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Clever scam

by BenFromSoMo
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One of my twitter messages was a spam scam that told me to go to

HTML Code:
cnbc.com-realdeal.info
I found this to be so sneaky and clever. The actual URL is com-realdeal.info, but I doubt many would read it that way or even understand how sub domains and URL structure work.
You've made the internet a worse place, but koudos on being clever about it.
#clever #scam
  • Profile picture of the author ajarnjoshua
    That one is a clever one, but that distractive technique would only probably work with big name url's. My parents would totally fall for it! Thanks for sharing.
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  • Profile picture of the author KristofferIM
    Too bad. It's gone now.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alessandro Zamboni
    Incredibly clever, but now it's a dead url.

    See you,
    Alessandro
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  • Profile picture of the author MackSell
    Originally Posted by BenFromSoMo View Post

    One of my twitter messages was a spam scam that told me to go to

    HTML Code:
    cnbc.com-realdeal.info
    I found this to be so sneaky and clever. The actual URL is com-realdeal.info, but I doubt many would read it that way or even understand how sub domains and URL structure work.
    You've made the internet a worse place, but koudos on being clever about it.
    LoL,Internet Marketers Have become pretty clever.
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  • Profile picture of the author Valdor Kiebach
    Here is a tip that never fails

    Always read urls backwards

    That would make the scam link
    info.realdeal-com.cnbc

    So you know it goes to com-realdeal.info

    Simple
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