Beware! This site is cloning myLot. Read this or else...

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.