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Offline drenrin2120

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WTF?
« on: October 23, 2006, 01:18:14 AM »
Here's an email I got from GamingW. I blurted out the links to save your eyes.

You have just been sent a personal message by CindyGameMaster on Gaming World
Forums.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this
email.

The message they sent you was:

If you have some time check out this COOL pic:
************
Also, check out the following website I came across:
************
It will knock your socks off!
Next, the below website is thrilling!!!
************
Finally, the following website is the absolute BOMB!!!
************
ENJOY!!!

MY PIC:
************

The forum could NOT establish a connection to this image: *************

Reply to this Personal Message here:
***********************


It was a legit messege from GamingW. Really weird. I clicked on one link and it made me sick. I dared a second link and it was the same thing. I dared no more.

Anyone else get any weird **** like this?
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Offline Fortet

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« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2006, 01:23:30 AM »
No...
And I don't want to know what those pics were...
>_<
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Offline drenrin2120

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« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2006, 01:25:39 AM »
Yeah, it appears a bunch of forums have been attacked by this serial porn spammer. Hopefully it stays away from charas.
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2006, 01:26:22 AM »
There fake messages to copy websites urls and emails. They are not acutally from the company themselves. I got stuff like this from Amazon emails and what not, sites looking 100% like Amazon.com, even the email was staff@amazon.com, but the emails and websites were not actally those websites, there are websites that sell fake domain names that override your own. So someone with a yahoo subdomain website can get their email and website url changed to match any url they want and email to match.

This is to con people into what they intend, its been floating around on company sites for about a few years now. I got this information from amazon and another website called Gaia Online. They give out information on how to determine if it is really from the companies they forge. Based on content of emails. If an email says something the company would not ever email you about, then it is forged.

websites how ever are harder to tell. Some links can lead you to a site that looks like, lets say amazons main login page, but it is a trap to get your login info to buy off your credit cards and etc.

It's just like the email viruses out there, they steal your friend's email list and emails people with their email address, but yet they didnt email you. Then you get sent viruses.
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Offline drenrin2120

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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2006, 01:28:31 AM »
Hm... ****... Why am I so dumb?
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Offline DarkFlood2

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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2006, 01:37:58 AM »
More like why are people so vile and worthless that they actually do this?
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« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2006, 01:49:20 AM »
Yeah I got one of those on GamingW too. Twice. I just didn't bother clicking on it. I guess it's good I didn't.
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Offline FFL2and3rocks

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« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2006, 02:06:46 AM »
I got one a while ago from Microsoft.

"This is an email from Microsoft! Click here to download our newest  [STRIKE]virus[/STRIKE] update!"

What gave it away was the obviously fake email address...  :=)
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« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2006, 02:47:08 AM »
Which is why I don't pay attention to emails talking about updates. Most, as in 90%, of the programs use an autoupdate feature.
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« Reply #9 on: October 23, 2006, 03:01:31 AM »
Yeah, I usually don't click on those types of things. But I just figured it was from GamingW so I let my guard down.
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« Reply #10 on: October 23, 2006, 08:19:48 AM »
Could you send me the link in a pm? I wanna see what's so 'sick' that you didn't dare to watch all links.
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« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2006, 10:19:47 AM »
^^Are you sure that's really a good idea?
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« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2006, 10:54:59 AM »
Are you sure it's not for personal enjoyment? :p
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« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2006, 11:21:21 AM »
LRPGM suffered another attempted hack, the attempt failed though, and we are all laughing now.
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« Reply #14 on: October 23, 2006, 01:48:04 PM »
I've got this from gaming world 4 times... 4! It sucks, after the first I just deleted them.
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