There are incidents where and account is created, activated, and no posts or maybe one is placed.
A simple comment, or a simple congrats type message.
This account may even seem to be abandoned.
Many of these accounts are overlooked my site Admin, as it can be more trouble to track them down and delete the account than to just leave it.
In 9 months to a year + down the road, that account all of a sudden hits you with 7 to 50+ spams all at once.
Now folks may think that this is a lot of trouble for a spammer or a spamming group, but it is not. With the right software and a shared database.
The spammer(s) do not even have to remember the username and password they set up. The software will do that for them. So when tehy return, they pick a username & password at random and Spam.
Now all that being said; There have been increased incidents since November, where user accounts are being hijacked and then used for spamming purposes. It is unfortunate and hellish, as these folks are not interested in your information, but the massive number of hijacked accounts they can claim to use for spamming sites. This also creates an issue for that original Account holder as they may get eliminated and permanently banned from sites they were active in, as these spammers are also looking for ways to associate original IP addresses to the account, and the IP is also easily spoofed with simple free software.
So your concern of a hijacked account id legitimate.
Do not believe for a moment that it is DA specific, the issue is large and out of control everywhere that I am aware of.
But, be aware of sleeper accounts, as these may, OR MAY NOT, be spamming accounts just waiting to piss us all off
