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Monday, June 19, 2006

Spammer offering to buy MySpace contacts lists?

(Via BoingBoing) It looks like a spammer is spamming MySpace users and offering to buy their account to obtain their friends lists — provided they have at least 20,000 friends.

Apparently this isn't as crazy as it sounds, as there are 'bots which will add people to your friends list for you.

For more details, read Brooklyn Ski Club: Easy Money, Sell Your Friends.

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