Google Groups being spammed
May 19, 2008 at 06:17 #
I'm getting lots of comment spam attempts for some Google Groups pages, e.g. "http://groups.google.us/group/dyt-cheaptickets". The mentioned groups actually exist, and the spam content is being hosted by Google.
There is no "report abuse" link, so I have no idea how to tell the Google guys about this.
Also, I wonder how the spammers make it past the CAPTCHA?
May 20, 2008 at 06:54 # edit delete unapprove
Perhaps using a mechanical turk or some similar approach. CAPCHAs do not fend off spammers, they fend off users.