Is this site a chitika phishing scam ?

Discussion in 'Chitika' started by sleuth1, Nov 14, 2005.

  1. #1
    Many people confuse the spelling of "chitika" with "chikita" and similar, including myself , just did a quick search on Google , chikita instead of chitika, an adword result came up on the right ( since removed ) http://www.chitia.com/ and I foolishly tried my user and pass and could not work out why I could not get in ( too late I saw no https and incorrect URL ) so fired off an email to chitika , asking if this site has any relation to them ( doubtful) and if I could change my user and pass if they think this guy is a phisher skimmer, still waiting on response
     
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  2. Jafar Calley

    Jafar Calley Peon

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    I'd be interested to see what they say about this too. It's bizarre.
     
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  3. lorien1973

    lorien1973 Notable Member

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    looks like it forwards to chitika using their affiliate ID and masks the domain name.
     
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  4. sleuth1

    sleuth1 Well-Known Member

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    How would they do that ? if they use any forwarding they would not be able to pick up form info ( user pass ) correct ? If so it may be harmless ?
     
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    Check the source, it's a frame with chitika.com in it.
     
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  6. solution2u

    solution2u Peon

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    Yeah, that's right. I think there are only 2 official websites from chitika. (www.chitika.com and www.eminimalls.com) Correct me if I am wrong.
     
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  7. sleuth1

    sleuth1 Well-Known Member

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    Ah, the old frame forwarding trick , was not aware anyone still did this, will leave it up to chitika to either reward ingenuity or ban his ass for wasting my/their time ! :D
     
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    Yeah, it's just a frame forwarding, and you're safe with your password lol :)
     
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    It is a scam to get more referral signups. Somebody with the ID "zoomer" is doing this...
     
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  10. victorcheng

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    Scarey. These guys could be harvesting user IDs and passwords and then might log in and change your payment options!
     
    victorcheng, Nov 17, 2005 IP