Okay so this is a slightly odd situation but I suspect somebody else might find it intriguing.
I don't use the feature extensively but I know about it and have used it in the past. I doubt that the fact that I've used it makes any difference.
So a while back I had a flurry of "welcome to takealot" emails. Looked at them and its clear that an automated script (or really bored human) signed up hundreds of takealot accounts with the takealot system not recognizing that the + symbol does not represent a different user. Sent an email to their customer support but clearly no competent response forthcoming. Anyway have it filtered to delete the messages. Not marking as spam in part because I think that is something the asshole behind it would want. A bit later thousands of welcome to takealot furthered off by thousands of takealot promotional email duplicates. Gmail is actually slogging off with the delete exercise and its a bit of a nuisance. I have no idea if I am being targetted by a moron script kiddie or how widespread it is. But quite simply while its a mild nuisance to me occassionally I suspect if morons are doing mass signups and takealots systems aren't clicking what is going on that a sizable amount of resources that ultimately takealot pays is occuring.
So the question is:
(a) does anybody here work for or know somebody with a brain who works at Takealot
(b) anybody familiar with this sort of nonsense as an abuse vector - I mean apart from spam I am battling to see any actual objective.
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I don't use the feature extensively but I know about it and have used it in the past. I doubt that the fact that I've used it makes any difference.
So a while back I had a flurry of "welcome to takealot" emails. Looked at them and its clear that an automated script (or really bored human) signed up hundreds of takealot accounts with the takealot system not recognizing that the + symbol does not represent a different user. Sent an email to their customer support but clearly no competent response forthcoming. Anyway have it filtered to delete the messages. Not marking as spam in part because I think that is something the asshole behind it would want. A bit later thousands of welcome to takealot furthered off by thousands of takealot promotional email duplicates. Gmail is actually slogging off with the delete exercise and its a bit of a nuisance. I have no idea if I am being targetted by a moron script kiddie or how widespread it is. But quite simply while its a mild nuisance to me occassionally I suspect if morons are doing mass signups and takealots systems aren't clicking what is going on that a sizable amount of resources that ultimately takealot pays is occuring.
So the question is:
(a) does anybody here work for or know somebody with a brain who works at Takealot
(b) anybody familiar with this sort of nonsense as an abuse vector - I mean apart from spam I am battling to see any actual objective.