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I bought a watering lance off ebay. It's faulty with a split washer causing a huge leak so as part of the returns evidence I put up a very short video. Before I'd added it and a photo to the ebay return I get an email from youtube saying there is a new comment...

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  • TadleyBaggie
    TadleyBaggie Posts: 6,616 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    It's spam...
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Please don't promote spam by repeating it here.
  • Geoff1963
    Geoff1963 Posts: 1,088 Forumite
    But do buy some Bitcoins to decrypt your files.
  • SnowTiger
    SnowTiger Posts: 4,461 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    I bought a watering lance off ebay. It's faulty with a split washer causing a huge leak so as part of the returns evidence I put up a very short video. Before I'd added it and a photo to the ebay return I get an email from youtube saying there is a new comment...

    It appears that YouTube's API allows punters to search for videos published between specific points in time.

    I guess spammers constantly scan for newly published videos to add their ad comments to.

    It would be an entirely automated process. :rotfl:
  • Geoff1963
    Geoff1963 Posts: 1,088 Forumite
    It would be an entirely automated process.
    So Olga, the hot Russian wife, isn't buying a plane ticket with the money I've just sent her ? :(
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