puts Its Foot Down, Takes Five Biggest Spammers To Federal Court

A warning: You can only spam Twitter so much before it brings in the law. As Twitter grows -- the company now claims to have 140 million active users -- naturally, it's become an attractive target for

Douche of the Day: Diego Norte/James Brausch

We’ve been getting some spam emails from someone purporting to be Diego Norte offering us exciting notes to post on our blog. These notes include tips on how to cheat on your taxes and how to lu

LittleRedRyanHood does some spam baiting

Ryan over at BFF just posted an extensive conversation he’s having with a spammer. Hop over and give him some ideas! I am Wang Yan,a staff of Private Banking Services at the Bank of China (BOC)

Nigerian Scammer and Spammer in the Slammer

Dear Friend, Please this is important and very urgent i have an urgent transaction of US$20.6 million, used to transfer to your nominated account,I am Mr Abubaker Yaro. The Auditor, with Accounting De