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[+]   #60 at 2025-08-15 09:47:09

Hi, I wanted to know your price.

I really, seriously, can't figure out what the point of this spam is! Do you know? It's a short message in a seemingly randomly selected language which always translates into Hi, I wanted to know your price.

It's not advertising anything, it's not spreading propaganda and there's no follow up for any kind of extractive scam, not for information nor money.

These are a few samples of the messages being posted:

Прывітанне, я хацеў даведацца Ваш прайс.
Hi, მინდოდა ვიცოდე თქვენი ფასი.
Hi, roeddwn i eisiau gwybod eich pris.
Salam, qiymətinizi bilmək istədim.
Hej, jeg ønskede at kende din pris.
Γεια σου, ήθελα να μάθω την τιμή σας.
Hi, ego volo scire vestri pretium.
Szia, meg akartam tudni az árát.
Hola, quería saber tu precio..
Ola, quería saber o seu prezo.
Hi, kam dashur të di çmimin tuaj
Salut, ech wollt Äre Präis wëssen.
Dia duit, theastaigh uaim do phraghas a fháil.
Здравейте, исках да знам цената ви.
Ողջույն, ես ուզում էի իմանալ ձեր գինը.
Aloha, makemake wau eʻike i kāu kumukūʻai.
Hæ, ég vildi vita verð þitt.
Kaixo, zure prezioa jakin nahi nuen.
Ndewo, achọrọ m ịmara ọnụahịa gị.

I've seen the following IP ranges. And big surprise they're from the Russian Federation.

185.39.19.0/24 AS216341 OPTIMA-AS OPTIMA LLC (registered 2025-03-11)  
45.89.70.0/24 AS50340 SELECTEL-MSK JSC Selectel (registered 2017-10-16)

It seems like it could be the first, automated, step of a phishing scam -- and a successful post would trigger manual action. But, I'm gonna assume the operation fell apart at some point! Someone simply forgot, or was unable, to turn the bot off. Based on a few Google searches it seems this has been going on for many years!

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Hi, I wanted to know your price.