Fake banks, couriers, law firms, escrow and other fake sites used in scams.
#170240 by atkin Mon Jul 01, 2013 9:35 am
I am trying to identify a website used to send toolbar malware .The site is www.sweetim.sweetpacks.com it is a sub domain of www.sweetpacks.com that appears to be legitimate. The who is lookup says its hosted by godaddy.com but when I try to report the form reply is no domain listed.
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#170278 by HannahsDad Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:19 pm
I'm afraid the subdomain appears just as legitimate as the domain. If you like that kind of thing :mrgreen:

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