I’m sure that regular readers wouldn’t be caught by this, however, it’s a timely reminder to be extra careful with your passwords!
I received an e-mail today “Subject: You’re BLOCKED” claiming to be from MSN Messenger. My e-mail spam filter reacted and blacklisted it automatically.
However, you might be tempted by its content, it reportedly will tell you who has blocked you on MSN Messenger…
My advice is simple, ignore it. There are a few clues on the page that suggest it’s not as professional as it seems: “This site not modify your nickname”. Why would it do that? Why would it need to say that? Plus, it’s not grammatically correct. These are just a few clues. Diving into the source code for the page, suggests that there’s some Google Ad scam going on too.
Even if it does what it says it will do, it’s still harvesting your password, which is something we need to avoid.
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7:18 pm on July 27th, 2009 1
A website without SSL-Certificate can NOT be “100% SECURE SITE” =)
1:01 am on August 11th, 2009 2
plz maill me the site that i can find to which one is block me plz
7:36 am on September 9th, 2009 3
Please e-mail me the site that i can find to which one is block me plz
1:05 pm on August 23rd, 2010 4
Everyone who’s read this article, what ever you do, do not even consider using any of these websites that tell you if someone has blocked you, because there is no such thing. Any of the sites claiming to do these things will snatch your password.
This is how viruses spread. Do NOT under any circumstances give your log in details to any website unless you know it’s legit.
1:59 pm on August 24th, 2010 5
I got an e-mail with address of GoMessenger from totally unknown sender, where it tempting to become aware of which also speak your MSN contacts. then i enter mine user name and password. However, it does not open My MSN accont….it wos spining and spining….so i closed it.