I had a conversation with the ipod spammer tonight.
Yup -- one of the fake search results showed chat enabled. And they actually talked to me! Here's what the spammer has to say for himself:
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You: WHY DO YOU SEND THIS SPEW????
24.59.129.174: what spew
24.59.129.174: ?
You: The fake search results!!!
24.59.129.174: Huh?
You: You know ... the ipod picture
24.59.129.174: nothing that i know of is fake
You: You returned a search result for an ipod picture...
24.59.129.174: whats the name
You: "fetscom super".
24.59.129.174: what file?
You: It's the search query I used.
You: fetscom super.jpg
You: Why are you offering a picture of an ipod named whatever the search was?
24.59.129.174: i wasnt aware that i was
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Apparently, denial and feigned ignorance are to be preferred over admitting the truth, even in conversation with someone who can't do much about it anyway.