Received my first social network spam, a mail through Bebo’s internal messaging system..
‘hey gareth i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its ‘homepagecam.us/cutie223′ …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there…’
Social networks are in one sense eminently spamable (hell in a sense they are spam generators), and in another - permissions, implicit trust networks, reputations, tagging - are highly spam resistant. It will be interesting to see how simple spam, and far more sophisticated potential networked ‘advertacks’ evolve. How long till we see offers of cash for product recommendations or access to FOF lists of popular social networkers..Or is this happening already?
Update: If you arrived here because you also received this message, read this.
Rob | 23-Oct-06 at 2:35 pm | Permalink
Hey I just got this message 2!
”
hey rob i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its ‘homepagecam.us/cutie223′ …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there…”
I didnt like the look of it and put it in a search engine …and found this site…
Thanks for your heads up on there spamming!
There complete Arsehole!
Cheers
Rob (Ireland)
steven | 24-Oct-06 at 7:59 am | Permalink
just got this message today…. thanks 4 tips
Niall Jordan | 24-Oct-06 at 8:40 am | Permalink
Hey just got this message as well! Googled it and came up with this, unfortunately I responded before I came across this! Its really kinda pathetic way of generating networks!! Especially via Bebo which is designed as a social network!
Niall (Ireland)
Will | 24-Oct-06 at 10:38 am | Permalink
Like Rob I got the same bloody message!
This was what a Google search returned!!
Dont know how they got to send me the mail?
How can they?
Iain | 25-Oct-06 at 12:39 pm | Permalink
Yes. like rob, will, niall, steven…. i got that crap today!
cheers for the advice!
Hego | 25-Oct-06 at 5:02 pm | Permalink
Got that crap today too. What a waste of my bloody time. Surely this sort of crap must be against the data protection act or some unsolicited media legislation or something?
Bob | 26-Oct-06 at 4:10 am | Permalink
Got same email,
Who would go to the trouble of setting that up when the website doesn’t even exist? Prob just a test email for spam yet to come…
eoin(ireland) | 26-Oct-06 at 9:49 am | Permalink
Me too. why would they bother
mark | 26-Oct-06 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
Well there’s an obvious answer for that eoin…they’ve just spent the last month looking up porn and now that they’re all wanked out they thought they’d kill some time annoying people who have better things to be doing….like bebo
Sean (Ireland) | 26-Oct-06 at 2:33 pm | Permalink
Yeah, i got the same, followed it and up came a loada pics of some girl in her bra at a webcam! i shut it down immediately but curiosity got the better of me and i tried to check it out again today, didnt work, so i googled it and ended up here! is there anything the bebo people can do to stop this?
Brian | 27-Oct-06 at 2:35 am | Permalink
I thought i was getting lucky, Looks like this thing is doing the rounds of ireland this week.
What happens if you reply?
Emmet | 27-Oct-06 at 3:14 am | Permalink
Stupid god tham thing. just got one there now. but i had replied before googling it.
Desy | 27-Oct-06 at 3:43 am | Permalink
Yo folks, gota that same shitty spam just now and ended up here. Yey, i feel like part of something now!
Colin | 27-Oct-06 at 10:19 am | Permalink
Same here….
James | 27-Oct-06 at 11:06 am | Permalink
Got the same thing today! Curiousity got the better of me and I tried to check it out. It was a girl in her bra so how could I resist. Thanks for the website anyway but what would this do? I mean is it harmfull to your comp or just some stupid thing?
gavin | 27-Oct-06 at 11:14 am | Permalink
i got this message too.will i get any viruses if i replyed/opened it?
stupid thing
gavin(ireland)
Daniel (Ireland) | 27-Oct-06 at 1:22 pm | Permalink
Stupid spam….how can they do this via Bebo anyway?
Dave | 27-Oct-06 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
I just received it a few moments ago.
I recall seeing them in yahoo chat rooms.. How sad it’s now came to bebo as has viruses..
“DONT ADD RUGBY LEGEND”
With technological advances everyday…..
Yet… we still receive junk mail.. aint life hell?
Fennor | 27-Oct-06 at 2:14 pm | Permalink
yeh i just got the same thing and responded to c wat would happen.maybe these people have sent 1 of their friends to go around to our areas just for the crack so they could send us all a message.or maybe its just another damn spam lol
Andy | 27-Oct-06 at 2:40 pm | Permalink
yep, got same thing, googled it and came up with this. Thought i was gettin lucky aswell !!
Dave | 27-Oct-06 at 2:45 pm | Permalink
Yep, got the same message today. . . don’t exactly know what a spam email is. . but , like these other lads, googled the message. . . same thing happened. . .but, the link doesn’t take me anywhere, so i don’t understand why it was sent ??what happens ??
Jak | 27-Oct-06 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
Got the same thing too. I was suspicious so i used google. I didn’t know they could do that. Nice to know i’m part of something!!
cian | 27-Oct-06 at 3:33 pm | Permalink
just got that same shit, a lot of irish people seem to be getting it
thanks 4 da help do i beleived her?him watever and replied an everytin
some load of bull!
muiris | 27-Oct-06 at 4:21 pm | Permalink
that bitch, taught i was in there. same as all the above
shane | 27-Oct-06 at 4:25 pm | Permalink
howya lads,
jus got the same message there me self
jus wondering what exactly is it??
shane dublin
Kev | 27-Oct-06 at 4:43 pm | Permalink
Just got that message today ,thought i was in luck ,googled it and found this site,sad lifes these people must lead.
B | 27-Oct-06 at 8:42 pm | Permalink
Such wankers doin dat shit.. Pure waste
neily | 28-Oct-06 at 12:54 am | Permalink
hi i’m from west belfast ireland
Dave | 28-Oct-06 at 3:16 am | Permalink
Hey, i replied to that same message about coming over to see a friend near me. Whats gonna happen now that i replied????
Apoc | 28-Oct-06 at 6:05 am | Permalink
I got the same message today. How did they get into the bebo internal mail system?
Also found a cool bebo search engine called bigulo.com
Most of Ireland seem to be in it.
Dave L (Ireland) | 28-Oct-06 at 6:25 am | Permalink
Seems to be a load of IRISH LADS who got this message. Look like Kallima has a lot of friens and visit them all…….
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Bobebl | 28-Oct-06 at 7:15 pm | Permalink
Just got the email ther on bebo 2,
if you go on2 the site you’ll just get junk spam and itll slow down your pc a TINY bit, nuthin 2 serious tho. Just outta curiosity does any1 remember the name of the person that sent it 2 em? mine was “jorytb31978″.
ken | 29-Oct-06 at 3:01 am | Permalink
she hot tho but ya i got d same msg…i fuppin replied 2
Stuart Rankin | 30-Oct-06 at 4:18 am | Permalink
Just got the e-mail. I was a tiny bit confused there for a while untill google clarified the situation!
Got mine from:
Lynelle U
Challenger | 31-Oct-06 at 2:47 pm | Permalink
Hey i got the stupid e-mail 2day, what happends if uv reply’d, cuz yea uv guess’d it i reply’d, stupid i no i sudn’t of but i did, Challenger
Richie | 01-Nov-06 at 6:15 am | Permalink
Got it 5 days ago. Didnt reply didnt ave a clue who dey were. Tanks 4 answering Q. Got it from:
Karol G
chris | 01-Nov-06 at 12:33 pm | Permalink
just got the msg about 10 mins ago if i understud wot the statement on this site said i agree with it in tryin to stop these msgs from being sent
chris c
billy | 01-Nov-06 at 1:15 pm | Permalink
hahaa lads looks like we’re all in for some kinda gang bang so…lol..ne one got ne details on wen and where mite i ask…aha..wot a loada shite…how she ger my bebo addy hmm
Ste | 01-Nov-06 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
ha same shite!i only googled it by mistake aswell how lucky!i thought i was gettin laid there…ah well!but like how can they do that shit??
karl | 01-Nov-06 at 3:57 pm | Permalink
ye got this and thought in there aswell cos the pic wasnt to bad but looks like i fell for it same as u guys so i dont feel to bad ne way it sux. is this somthin that cud continue
Joe | 01-Nov-06 at 7:27 pm | Permalink
‘hey all you people above this message…. i just noticed all of yall profiles.. and i might be visitin friends where you all are from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its ‘homepagecam.us/cutie223′ …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there…lol!!! It looks like i aint the only one who has gotten this bullshit! They definitely gotta do something about this….
Adam | 02-Nov-06 at 3:58 am | Permalink
Hey
yeah got the same thing as all of you, but i checked it like most and the site is up and running. So if it was shut down then its back. But while it is bad to get and very annoying we all have to admit she wasn’t that bad lookin.
Oh and not sure if its just a coincidence or just because bebo is so damn popular in ireland but a lot of the messages above seem to have been left by people in Ireland. Has anyone outside of Ireland gotten it yet?
Adam (Ireland)
jay | 02-Nov-06 at 5:46 am | Permalink
like everyone else here,i got this shite too!!
jay {ireland}
Kyle | 02-Nov-06 at 6:38 am | Permalink
Whoever sent that is a homosexual! I thought i was getn pussy!!
adoe | 02-Nov-06 at 11:15 am | Permalink
yeh same shit differant day. and the annoyin part of it was she was pretty saucy>airaj79101972> and yeh im from ireland TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! coincidence i think not
jamolodine | 02-Nov-06 at 11:20 am | Permalink
hmm.. strange
Jamesy | 02-Nov-06 at 11:36 am | Permalink
Just had this message 2, i though wehey girl coming down wana have some fun, but wen i tried going on the site this came up, so il ave to tell the girl to slick her hook lol, she aint geting a piece ov me LOL
SARA FROM GALWAY | 02-Nov-06 at 11:46 am | Permalink
OMG ID THIS A FREAK OR WHA WHO IS IT??I GOT IT FROM MY BEBO AND I GOOGLED IT ASWELL THEN THIS CAME UP FUCKING WERIDO!!
joey | 02-Nov-06 at 12:25 pm | Permalink
my god - this is a crap thing aint it? i mean whats the point? stupid b*****ds
jonathan | 02-Nov-06 at 2:24 pm | Permalink
i got this message too!
i got it from ‘candy y’
im from cumbria in the lake district so its not JUST Ireland!
they shouldn’t be able to do this!
nitesh | 02-Nov-06 at 3:18 pm | Permalink
hi so wat actually happens if u start talking to her, coz i jus happend to come across this website, and the site i looked at on my mates pc wasnt all that bad, whats the down side becaus im abit confused
+ im in south west england
so it has gotten out
daniel | 02-Nov-06 at 3:55 pm | Permalink
i thought sherlyn really liked me
J.c. | 02-Nov-06 at 8:15 pm | Permalink
Lol.
I’m in New Zealand.
I’m VERY wary of links like that, and when I got that link, I went to it, but stopped it and googled it incase. Lucky I did.
Anyway, I told that person to keep their bullshit.
The name was like, chelsea~.
I’m used to it though. Get a lot of this on MySpace too.
Tom | 03-Nov-06 at 8:34 am | Permalink
[homepagecam.us/cutie223]–got it aswell stupid pricks cant belive they would do it
Danny F | 03-Nov-06 at 8:59 am | Permalink
Just gotten dat, thot was right till spelt it wrong, ach weel, shite happens. tsa
Nigel | 03-Nov-06 at 4:17 pm | Permalink
Hey got this shite just now
Didn’t answer it but what exactly does it do
And does it pose a big threat to my PC
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Nick | 04-Nov-06 at 9:42 am | Permalink
same happened 2 me and i got this site like every1 else when i typed it in google lol. who the hell is it who is doin it out there? and how do they find sum1s bebo adress?
Steven | 04-Nov-06 at 1:13 pm | Permalink
yip i got it today… hey steven i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/cutie223] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there…
Reece | 04-Nov-06 at 1:24 pm | Permalink
i got da sme fing as evry1 esle wtf is goin on here?!
conor | 05-Nov-06 at 6:29 am | Permalink
hey i got this 2day
hey conor i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/cutie223] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there…
i replied but i dont kno if this will do anything.
thanks 4 da tips.
Ryan | 06-Nov-06 at 2:38 pm | Permalink
i got tht msg too… im slightly confused y i got it… .bt ach well lol
Ian | 08-Nov-06 at 7:07 am | Permalink
yup - I just got the same thing. And yeah I thought I was in there too. Shite.
Mark | 08-Nov-06 at 4:28 pm | Permalink
I’m another pissed off Irishman who got this shit. I delved a little deeper and it transpired they were after my credit card details. FUCK THAT
gareth | 08-Nov-06 at 10:05 pm | Permalink
wtf
lol
im from new zealand tho
i just gt tht sht to lucky i didnt reply, dam thought i was gonna get laid lol, its name was [Cassara V ] shes not bad tho.
Greg | 09-Nov-06 at 1:54 am | Permalink
My turn today it seems lads. Didnt reply, just googled it and came across this site. My email is already bombarded with spam crap so didnt want more of it. Going to block her right away.
Aira Y is the new one. [homepagecam.us/candicecam]
AVOID. Oh Im Irish too. Seems to be hitting us the worst.
Marc | 09-Nov-06 at 2:00 am | Permalink
LOL
hey marc i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/cutie223] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there…
im glad i googled it haha
David | 10-Nov-06 at 1:40 pm | Permalink
Im pissed off! I thought i was in there n all day i was waiting for a reply! Fucking bullshit!
simon | 11-Nov-06 at 3:26 pm | Permalink
i got the same crap thanks for the heads up
simon(ireland)
Teddy | 12-Nov-06 at 4:50 am | Permalink
Ya just got that message too and as everyone else i totally thought i was in!! BOLLOX Mine was Shepry L and i got it an hour ago
Imagine now we’ll see a load a these different chicks everywhere we live. Ha then we’ll regret not replyin
anon | 12-Nov-06 at 6:59 am | Permalink
“OMG ID THIS A FREAK OR WHA WHO IS IT??I GOT IT FROM MY BEBO AND I GOOGLED IT ASWELL THEN THIS CAME UP FUCKING WERIDO!!”
what are you on about sarah? it’s just spam…
first time for me to get one anyway. i don’t know exactly how it was done because i cannot send mail to other bebo users unless they are one of my friends
anyway as soon as bebo restricts mail to only friends this sort of spam will stop. click on the sender’s profile and “report abuse” to let bebo know.
Will | 13-Nov-06 at 12:26 am | Permalink
Hey, thanks for the warning i got this yesterday. Just thought i’d say the name has been changed to ‘annanet’ now and not that cutie one…Bebo must have done somthing about it =P
rob | 13-Nov-06 at 8:24 am | Permalink
jesus christ lads… looks like were all gettin laid, happy days! My profile says i’m from… castleballastonesbar, so she’l have to take a few mushrooms and a couple of tabs in order to find my home town seeing as it doesn’t exsist.
In fairness she was v hot, i thought my luck was in untill i looked at the site and realised… i’m not that lucky, somethings wrong here! suppose it shows how gulliable (and horny!) us irish can be.
Its like… “hi, i’m a random hot bitch, seen u’re profile on bebo.. i’m going to vist me cousin’s in knocknamora in a while, so i might as pop round to yours for a ride while i’m there, sound so… see ya later
”
In hindsight, how the fuck do we fall for it. And though some won’t admit it…. isn’t it quite dissapointing to find out it’s a hoax, were a sad bunch! apparently the best things in life are free…. we just need your credit card details. load o bollox!
ray | 13-Nov-06 at 9:42 am | Permalink
hey tanx 4 de heads up, just like de rest of them i taut der was sumtin fishey bout it so i typed it into a search engine and guess wat came up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tanx bud
noel | 13-Nov-06 at 4:45 pm | Permalink
this is a load of bollix,got in today
Spikey Guy | 14-Nov-06 at 5:25 am | Permalink
i got dat msg aswel but im not irish n i already have a bird so i dont think i would have gone 4 it (not) i would realy! too bad eh lads!
Spikey Guy | 14-Nov-06 at 5:28 am | Permalink
Oh n another thing has any body ever thought dat most of them r from ireland n thought dat she might b from ireland as wel?!!
nigel foley | 14-Nov-06 at 6:27 am | Permalink
guess what dudes they av changed d site an d name again!just like u lot i thought i was n der happy days!den goodled and wat bitterly disappointed but thanks for the look out ya!
Nigel Ireland, November 14th 2006
hey nigel i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/candicecam] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there… =)
steven | 14-Nov-06 at 8:33 am | Permalink
jst got the same e-mail and thot mmmm tasty girl, but now i relise that its a load of s**t, i hate spam with a passion. wot is this actually about anyways ?
Philip | 14-Nov-06 at 10:02 am | Permalink
i got the exact same message as you guys did i thought it was gone but obviously not haha shes back andhow could she no were im from i dont even my details up and you cant find them out haha also i know its spam i was just pointing that out no need to point it out to me thans you :D:D:D
phili
xxx
Sean | 14-Nov-06 at 3:26 pm | Permalink
ye im form Ireland also got the same msg :
“hey sean i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/candicecam] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there… =)”
and as like most of u thought i was gettin some, haha
keith | 14-Nov-06 at 4:43 pm | Permalink
Got the same thing as you dudes i thought i was getten lucky so replyed right away. Will that cause a virus or what?
Keenan | 15-Nov-06 at 11:26 am | Permalink
Ah f/ck I’m just one in a long line! I noticed it’s seems like everyone is a lad, and some of us including me thought they were gonna meet a fit girl!-I’m only human. I say we all club together and hunt down these f/ckers. bebo is supposed to be a safe place-[homepagecam.us/cutie223]-your days are numbered!- hand me my glock! I’m angry now but i’m also realising i’m one gullable f/ck!
Slash | 16-Nov-06 at 5:18 am | Permalink
i got a sililar message two days ago, except that i got one from annanet. i’m from australia. I decided that i was going to hack in to see the persons bebo account, because its a private account, and i’m not very open to spam. Just lucky i don’t sign up to sh*t like that, and i always look for an alternative to entering in credit card details..
Eddie Tse | 16-Nov-06 at 8:47 am | Permalink
hey eddie i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/candicecam] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there… =)
I went on it and now my computer cant shut down propperly, When i click shut down it just turns off striaght away without saving settings or anything. Then it just restarts and wont turn off, i have to turn it off by the mains. . Then when i turned it back on it has windows had system failure thing. I’m In cornwall, not ireland
niall | 16-Nov-06 at 9:42 am | Permalink
ye i got that candice cem 1 aswell. pricks!!!!
Gareth | 16-Nov-06 at 11:41 am | Permalink
i got da sam shes hotand all but nuthin has happen to me PC wtf wb @ jddl11@aol.com
gregory | 16-Nov-06 at 11:53 pm | Permalink
well thats a sure way to get a head push there dumbass(lol) me to 4 responding i guess hey
mike | 19-Nov-06 at 3:13 pm | Permalink
i Got this
hey mike i just noticed ur profile.. i might be visitin friends where ur from… i have more pics on my cam site.. its [homepagecam.us/candicecam] …im ussually online. msg me sometime on there… =)
i googled it her name was anitrauq7831977