I’m going to ask again. Why would someone want to flood your website with fake email account signups? They come in waves. Lately I’ll get 10-20 a day for a site that is largely dormant. I tried emailing one back and got nothing.
What is the end game here? What do they hope to gain?
David Todd McCarty /
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2024-03-31 12:33:45
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2024-03-31 12:33:45Event JSON
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