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Gmail storage free upgrade phishing email, looks real. Don't fall for it!

5thirtyone.com — If you received an email supposedly sent from Google offering free storage upgrades for your Gmail account, do not enter your Google Account credentials! The embedded link gmailupgrades.com redirects to a website that looks exactly like Gmail. If you entered your account info, change your password immediately.

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  • axisofphilippe, on 10/10/2007, -10/+21Soylent Green is people!
    • SimonGray, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4I WAS GONNA WATCH THAT MOVIE TODAY! NOW YOU RUINED IT FOR ME! :'-(
    • rompom7, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10"How is it?"

      "It varies from person to person"
    • Vich, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Nutella is people
  • Arkavus, on 10/10/2007, -12/+94No it doesn't. Only a complete idiot falls for those.
    • johnhummel, on 10/10/2007, -6/+24Maybe, it doesn't hurt to remind people in case there are newbies to the net. I have a weekly article for my coworkers we publish on our internal wiki called "Scam of the Week", where I show people things like this so at least they know. You'd be surprised how often I've had people go "Hey, I got an email from [insert bank here] telling me my account is canceled, and I don't even have an account there!" So I figure it doesn't hurt me any to tell them, even if they already know about it.

      Remember, knowing is *half* the battle. Go Joe! (80's reference for you young 'uns.)
    • Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19You were an idiot once.
      • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2I wasn't, I'm SMRT!
      • fezzen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0And even when I was, I never fell for scams like this.

        Scams, much like an IQ test, are a test of your reasoning ability, not your knowledge.
      • fezzen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0double post FOR VICTORY
    • tholder, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Only a complete idiot says things like that. There's no shame in not knowing something, it's important people who are less technically minded (you know, normal folk that have girlfriends and stuff) are educated to these risks.
      • Grimboy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Oh yeah. I forgot how attractive being a gullible idiot was to the opposite sex.
    • longbow486, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3they just took the gmail login page source and edited it to their liking, take a look and compair the two sources
    • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4To be fair, this is a bit more sophisticated than "There is a pigeon in your bank account, we need your details and sort code so that we can enter the vault, move the pigeon and tidy up the monies".
      • TVarmy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I was so going to say that! I'm glad I'm not the only Fonejacker fan. It better get a second season.
  • MikeonTV, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19Maybe this blog post is a phishing scheme and I SHOULD click it!
  • pbaehr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+49I was going to say that the average Digg user probably doesn't need a warning about this, but then I started to think about some of the recent submissions on the front page and changed my mind.

    By the way, I've got some assets frozen in Nigeria I need help freeing up. If anyone would like to help me I'd be happy to share them with you.
    • IsmaelZ, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2I also won the lottery 50 times
      • ayeroxor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Can I send you only $19.99 to find out your secreets?!?!
  • TwistedSheep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19'your account upgrade will done after 24 hours' ...Yeah, that looks legit
  • ripper365, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Seems totally real... cept for the horrible grammar that allows even a 10 year old to determine it's fake.
  • thethorn, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19Dear Gmail customer
    From now if you need more than 2 GB of space use this invitation and upgrade your account to 100 GB of space also you can register one free domain name via this invitation
    your account upgrade will done after 24 hours
    your invitation code is: http://gmailupgrades.com/Gmail-Account-Upgrade/…/
    Thank You
    Gmail Support Department


    ...I call *****. I still think this came from google. Look at the url and the professional grammar and punctuation.
    • thethorn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Check out the gmailupgrades page. It looks pretty convincing minus the url. The url above is purposely dead.
    • Torpov, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Also check the domain registration. Unless Google started using ***** in Hong Kong, I'm going to jump on the IT'S A TRAP bandwagon.
      name-- DNS MANAGER
      org-- ABSOLUTEE CORP. LTD.
      country-- CN
      province-- Hongkong
      city-- Hongkong
      address-- FLAT/RM B 8/F CHONG MING BUILDING 72 CHEUNG SHA WAN RD KL
      postalcode-- 999077
      telephone-- +00.85223192933
      fax-- +00.85223195168
      E-mail-- gm2827655964301@absolutee.com
      • bhattsan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2do you guys really need the /sarcasm tag?
    • longbow486, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2i got this:

      IP Address: 70.86.12.98
      IP Location - Texas - Dallas - Theplanet.com Internet Services Inc
      Response Code: 200
      Blacklist Status: Clear
      Domain Status: Registered And Active Website

      Registry Data
      ICANN Registrar: ONLINENIC, INC.
      Created: 2007-08-20
      Expires: 2008-08-20
      Registrar Status: ok
      Name Server: NS1.BVERIFY.COM
      Name Server: NS2.BVERIFY.COM
      Whois Server: whois.35.com
    • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3LEARN SARCASM YOU IDIOTS.
  • mydigga, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I enjoyed all of the broken english in the email. Always the first indicator of a scam!
  • BelgainRoffles, on 10/10/2007, -11/+2Why is this on the front page?
    • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Cause someone out there fell for it...
    • garethrr1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Hey,

      Well, you see..... This site, "Digg", has all these people who look at it called "Members" and they all vote on different stories which get "Submitted" from ALL OVER THE INTERNET. By voting, or "Digging" a story, these members are sending it higher and higher up the list of stories. So, with enough "Diggs", a story is placed on the "Front Page" which shows all of the stories which have recently received the most "Diggs".

      Of course no shovels or farming implements of any nature are used in this digging process as it is all done electronically. Like Donkey Kong isnt a real donkey who exists in real life.

      Hope this helped!
      • SysstemLord, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Aaaaaaaaaaaa
      • TheSabre, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Like Donkey Kong isnt a real donkey who exists in real life."

        LIAR! He IS a real donkey and he DOES exist in real life.
  • Niz1, on 10/10/2007, -5/+1I think current people who use gmail are more than the average user, and well digg users are also more than the average user so posting it on here will do no good.
    • arobar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You've read the comments on Digg, right?
  • wa3yri, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I think we should DoS attack them... I'll start!
    • pbaehr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Or just spam their form with false info.
      • Atomic1fire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2or see how far down the water hole goes
        • WarezAppz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2or refrain from using played-out lines from The Matrix . . . . .

    • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You mean Digg attack them?
    • sphykik, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1the site is down now...
  • voetsjoeba, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Haha, you can always tell phishers from the real deal just by checking their spelling :)
  • dbbblondon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Is every half convincing phishing email going to make the front page of digg? if so i'm off...is this news? Hell no, buried as lame.
  • plhearn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Wait that was a scam!? *****!!
  • theworldisflat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I really hate to be reduced to using the word "duh"....but......come on....
  • Apreche, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Seriously, who needs more e-mail storage? Google gives me like, two gigs, and I barely use even 3% of it. Other than crazily popular people, who gets so much non-spam e-mail? Why the obsession with more e-mail storage?
    • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I use my GMail as a centre for all my email addresses, as well as a sort of Rapidshare service, so my account is near full.
  • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13This is totally real! My GMail account really does have 100 GB! I'm also enjoying my UK Lottery winnings, my Nigerian assets and my new completely free G MAI L account! As well as bucket loads of Viagra and Penis enlargement pills, cause you know I need them with all this free porn I've been getting lately...
  • robisfunky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7 Ok, that's scary. I filled in ***** login info, and it logged me into MY REAL GMAIL ACCOUNT! WTF???
    • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Prolly you had Gmail on auto sign in.
    • gegtik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7moron, it probably forwarded you to gmail.com which you're already logged into
    • sparc2112, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Because it forwads to the real gmail.. you had a session cookie saved..
      • robisfunky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1 Ahhhh, good ol' session cookies. Phew. Thx Sparc. @gegtik ***** YOU not everybody is geek, loser.
  • rnawky, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Technical Contact:
    name-- DNS MANAGER
    org-- ABSOLUTEE CORP. LTD.
    country-- CN
    province-- Hongkong
    city-- Hongkong
    address-- FLAT/RM B 8/F CHONG MING BUILDING 72 CHEUNG SHA WAN RD KL
    postalcode-- 999077
    telephone-- +00.85223192933
    fax-- +00.85223195168
    E-mail-- gm2827655843102@absolutee.com
    • gann, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Just reported this to the Hong Kong Police.
    • LordMonboddo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Thank you. The culprit will be executed immediately.
  • LoudNoise, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Totally legit.
  • drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1I love ***** with these people, try contacting him with an account you don't care for, and try getting him pissed off. It's pretty funny how they type when they're angry at you.

    Other fun stuff: Try selling ***** to telemarketers, or selling a ticket for a grand to a scalper.

    Fun times when bored
  • link470, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Wow, like people are needing the upgrade from 2 free GB's with available POP access anyways...
  • rnawky, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0You would think that Google would have added this to their phishing list Firefox uses to warn you by now.
  • djdigital, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16Get OpenDNS:
    Phishing Site Blocked
    Phishing is a fraudulent attempt to get you to provide
    personal information under false pretenses.

    We prevented you from loading this page as part of our safer, faster, and smarter DNS service. Learn more about this free service...
  • philipv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Thank God I'm using OpenDNS.
  • fLUx1337, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Everyone should submit fake details, just to clog up his system, and maybe stop him from finding the real details, and changing passwords… hehe

    ----------------------------------------------
    fLUx1337 - http://muuveee.com
    • TexanPsycho, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I just dugg you up but then I noticed the signature. Wish I hadn't now.
  • industrial6, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3This is why smart people, and dumb alike, should use OpenDNS.
    They caught and snagged that URL more than days ago.
    • robisfunky, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2 Good lookin out on OpenDNS I will use it. Dugg.
  • captmorgan555, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You can buy this domain name ROFL:
    http://www.whois.net/checkdomain/index.php?domain=gmailupgrades&tld=com
    • longbow486, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0the domain was purchased on 8/20, it is no longer available, whois.net must have not updated their list of available domains yet
  • Crazymaniacc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I bet a dinosaur wouldn't fall for this.
    • garag3, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Agreed, only humans with virtually no common sense would!
    • polymorphist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Maybe it's because dinosaurs don't read? or they're extinct?
  • Metatron197, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Crap i did it again!
  • jacquesm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2phishing should make the registrar liable, I'm pretty sure we'd be seeing IP based phishing only in a very short time.
  • WilleyDiggemz, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I still don't get the point of stealing an account from gmail. I mean its freee...
  • wiredmike, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I just spoke with the hosting provider and had them shut down while I was on the phone with them. All gone!!!
  • pr0gr4mm3r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3OpenDNS blocked it already.
  • emptyo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2What is this "phishing" you're referring to? Is that a new band?
    • VioletArrows, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Whatever happened to Phish anyway?
  • kerpau, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I just forwarded the warning on to some family members and noticed that Gmail "linkified" the malicious URL. Nooo!!!
  • in2deep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Good post!
  • danwallace, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Buried. Anyone who actually falls for this deserves what's coming to them.
    • MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1OK, you're driving down the highway at 70MPH. You hit a sharp object on the road and one of your front tires shreds. You go out of control and hit a tree. However your insurance company won't pay for your damages or hospital stay because you should have checked out the highway before driving on it.

      The problem isn't that people fall for this stuff, it's that it happens in the first place. Blame the @$$hole trying the scam, not those that fall for it.
      • danwallace, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No. If there weren't gullible morons, there wouldn't be people trying to exploit gullible morons. If anything, kudos to these guys for taking advantage of the dumb. I mean honestly, if by this day and age you can't determine this is a fake by the terrible grammar and complete lack of a professional quality about it, then you need to stop using the internet.
        • MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1danwallace,
          Not everyone is going to have the same tech savvy that most diggers do. While people still do fall for these scams (obviously some do otherwise no one would bother) why are you blaming the victim? If a woman is raped while wearing a provocative dress, does that mean she deserved it? Yes, people should be smarter about these things, but a lot of people (most likely the majority) don't know any better. Put the blame where it belongs, on the criminal that perpetrates it, not on the victim.
  • joebaloney, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0The transformation to AOL is now complete.
  • eburetto, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Darn it died.
  • cwoolf34, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Can I get a mirror?
  • Import98, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3FireFox picks up gmailupgrades.com as a web page forgery.

    Firefox saves the day as usual.
  • digjam, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1OMGZ This Haz to bee rieal...
  • zuperxtreme, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1WHY would you need 100GB of mail storage?!
    -_-;
  • anoriega, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That doesn't ***** look real unless you're a tool who deserves to get his information stolen. Not a *.google.com or *.gmail.com domain, and lack of punctuation, proper grammar, and formatting... This is so ***** easy. THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP, *****.
  • sint4x, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1This just shows how many NON technical people use digg.
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