Hi All,
I have a website that includes a Contact Webmaster page. When a user fills in this page, I receive an email. I want to know about broken links, misspelled words, confusing features etc. etc.
Lately, I've been receiving a bunch of emails (from the Contact Webmaster page) containing a single line of gibberish. For example: "Hi, ego volo scire vestri pretium." The page asks for a first and last name and a good portion of the time the user (spammer) fills both fields with "Grantbiz".
I just can't figure out the objective. None of the messages try to direct me to a URL and the system doesn't allow the attachment of files so there's no chance of distributing malware. I even considered they might be trying to overwhelm some enemy's mailbox (because the system sends a confirmation email to the address entered by the user) but nearly all of the supposed sender email addresses are different.
Any ideas on what might be the spammer’s angle?
Also, before you ask, I do not have a CAPTCHA control on the page. Prior to now, I never felt the need. It's now on my to-do list.
Thanks,
Mortimer