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Any Spam experts around?

A banner ad on my forum sends people to a landing page on an affiliate site that requests the user to complete name, email, phone number, etc.

Ever since I set it up on the 28th Sept, the landing page has been plagued with fake sign ups. The patterns of names, emails etc makes it look like an automated spammer.

I suspect some spambot is somehow following the link from the forum to the affiliate site and completing the form there. Why, I have no idea.

I have actually had my account suspended with the trading company due to this spam, so I would love to sort this out.

But my hosting company say it's down to me - I'm afraid I don't know how to even start on this one.

Has anyone got any thoughts?

Thanks!

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