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Craigslist_Flooder

Craigslist Flooder improved on Engineer Man's video

Showing a Craigslist scammer who's boss using Python thumbnail

This is a really good video, I enjoyed it a lot. While watching the video, I was thinking about the effectiveness of the program and how it will impact the scammer. I concluded that it will likely not cause any major damage due to the false information that is being flooded looking too fake.

The problems and how I fixed them:

  • Fake emails are all organized the same, following the order: first name, number, @[domain name].
    • I improved this by randomaizing emails with names, nicknames, dates, and hobbies. With different capitalization.
      • The ussage of each email domain is based on popularity of the email domain.
  • Fake passwords are too random and eight characters long
    • I improved this by randomaizing the passwords with names, nicknames, dates, and hobbies and with different capitalization. This makes the passwords look more real.

Comparison:

Engineer Man:

My Improved Version:

Disclaimer: I did not run nor do I recommend running this program. A flooding tool is considered an attack and may be illegal in your country.

This program is a learning activity, please don't deploy.