Beware! This site is cloning myLot. Read this or else...  |
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Good News: myLot is an angel. Bad News: myLot has an evil, identical twin brother!
I just found this site called MYLOTANSWERS through the whois record of myLot: http://whois.domaintools.com/mylot.com
Mylotanswers is entirely, completely, and definitely a myLot clone! I don't know about you but I consider this one as a Phishing Site - a site that is designed to clone a legitimate site for the purpose of harvesting or collecting personal information such as usernames and passwords.
See for yourself (click the links below):
This is a link for the ORIGINAL mylot frontpage: http://www.mylot.com
This one is from mylotanswers (FAKE): http://www.mylotanswers.com
When you click the original, you'll probably see the member's frontpage since you're logged-in. But when you sign-out and visit the two domains, you'll notice that they're completely identical. Only the domains aren't the same.
I also tested it in myLot profiles: (You can also try this one with your own profile URL)
Example is my profile page (Original): http://www.mylot.com/ronreyes
And this one is mylotanswers': http://www.mylotanswers.com/ronreyes
Now you'll see a big difference because the one from mylotanswers has a "Page Cannot Be Found" warning.
Something smells fishy huh!?! Well it really fits since it is a phishing site.
And here's an addition to the smell. I also found out that the site called TRYMYLOT http://www.trymylot.com is basically doing the same thing. Personally, I think it's also affiliated with mylotanswers and was developed by the same punk who are trying to hack other people's accounts.
What shall we do now: 1.) Report it to the myLot police. Let's contact myLot and tell the administrators about this phishing activity. They'll be the one who will request this site to be taken down. 2.) Spread the news. Tell the people about this especially the ones that are under your referral (you can forward this discussion to them if you want). They should be aware.
Tips to avoid hacking in myLot: 3.) Strictly myLot. Before logging-in, make sure that you're in the right domain. Look at the address bar of your browser. Make sure that it's mylot.com, NOT mylotanswers.com, trymylot.com, or any other domains. 4.) Type it yourself. It's a good practice that everytime we sign-in to myLot, we should type the real myLot domain (www.mylot.com) by ourselves. As much as possible, avoid clicking a link from other sites or blogs that tells you to log-in using that particular link.
* You can also apply the same tips and process for your Paypal account, Adsense account, E-mail account(s), PTC account(s), Social Networking account(s), etc. This will help us avoid wasting our efforts and hardwork due to the fact that our innocent accounts was hacked by a no-life freak.
Anyway, this is just a friendly reminder. I really think I should post this one for the benefit of all members.
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myklj999 (7262) | 1 year ago | He's wrong, they are not fake sites. myLot replied to this discussion at response #41.
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loxion (780) | 1 year ago | Are you that was mylot answering there? i mean did you check the profile of that "thing"? it says it ranks 61 and it is 39 years old
How can mylot team ranks itself, and how long has mylot being operating? 39 years?
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adihindu (1193) | 1 year ago | Please lexion, stop it. It was surely from the myLot Team. Why because, they need a account to respond this type of discussion to make conclusion. I had already answered the same at there only. Please read it once in the 41 response. You had only one question that they had the 69 ranking and 39 years age. Every account here in myLot must give the date of birth and all ages are displaying in their profile. This profile may indicate any member/administrator or myLot team or just created for the sake of members. When when it comes to 69, that is the total responses that they given using that account from three years. They responded to only this discussion in the past two months. And in myLot, it won't show the history of responded discussions more than two months. And finally, if you check their profile for the discussions that they started, you will be sure that this account was from myLot only. They twenty eight discussions and all are related to myLot and to inform people. Please check their discussions that they started. And four of them are regarding the contests in the myLot (about video of myLot and banner competitions). Hope you get it. Thank you.
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adihindu (1193) | 1 year ago | The same comment that I gave at response number 53. Thank you.
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92. myklj999 (7262) | 1 year ago | He's wrong, they are not fake sites. myLot replied to this discussion at response #41.
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owlwings (5288) | 1 year ago | It's #47 (Page 5)
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93. AnnieOakley1 (1683) | 1 year ago | Mylot responded to this discussion in post number 47 to clarify that they are not phishing sites, but also owned by mylot.
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94. ronaldinu (7779) | 1 year ago | I don't think it is a phishing site since the registered company is the same for both urls. Many companies do register more than one domain name and redirect them to the same url. © ronaldinu 2008
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adihindu (1193) | 1 year ago | Hi SketchetD..,
Sorry to say that he was wrong. They are not scam sites and they owned by the myLot only. Please check the first response comments and also response number 47 which was addressed by the team of myLot. Thank you.
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96. kunthanraj (469) | 1 year ago | i hate all those..site..i dont belive..there are lots of site.. have a great day..
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| 97. Babylovexo (16) | 1 year ago | Tyvm, I am honestly glad that you told me that! It is weird, but I will stay away!
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98. _sketch_ (1365) | 1 year ago | Scary. Thanks for the heads up. the mylot administrators definitely need to know about this.
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owlwings (5288) | 1 year ago | They do. Read Response #47 on page 5.
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| 99. jakreza (22) | 1 year ago | thanks for the warning.. I'll beware
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owlwings (5288) | 1 year ago | Response #47 on Page 5 gives MyLot's official answer.
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100. mtdewgurl74 (10337) | 1 year ago | Thanks Ron, I appreciate the time you took to investigate this but it seems that all is not what it seems. I still will just stick with the Mylot.com and leave the others alone because you just never really know. It is strange that they would make 3 sites that login to each other. So as I said I am sticking with the first original and leaving the other sites to the others.
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