They were probably iPhones

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Another trick these guys sometimes use is: sign up, reply in a bunch of threads with useless info (sometimes they just post re-worded versions of posts people have already made in the thread). If there's nothing obviously spammy about them, they don't get deleted. So they come back days or weeks later and edit their posts to include links to whatever phones or power locks they're selling. Because it's just an edit, it doesn't bump the thread and we may not notice.

The reason they want to add links isn't because they think people will click them, it's because the search engine spiders follow them automatically. If you make a link from a legitimate site to your site, it helps your search ranking. That's what they're really after.