Fanbox = SPAM! Be wary!
So, lately I've been getting these e-mails from a site called fanbox.com, telling me that a friend of mine has a question she'd like to ask me and that I should follow their link to answer it. That's all well and good, but I know that the friend it's telling me about no longer uses the IM screenname it's telling me she's using.
Curious but not thinking it's anything harmful, I follow the link. It takes me to a windows desktop look-alike and a question in poll-form about whether or not soulmates exist. Since this is something that my friend would ask, I answer it with a "Yes" and continue on my day.
Except now, even though I declined to sign up with their website, it keeps giving me messages like this one:
Hi faythe_621148654768!
shop2dropgirl22 wants to be your loyal fan!
Automatically sign in to view shop2dropgirl22's profile and/or photo, and accept or reject her fan request.
You can change the frequency of this type of notification. Visit our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy.
FanBox - 255 G Street #723, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Looks pretty legit on the surface, right? It's NOT.
This is a phishing website. It wants your password and it wants to be able to send more e-mails like this down to your other friends.
If you've been receiving anything like this, please don't respond. Don't follow the links, don't "sign up with a free profile!".
Here are some links to several other blogs that will explain why and how this particular bit of Internet-trash works:
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2008/01/07/faxbox-the-latest-in-password-scams.aspx
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/04/fanbox-is-the-new-plaxo/
http://gadgetpanel.com/2008/03/19/fanbox-is-spam/
You can also find these links by googling "fanbox."
Curious but not thinking it's anything harmful, I follow the link. It takes me to a windows desktop look-alike and a question in poll-form about whether or not soulmates exist. Since this is something that my friend would ask, I answer it with a "Yes" and continue on my day.
Except now, even though I declined to sign up with their website, it keeps giving me messages like this one:
Hi faythe_621148654768!
shop2dropgirl22 wants to be your loyal fan!
Automatically sign in to view shop2dropgirl22's profile and/or photo, and accept or reject her fan request.
You can change the frequency of this type of notification. Visit our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy.
FanBox - 255 G Street #723, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
Looks pretty legit on the surface, right? It's NOT.
This is a phishing website. It wants your password and it wants to be able to send more e-mails like this down to your other friends.
If you've been receiving anything like this, please don't respond. Don't follow the links, don't "sign up with a free profile!".
Here are some links to several other blogs that will explain why and how this particular bit of Internet-trash works:
http://blogs.technet.com/steriley/archive/2008/01/07/faxbox-the-latest-in-password-scams.aspx
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/04/fanbox-is-the-new-plaxo/
http://gadgetpanel.com/2008/03/19/fanbox-is-spam/
You can also find these links by googling "fanbox."