Spambots usually create fake accounts and send spam using them, although in many cases it would be obvious that aspambotis sending it.
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Alternatively, the spam links are posted in the user's signature, in which case thespambotwill never post.
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Since mostspambotscripts use a fake e-mail address when posting, any email confirmation request is unlikely to be successfully routed to them.
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Some of these links may contain code to track the spambot's identity so that if a sale goes through then the spammer behind thespambotcan collect a commission.
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