Comments on: Spam from SMS.ac

By: Paulo

Paulo — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 13:02:21 +0000

These comments are now closed, and the topic continues here: http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2005/02/update-on-smsac-spam

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:57:17 +0000

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By: Paulo

Paulo — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:11:11 +0000

FYI to anyone else reading these comments, Sean’s IP address resolves to SMS.ac. Way to conduct business, Sean: I’m sure insulting customers is a great way to endear the company to clientele. Does Pousti know you’re posting this stuff?

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:02:15 +0000

FYSean, Ann: Get AdAware Personal. It's free. It will get rid of all the spyware that's currently infesting your computer. Seriously. I can see the 12 different copies of 'Gator' on each of your machines. http://www.lavasoft.com Oh yeah.. write your credit card number and expiration date on the line. I need it: ________________________ You guys are silly.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 08:21:14 +0000

I was led into thinking it was free now Ive discovered that I am being charged for text messages that I did not ask for ie preemium rate text messages at 50 p a message and when I asked to cancel was sent 25 messages to say I was deleted from this scam which has cost me so much for the reply.

By: FYSean

FYSean — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 04:35:02 +0000

I got an invite from which sms.ac. Trouble is, they made it seem like it was directly approved by a trusted friend. I signed up, and it said that a hotmail id is preferred. I did that, and next thing it asked for my hotmail id and pwd. There is some cryptic ‘Manual.’ Next thing I know, it had sent an invitation to all people in my address book.

By: mmbb

mmbb — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 03:18:12 +0000

Hotmail Email Address:

Hotmail Email Password:

ha ha ha. hahaha. i’m tired of getting sms.ac spam, but only one person (out of 5 invites) has replied to everybody and apologized.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 02:41:43 +0000

Here’s what it says on the registration page. Seems pretty clear to me. You just need to pay attention to what you are doing, especially if someone asks for your password. This is the Internet, people.

The people who just blindly do this probably have more to worry about than some invites from SMS.ac. These people probably also click ‘Yes’ to every ActiveX window that pops up asking to install ‘software’ (spyware). Some people have an inherent need and skill for learning the hard way. End of rant.

The registration text ————————————————-

Import and invite your contacts

New optional service

As you add more friends, your network will grow and you’ll be connected to new people

View the guide (pdf file)

http://www.sms.ac/registration/docs/SMSacAddressBookSynchronization.pdf

Enter your Hotmail login to see who’s connected and automatically bring your friends into your SMS.ac address book.

If you do, you get FREE text messaging with your contacts. We’ll even automatically reserve free accounts for them and invite them to SMS.ac on your behalf.

Enter your Hotmail login below:

Hotmail Email Address:

Hotmail Email Password:

Privacy:

Find out more about how your privacy is protected. We do NOT record your password after address book import. If you leave out your password (and proceed with registration without importing and inviting) you can add your contacts at a later time. Additionally, on the next page you will have the opportunity to choose “manual selection” of your contacts, in case you do not want to import and invite them all. You must have an existing relationship with any contacts you invite, providing an implicit consent by the recipient to receive your invitation.

By: Rich Clark

Rich Clark — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:26:43 +0000

Crap. I so fell for that.