Is this Spam or a legitimate comment?

shawnfrancis · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 3:47 pm
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I found a post in my SPAM folder and it mentioned how awesome my blog was but when I clocked on the name it went to a company that sold insurance, was this just some SPAM ploy, or was this an actual person who actually likes my blog. I posted the comment on the front page thinking I actually had a fan.

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shawnfrancis · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 3:48 pm
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The word “clocked” is supposed to be “clicked.” Typing too fast again.
panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 4:36 pm
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Definitely spam, and Akismet knows that: it’s a ready-made comment, with nothing relating to the actual content of your page; others (including me) can assure you they have received the same thing, word for word. Its only purpose is planting the link to the “company”.
thesacredpath · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 4:50 pm
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I get them all the time from different email addresses but with the exact same text. They are trying to get you to approve them so that they get taken out of the Akismet database as a spammer, then then hit your blog with thousands of offers for discount Viagra.
shawnfrancis · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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Damn, and I thought I had a fan. Those mothers hoodwinked me! Thanks guys. I’ll have to delete it now.
panaghiotisadam · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 5:00 pm
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Click Spam, not Delete.
shawnfrancis · Member · Oct 26, 2009 at 5:03 pm
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Crap, I clicked delete! Good to know, though, for the future.

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