I’ve been Stumble Scammed
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I was recently asked to ’share’ a post with all my friends, it was entitled, “AMBER ALERT: NEW Damian Paul Duncan 11 MISSING TN 7/8/09″ (web page image on the left).
So I thought that’s a good cause, I shall. So I did!
Then I start getting some complaints back from my Stumble friends.
Asking why I am sharing such rubbish, etc. But the web age associated with the ‘complaint’ was a page I didn’t recognise. I simply replied, “I didn’t share this…sorry”
Then I receive a few more. I was confused.
Than I received some who were ‘un-friending” me!
Then it clicked!
My only recent share was the “Missing Person” website.
I re-looked at my Stumble Favourites and there it was in black and white!
I had shared some ‘spammy’ rubbish.
So apologies to everyone.
But if you receive a similar request, check that it is genuine.
I have written to StumbleUpon to let them know.
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8 Comments
July 13th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Thanks for the tip. I’ll have to keep my eye out for this sort of thing.
By the way I noticed you’ve got a good number of followers on Twitter. What sort of strategy have you used to gain so many followers? There will be one more follower now because I’m about to add you
All the best,
Stephen
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Stephen
I have a Twitters course you may be interested at: http://www.twittercraze.com/
I also run an Internet Marketing blog: http://www.webuildyourblog.com/
Thanks for dropping by.
Andrew
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July 13th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Hi,
Thank you, Andrew, for warning us about this. It’s amazing to me how low some people will go with Internet spam. The Internet seems to bring out the best and the worst in people.
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
July 13th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Carol,
You are welcome!
Andrew
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July 13th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I had a request to submit a post, so I did. Seemed normal enough, if a little heavy on the adverts. Once I sent it to my friends the content was changed to porn. Made me look like an idiot to my SU friends.
Gotta keep our eyes open for anything!
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
August 1st, 2009 at 12:58 am
Richard,
I believe you!
Andrew
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July 13th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Andrew,
It is horrible that these things happen… but it truly upsets me because the story about Damien is true. He was missing for over 48 hrs. Apparently the 11 yr. old ran away from home. He was found with some bruises, scratches and poison ivy.
It really is a shame that someone took a story of a missing child and your kindness in wanting to spread the word and turn it into a scam.
Donna
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Andrew Rondeau Reply:
August 1st, 2009 at 12:57 am
Donna,
it does seem a rather weird way of doing things. It cannot give the site any credibility, can it?
Andrew
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