What is Digg?133 Comments
- Arkavus, on 10/10/2007, -12/+94No it doesn't. Only a complete idiot falls for those.
- 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. - 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.
- plhearn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22Wait that was a scam!? *****!!
- coit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21LOGIN: ______coit______________
PASSWORD:___iluvhorsies___________
Please hurry, I want the upgrade! - LoopyChew, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20hunter2
EDIT: Hey, it doesn't look like stars to me! - TwistedSheep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19'your account upgrade will done after 24 hours' ...Yeah, that looks legit
- 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.) - 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... - 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. - MikeonTV, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19Maybe this blog post is a phishing scheme and I SHOULD click it!
- Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -5/+19You were an idiot once.
- 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...
- 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.
- wa3yri, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I think we should DoS attack them... I'll start!
- mwolfzorn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Dear Digg, I tried entering my user name and passwrod to login to gain access to the super digg feature, but for some reason the form wouldn't take any data. Could you please fix this issue as soon as possible? Thanks
- Gryffydd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Classic
http://www.bash.org/?244321 - axisofphilippe, on 10/10/2007, -10/+21Soylent Green is people!
- lobasuu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Wow! Everyone try this! If you type your password on Digg, it shows up as stars! Neat security system! For example, my password is *********
- rompom7, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10"How is it?"
"It varies from person to person" - drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Prolly you had Gmail on auto sign in.
- arobar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You've read the comments on Digg, right?
- 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?
- pbaehr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Or just spam their form with false info.
- 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???
- gann, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Just reported this to the Hong Kong Police.
- TexanPsycho, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8BTW, it's safe to post your password because Digg recognizes it and turns it into *s. Look: **********. Try it for yourself.
- philipv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Thank God I'm using OpenDNS.
- ayeroxor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Can I send you only $19.99 to find out your secreets?!?!
- oneoverzero, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6it looks like stars to me.
- 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 - thethorn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Check out the gmailupgrades page. It looks pretty convincing minus the url. The url above is purposely dead.
- gegtik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7moron, it probably forwarded you to gmail.com which you're already logged into
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I enjoyed all of the broken english in the email. Always the first indicator of a scam!
- theworldisflat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I really hate to be reduced to using the word "duh"....but......come on....
- 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 - sparc2112, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Because it forwads to the real gmail.. you had a session cookie saved..
- inigomntoya, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Your grammar was WAY too good on that. Try using fewer periods and commas and fewer "big" words - like instantly.
- drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Cause someone out there fell for it...
- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The only show that had fewer people die in it during the 80's was "The A-Team".
- MacParrot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Britney? Is that you?
- 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!!!
- 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! - pr0gr4mm3r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3OpenDNS blocked it already.
- TexanPsycho, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I just dugg you up but then I noticed the signature. Wish I hadn't now.
- voetsjoeba, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Haha, you can always tell phishers from the real deal just by checking their spelling :)
- Import98, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3FireFox picks up gmailupgrades.com as a web page forgery.
Firefox saves the day as usual. - drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's shows your password to you, but only * s to everyone else
- captmorgan555, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4You can buy this domain name ROFL:
http://www.whois.net/checkdomain/index.php?domain=gmailupgrades&tld=com - 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.
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