Obscene anchor text linking to non-existent pages on my site
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My website seems to be rapidly accumulating links from what seem to be reputable websites and which are going to non-existent pages on my website. The anchor text of many of these links is obscene. Here is the URL of one of the pages that is linking to me. I contacted the originating site a couple of weeks ago and they are looking into it but I've not heard back. I'm guessing the originating sites have been hacked. Should I be concerned? Why are they linking to pages on my site that don't exist?
http://www.radicalartistsagency.com/htmlarea/language/0content_abo_utus.html
Looking at the page source of this page reveals the hidden links.
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thanks, Oleg. I'll do that.
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Looks like some negative SEO. I would disavow the site to be on the safe side and be sure to monitor your backlinks actively.
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