I am confirming this, but it is more than likely because some users exercised close votes, and chose a custom off-topic reason. This was the WRONG thing to do with this.
When you encounter spam on the site, the procedure is to
- Flag it as spam
The spam flag is special. That is all that is needed.
Please
- DO NOT cast a close vote
- DO NOT flag any reason other than spam
- DO NOT edit the spamminess away
- DO NOT edit the links out
- DO NOT cast an additional downvote.
Just flag it as spam and go on your way.
