Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
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Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
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Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#2Very charitable of you to assume that it's just a mistake. Not wrong necessarily, but very charitable.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#3The author is far more charitable in his characterization of the scammer than I would be. No one "accidentally" copies someone's website, and no one "accidentally" scams someone. And a person who does that is not a good person.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#4Ah, this text from the scammer's site is still hilarious:
> 8. There is nothing more critical to true success than openness, honesty and integrity.
> 18. Don’t ever take credit for others' work.
Yeah, I'm sure stealing other people's work makes you an honest person.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#5ironically, both websites serve predominantly scammers who need SMS to verify with various websites to commit fraud.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#6Raising a DMCA notice to their hosting provider should be one of your first actions.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#7Very charitable of you to assume that it's just a mistake. Not wrong necessarily, but very charitable.
If you want an airtight defense against libel, it's probably the right position to assume.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#8ironically, both websites serve predominantly scammers who need SMS to verify with various websites to commit fraud.
I can see how scammers would abuse such a service but u should not be so quick to assume that that is his major customer base.
There have been numerous occasions where I was required to do SMS verification for legit accounts, and I didn't want to expose my phone number.
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#9reach out to him here:
Re: Someone cloned my website and is using it to scam people
#10reach out to him here:
Let's not doxx people here.
How certain are you that it's the same person? How certain are you that the scammer isn't just picking a random scapegoat, and registering a domain in their name?