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Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

comet4321 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:10:10 -0000

there are so many google scams going around nowadays. It is good to keep on top of them. the google cash scam is a prime example of this. They offer a kit that only costs 1.95 shipping that will make money with google that very day. The fact is these scams are taking money from you as soon as you agree to the shipping fee. The other sad part is that google offers this service up for free.

To learn more and watch some videos that expose the google cash scam visit

http://www.google-cash-scam...

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Maley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:01:48 -0000

Stop saying that people are stupid to have clicked on the link, or that they don't deserve to have Internet access. My friend Julie gchatted me the link and I wrote her back saying "What is this? Is this a scam? Is it safe?" She said "yes, it's safe!" so I clicked on it and opened it, and I got the phishing scam sent to my friends. Turns out Julie had not known that the link was sent to her address list. When I had replied with the "What is this?" chat, she thought I was referring to Gchat itself, which is safe. You do not know that this link gets passed on, even if you get replies from people. I have never fallen for a scam before and this was an honest mistake, so stop impuning the character of people who followed a link from their friends.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Lee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:43:24 -0000

FYI, this phishing scam has resurfaced.

I was not aware of this scam until this morning, 3/10/09, when a friend passed me the link.

NOTE: the NEW domain being used is

FASTFORWARDED.com

Registered on 2/24/09

http://whois.domaintools.co...

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Dess — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:53:36 -0000

Hello,

I can't believe that even Google talk is now affected with this phishing scam. Apparently, I haven't experienced it yet, but geee this is really scary. Would be very careful now in logging in. Anyways thanks for sharing this. Will spread this post so that others might know about this.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Annie — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:36:14 -0000

Well, I've never clicked (and will never) on something unusual or something
that comes with the link to click on. To make sure, I will wait for a while
to see if there's a news reporting phishing, virus, etc then I may trust that
it comes from my friend :)

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Mickey Segal — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:18:34 -0000

Harvard students telling how they fell for it:
http://www.thecrimson.com/a...

The article also notes that
"Joshua A. Kroll â€™09, former president of the Harvard Computer Society, said users should take care not to click on unfamiliar links. He also said that TinyURL.com includes a preview feature that can give Web surfers an indication of the linkâ€™s actual destination. "

but you seem to have to go to http://tinyurl.com/preview.php to set this, so it is not likely to save those who need saving.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

John Thomas — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:42:35 -0000

Stupid Nigerian scumbag scammers. I wish someone would just NUKE Nigeria
and surrounding areas and be DONE with it!

RT
www.be-anonymous.us.tc

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Lefty — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:20:01 -0000

I broke this before mashable :)

http://www.mylifestartingup...

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Jay aka kpfingaz — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:29:33 -0000

@ntulip
Good point. I never really saw the benefits of using OpenID until now.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

ntulip — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:56:02 -0000

Give me your username and password has become the norm in social networks.

OpenID anyone?

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Mike — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:53:27 -0000

The phrase "web darwinism" comes to mind.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Mike — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:51:10 -0000

ROFL! Really? email and PASSWORD to view some video? These people shouldn't just get SPAM, they should be mailed an AOL CD. That way their ISP matches their tech savviness. Forget about changing your password after getting hit with this thing, it's quite possible there's a bot behind it that, upon logging in, also does a quick search for any shopping/billing/banking/account related emails and saves those in a nice log. The fact that people fall for things like this is the reason OS and utility systems are becoming that much more dumbed down and locked down rather than flexible and user controlled. For shame.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Daniel Carroll — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:33:41 -0000

Hi Rohan,

I wrote the article for The Crimson - didn't see your comments until now.

Nice work beating me to the connection - things move a bit slower in the old media world.

Best,
Daniel

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Rohan Pinto — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:35:56 -0000

where's my 10 BUCKS !!! : http://www.thecrimson.com/a...

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Jay aka kpfingaz — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:05:30 -0000

@Rohan Pinto

Of course its him. http://whois.domaintools.co...

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Rohan Pinto — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:11:36 -0000

AH HA ! : http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:HW2dewVA5OsJ:www.hoantontha...

it is http://twitter.com/hoan behind it all. I bet 10 BUCKS on it !!!

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Jay aka kpfingaz — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:03:39 -0000

Well yeah, thats what I meant. Google has a warning page up too.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Jay aka kpfingaz — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:29:02 -0000

Jeez, come on. People fell for that?? Anyways, Google took the site down.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Rohan Pinto — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:28:05 -0000

HOLY FISH !!!! : check this out:

http://twitter.com/hoan

this persons tweets has links to http://twitquizzes.com
the persons homepage is http://www.hoantonthat.com

both domains are DEFUNCT right now.

now.. dig both these domains (resolves to 127.0.0.2) with the same nameserver
as viddyho (before godaddy suspended it) which is afraid.org

twitquizzes.com sourcecode has references to the EXACTLY the same photobucket url as viddyho

(http://i260.photobucket.com...

do we see a pattern here ????

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Rohan Pinto — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:16:46 -0000

the registrant of viddyho is happyappyinc@gmail.com
the same email address is the registered support address for a number of iPhoen apps.
this linkedin profile says 'Owner of Happy Appy Inc" http://www.linkedin.com/pub...

Pete Cashmore is the 1st level connection to this person. So just ask pete to check if there's a email address match !!!

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Adam Ostrow — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:37:54 -0000

@livecrunch what photo are you referring to? grabbed both those screenshots myself

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

emily — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:31:25 -0000

As long as people don't enter personal information, they're safe, right?

Aye, aye, aye. I got my first request from a web guy.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Calli — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:23:12 -0000

@Josh

Didn't think you COULD log out of google lol
Who first coined it Hotel California .....

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

Chris W. — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:22:23 -0000

To be honest, as others have already mentioned, if people are stupid enough to not even check the web address or credentials of a site they're being asked to authenticate for... Then they deserve everything they get.

Re: Warning: Google Talk Phishing Scam Spreading Like Wildfire

BCK — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:17:43 -0000

If you don't have good enough judgement to know first not to click something like that without asking what it is, and then to enter your login info you shouldn't be allowed on the internet. Period.