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Old 02-13-2007, 04:22 PM  
Tempest
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Originally Posted by Cyber-Hu$tler View Post
After signing up to a few programs that are actively promoted here I started getting those crazy fake epass and paypal emails that direct you to a mock site and steal your password. I was never stupid enough to fall for it, but apparently some people are.

I knew exactly what programs were doing it because I sign up to each program with it's own unique email address. The only thing I don't know is if the program owners were just selling the email lists with my email addy in it or actually sending those emails themselves. I couldn't prove shit because they weren't sending the emails from their domains so...
Be carefull about making allegations like this... using a unique email to signup to a sponsor will NOT prove they sell the lists etc. The server could have a security hole.. The software they're using could have a flaw (I suspect at least one of having this problem).. and you have to remember that those email addresses also often make their way to "partners" such as the processors. I'd suggest you take all of that into account. Also, try signing up to some paysites using unique email addresses and note which processor is being used and then watch if/when spam starts coming in.
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