But why? Just to get people to take the link? Or is there a deeper motive to this? It's a lot of effort really, and if they're buying accounts, there must be something in it for them.

I mean honestly, this is fascinating. I always wondered why these accounts pop up but I assumed it was individuals just trying to get people to take their link, like an affiliate, which amused me because nobody will likely even read it before it's gone, so their effort was wasted. If it's obviously spam and not poker related I just ban them and I regularly ban people, at least one a month, but if it's poker related I edit the link out and leave them be because, frankly, the site is dead and I don't want boot potential new members.

Should I be banning them all on sight? I'm not stupid enough to take their links, but if there's a risk of people coming here and getting attacked with malware or ransomware or whatever, I have a duty to do my best to stop that from happening.