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BS: What is fanbox? Is it spam? Malware?
| GUEST,mg | 15 Feb 13 - 07:14 PM | |
| bobad | 15 Feb 13 - 07:19 PM | |
| GUEST,mg | 15 Feb 13 - 07:20 PM | |
| bobad | 15 Feb 13 - 07:30 PM | |
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Subject: BS: What is fanbox? Is it spam? Malware? From: GUEST,mg Date: 15 Feb 13 - 07:14 PM Someone's email spammed me I think with this...saying he is making $32 a day etc. Does anyone know anything about it and where it comes from? |
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Subject: RE: BS: What is fanbox? Is it spam? Malware? From: bobad Date: 15 Feb 13 - 07:19 PM Have you ever heard about something called Google? |
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Subject: RE: BS: What is fanbox? Is it spam? Malware? From: GUEST,mg Date: 15 Feb 13 - 07:20 PM Yes...I believe I did google it some time ago and was left confused but I might be misremembering. |
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Subject: RE: BS: What is fanbox? Is it spam? Malware? From: bobad Date: 15 Feb 13 - 07:30 PM I got this from the first site I lokked at from Google: "It turns out that Fanbox is a website that claims to be your "virtual PC". It also offers some type of blogging service where they charge users to receive blog posts via text message and give the blogger part of the fee. To sign up they demand your cell phone number to "verify your identity". Big red flag. I did some research and found out that they also ask for your email username and password. They claim they need this because their "virtual PC" service manages your email for you. If it all sounds rather suspicious to you, it should. It's a scam. The service tricks people into giving up their email addresses, passwords and cell phone numbers and then spams them relentlessly. Not only that but they spam everyone in their contact lists. The spam messages have "to stop receiving emails click here" links but they don't do a thing. Instead they just let Fanbox know that your email address is live. Fanbox is run by the former SMS.ac, a shady company that claims to be an online community that exists via text messaging only. It's been the subject of many user complaints regarding deceptive billing practices and was fined and banned from operating reverse-billed services in the UK for operating misleading SMS services. They've now turned to a web based service and are flooding the web with spam. They make their money by getting people to subscribe to SMS-based blogs, and also send other premium SMS messages. Users are charged a per message fee and unsubscribing is near impossible. Avoid both sites and ignore any emails you get from them. If the senders are people you know, notify them that they are being used to spam by the company." I wouldn't trust it but YMMV. |
