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Jeff · 02-28-2005, 06:15 PM

So a bunch of people on my list got IMs from a friend whose computer must have been infected with some sort of virus.

The message said "Hey, check out this funny picture!"

When you click on the link, it takes you to some geocities page, but it has a fake, but official looking, log-in screen.

There's a few dead giveaways that this is a bullshit log-in screen, but a few of my friends that don't know better logged in anyway.

So they put in their ID and password, and it tells them "Thank you" or something like that. That's it. Just records their username and password.

A few days after my friends did this, the password to their account was changed, and they couldn't log-in. So they had to make new accounts.

Weird thing is, I saw their old usernames all logged in one night, even though they weren't using them.

So my question is...what do these scammers get out of this? What danger does it pose to those who's accounts were taken over? What the fuck were they online for?

jonjon42 · 02-28-2005, 07:08 PM

thrill of the trick, they can also use them to broadcast links for viagra and crap.
but I think that to an extent the thrill of it, because depending on what you are doing, it can be rather exciting.

tell your friends to click I forgot my password and reset it/get new one sent to their e-mail...(or does that not work for yahoo IM?)

R3d · 02-28-2005, 07:33 PM

its all just stupid fun to piss people off.. its the shit boredem does to people

02-28-2005, 06:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jeff And we'll all float on ok... Location: Iowa City	Question about Yahoo scam So a bunch of people on my list got IMs from a friend whose computer must have been infected with some sort of virus. The message said "Hey, check out this funny picture!" When you click on the link, it takes you to some geocities page, but it has a fake, but official looking, log-in screen. There's a few dead giveaways that this is a bullshit log-in screen, but a few of my friends that don't know better logged in anyway. So they put in their ID and password, and it tells them "Thank you" or something like that. That's it. Just records their username and password. A few days after my friends did this, the password to their account was changed, and they couldn't log-in. So they had to make new accounts. Weird thing is, I saw their old usernames all logged in one night, even though they weren't using them. So my question is...what do these scammers get out of this? What danger does it pose to those who's accounts were taken over? What the fuck were they online for? __________________ For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. --Charles Bukowski

02-28-2005, 07:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
jonjon42 Psycho Location: inside my own mind	thrill of the trick, they can also use them to broadcast links for viagra and crap. but I think that to an extent the thrill of it, because depending on what you are doing, it can be rather exciting. tell your friends to click I forgot my password and reset it/get new one sent to their e-mail...(or does that not work for yahoo IM?) __________________ A damn dirty hippie without the dirty part....

02-28-2005, 07:33 PM	#3 (permalink)
R3d Insane Location: Sask, Canada	its all just stupid fun to piss people off.. its the shit boredem does to people