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08-14-2009, 09:29 PM
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Fake E-R website huxter
Dang, im in the biz and i fell for it. On a new pc i opened a similarly named website (I dont suggest you visit it - but it ends in .com instead of .org) and tried to use my password. Dang dang. it's not the real website but looks like it. I bet they steal usernames/passwords and spew spam on your behalf.
password here changed.
I see its owned by a member here CybrMike
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08-14-2009, 09:40 PM
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Wow. Some major spam posted on that site, too. Last posts were on 7/31.
Wonder who Michael Slate is.
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08-15-2009, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Bestwifeever
Wow. Some major spam posted on that site, too. Last posts were on 7/31.
Wonder who Michael Slate is.
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You know who it is; you're a moderator!
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Author of the book written on E-R.org: "The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement."
I don't spend much time here— please send a PM.
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08-15-2009, 02:27 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Thanks for the heads up. Some people suck 
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08-15-2009, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Nords
You know who it is; you're a moderator!
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I barely know who bestwifeever is.
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08-15-2009, 10:26 PM
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Administrator
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08-15-2009, 10:45 PM
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08-16-2009, 10:15 AM
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Geez guys I don't steal passwords or send spam. Its just a site that I put up a vbforum on. I don't get on there much to purge the spam so it is a bit spammy. I try to purge it every couple months.
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08-16-2009, 03:30 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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Wow, that is creepy. Don't the domain name registrars have an arbitration process or something to contest people ripping off your identity with look alike sites?
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08-16-2009, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by donheff
Wow, that is creepy. Don't the domain name registrars have an arbitration process or something to contest people ripping off your identity with look alike sites?
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I think you've just answered your own question...
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I don't spend much time here— please send a PM.
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08-16-2009, 08:57 PM
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Well I don't want to get into a pissing contest but I setup that site as a competing site to this one a few years ago and then didn't pay much attention to it after that.
Andy offered to buy it for less than I paid a few times and I declined. Since this post we have worked out a deal and it should now forward to the appropriate place to avoid confusion.
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08-16-2009, 08:59 PM
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Thanks for working with us Mike. The domain will forward to us here on the .org within 24 hours.
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08-16-2009, 10:14 PM
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FYI, I just went to early-retirement.com and ended up back here, so the forwarding works already.
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08-16-2009, 10:24 PM
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Michael - my thanks for actions and apologies for the "freak out". Rarely do things work out to this type of conclusion. Thanks!
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08-16-2009, 10:27 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Now - how do we petition to get bbam avatar back and bestwifeerver's too? (and make sure want2retire keeps hers  )
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