DIY Phishing sites?

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theysayjump

11-04-2006 15:50:04

I was going through my SPAM folder yesterday and clicked on a link for Free Laptops. As soon as I got to the site, this popped up

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Is this a legit concern or is it just Firefox.Google being precautionary?

The site was www.unlimitedfreegifts.com

tjwor

11-04-2006 15:54:45

I think that is ideal (may be wrong, i don't do ideal)... I know it isn't Nui-Tech, YFDirect, or MetaRewards...

dmorris68

11-04-2006 15:59:44

My Firefox doesn't throw that warning when I go there. Do you have some extension installed, or is it some setting I don't have turned on?

Thunderbird 1.5 is always flagging messages I get from several vendors I deal with as "possible scams." Unfortunately there isn't a way to train it like with junk mail, so every time I get these e-mails I have to click "Not a Scam" to clear the warning, but it only applies to that message. The next one from that vendor gets flagged again. Kind of a pain, and the result is a pretty much useless feature because with so many false alarms, nobody will pay attention to it.

Wolfeman

11-04-2006 16:10:46

Maybe Google is just erring on the side of caution...

ajrock2000

11-04-2006 16:29:18

That site is from the freegiftworld sites...unlimitedfreegifts, freegiftworld, samplepromotionsgroup...i think

dmorris68

11-04-2006 16:29:38

[quotea24d8d3fea="Wolfeman"]Maybe Google is just erring on the side of caution...[/quotea24d8d3fea]
/smacks forehead

Disregard my previous post. It's obvious this was Google catching it, not Firefox. I wasn't paying attention. oops

theysayjump

11-04-2006 17:53:32

Yeah it was an extension called "Google Safe Browsing" but I've never had it on any other sites, even some non-family orientated websites.

I figured it was Google just being "safe" but thought it strange to only happen on this one. shrug

Wolfeman

11-04-2006 17:56:19

[quoteb78afa9524="theysayjump"]Yeah it was an extension called "Google Safe Browsing" but I've never had it on any other sites, even some non-family orientated websites.

I figured it was Google just being "safe" but thought it strange to only happen on this one. shrug[/quoteb78afa9524]
Yeah thats wierd...

ZeroCalories

11-04-2006 18:46:17

yeah it is real it's apart of the freegiftworld,samplepromotions etc group.