word-of-mouth.org

elSicomoro · 06-16-2003, 09:09 PM

Have you folks ever heard of this site before?

I got this e-mail in my box this morning:

Word-of-Mouth.Org Report Awareness System

Word-of-Mouth.Org is obligated to inform you via email (if possible) that
a report has just been submitted about the person or persons associated
with this email address (my e-mail addy). *Please find a link to
the report below. The Word-of-Mouth.Org Report Awareness System will
continue to inform you when and if reports regarding this email address
are submitted in the future unless you add this email address to our Do
Not Email List and, in doing so, agree to give up any right you may or may
not have to be informed when reports are submitted in the future.

Word-of-Mouth.Org is a background research tool that allows users to
access the valuable information source known as "word-of-mouth" on an
International scale.

Do not reply to this email; it has been automatically generated.

(link to the report)

Word-of-Mouth.Org is an online meeting place where users from around the
world can perform background research on individuals and businesses using
the powerful information source known as "word-of-mouth". A user that has
had experience with or has opinions regarding an individual or business
will submit an "Identification Report" whose purpose is only to identify
the individual or business in question. Other users are then immediately
able to search through and review these "Identification Reports." When an
interesting report (typically regarding an individual or business that the
user knows) is found by a user, he/she may then begin to communicate with
the report author through our Anonymous Email System to learn the
experiences and opinions of the report author regarding the report
subject.

*Important! - Word-of-Mouth.Org "Identification Reports" are only for the
purpose of identifying the report subject. They do not contain
information additional to that which is viewable at no charge by any and
all users. "Identification Reports" do not contain fields into which
report authors can possibly enter any information aside from that which is
for the purpose of identification. "Identification Reports" do not
contain and cannot possibly contain any potentially defamatory information
and "Identification Reports" are not to be construed as positive or
negative.

If you decide to contact the report author through our Anonymous Email
System, do so by using the links that clearly appear in each report.

For additonal information regarding how our site works please our FAQ at -
http://Word-of-Mouth.Org/FAQ.asp

If you have any questions or comments please email us at -
http://www.Word-of-Mouth.Org/ContactUs.asp

Legal Disclaimer: Word-of-Mouth.Org is only a meeting place for its users.
Word-of-Mouth.Org has no control over the content of reports nor the
actions of its users. Reports found at Word-of-Mouth.Org should not be
construed as positive or negative. Use our Anonymous Email System to
contact report authors and find out what they know. Each report author
owns his/her reports as well as the pages on which said reports are
published.

My curiosity got the best of me, so I followed the link...and apparently 4 people have made "reports" about me. I suspect that there is a bit of spamscam involved here, but I found the site to be both interesting and disturbing.

Bitmap · 06-16-2003, 09:20 PM

well what did they say?

elSicomoro · 06-16-2003, 09:35 PM

That's the thing...they don't really say anything. It's just generic shit like "I know this person" or "I have information to share." You can send an anonymous e-mail to whomever has submitted a report to find out what they said.

Fucking weird.

Bitmap · 06-16-2003, 09:36 PM

more like fucking useless.

richlevy · 06-16-2003, 09:40 PM

I got the same spam. It sounds like a scam aimed at the paranoid and insecure. The Oh-no-someone-is-saying-something-about-me-behind-my-back worriers.

warch · 06-16-2003, 09:45 PM

Eeek. "remember to report regularly" Eeek. run away.

elSicomoro · 06-16-2003, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by richlevy
I got the same spam. It sounds like a scam aimed at the paranoid and insecure.

Who knew I was paranoid?! Damnit! They're watching me again!!!

Bitmap · 06-16-2003, 09:48 PM

yes... yes we are... Nice pants, BTW

elSicomoro · 06-16-2003, 09:59 PM

Aaaaahhh! Damn that Shepps! He bugged the computer!

Tobiasly · 06-17-2003, 12:37 AM

You surely didn't think he just built that thing for you out of the kindness of his heart, do you?

Sounds like that goofy seven-degrees website. I'm seven degrees from Kevin Bacon! Woohoo!

SteveDallas · 06-18-2003, 10:07 AM

One of our faculty members got a couple of these about a year ago.. she said the second one was nothing, like you describe, but the first one had some offensive comments about her alleged dating practices when she looked at it--but it disappeared when she went back to it later to show someone. We basically decided it was an email-address-harvesting scheme.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-18-2003, 02:21 PM

I deleted it. But since I get little spam (maybe 3/week) I did wonder what it was about.

Bitmap · 06-19-2003, 07:57 AM

Serriously, I get over 100 pieces of spam, a day, in my School account, and about 25 a day in my Hotmail account If i got it i'm sure i didn't think twice about deleting it.

bmgb · 06-20-2003, 12:41 PM

The design of the site is so hard to look at, I can't believe it would be legitimate. I like to think legit sites are designed in a way that looks professional. I think, too, it is probably just for harvesting emails.

However, potential employers apparently don't need sites like this to check people out...

'Bitch Boss' Remark No Way to Win a Job

Bitmap · 06-20-2003, 03:05 PM

Hey <b>bmgb</b> check out this thread we talk alot about the quality required for a website to be sucksesfull.

http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2998

06-16-2003, 09:09 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	word-of-mouth.org Have you folks ever heard of this site before? I got this e-mail in my box this morning: Word-of-Mouth.Org Report Awareness System Word-of-Mouth.Org is obligated to inform you via email (if possible) that a report has just been submitted about the person or persons associated with this email address (my e-mail addy). Please find a link to the report below. The Word-of-Mouth.Org Report Awareness System will continue to inform you when and if reports regarding this email address are submitted in the future unless you add this email address to our Do Not Email List and, in doing so, agree to give up any right you may or may not have to be informed when reports are submitted in the future. Word-of-Mouth.Org is a background research tool that allows users to access the valuable information source known as "word-of-mouth" on an International scale. Do not reply to this email; it has been automatically generated. (link to the report) Word-of-Mouth.Org is an online meeting place where users from around the world can perform background research on individuals and businesses using the powerful information source known as "word-of-mouth". A user that has had experience with or has opinions regarding an individual or business will submit an "Identification Report" whose purpose is only to identify the individual or business in question. Other users are then immediately able to search through and review these "Identification Reports." When an interesting report (typically regarding an individual or business that the user knows) is found by a user, he/she may then begin to communicate with the report author through our Anonymous Email System to learn the experiences and opinions of the report author regarding the report subject. Important! - Word-of-Mouth.Org "Identification Reports" are only for the purpose of identifying the report subject. They do not contain information additional to that which is viewable at no charge by any and all users. "Identification Reports" do not contain fields into which report authors can possibly enter any information aside from that which is for the purpose of identification. "Identification Reports" do not contain and cannot possibly contain any potentially defamatory information and "Identification Reports" are not to be construed as positive or negative. If you decide to contact the report author through our Anonymous Email System, do so by using the links that clearly appear in each report. For additonal information regarding how our site works please our FAQ at - http://Word-of-Mouth.Org/FAQ.asp If you have any questions or comments please email us at - http://www.Word-of-Mouth.Org/ContactUs.asp Legal Disclaimer: Word-of-Mouth.Org is only a meeting place for its users. Word-of-Mouth.Org has no control over the content of reports nor the actions of its users. Reports found at Word-of-Mouth.Org should not be construed as positive or negative. Use our Anonymous Email System to contact report authors and find out what they know. Each report author owns his/her reports as well as the pages on which said reports are published. My curiosity got the best of me, so I followed the link...and apparently 4 people have made "reports" about me. I suspect that there is a bit of spamscam involved here, but I found the site to be both interesting and disturbing.

06-16-2003, 09:40 PM	#5
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I got the same spam. It sounds like a scam aimed at the paranoid and insecure. The Oh-no-someone-is-saying-something-about-me-behind-my-back worriers. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-18-2003, 02:21 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I deleted it. But since I get little spam (maybe 3/week) I did wonder what it was about. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-16-2003, 09:20 PM	#2
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	well what did they say?

06-16-2003, 09:35 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	That's the thing...they don't really say anything. It's just generic shit like "I know this person" or "I have information to share." You can send an anonymous e-mail to whomever has submitted a report to find out what they said. Fucking weird.

06-16-2003, 09:36 PM	#4
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	more like fucking useless.

06-16-2003, 09:45 PM	#6
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Eeek. "remember to report regularly" Eeek. run away.

06-16-2003, 09:48 PM	#8
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	yes... yes we are... Nice pants, BTW

06-16-2003, 09:59 PM	#9
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Aaaaahhh! Damn that Shepps! He bugged the computer!

06-17-2003, 12:37 AM	#10
Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	You surely didn't think he just built that thing for you out of the kindness of his heart, do you? Sounds like that goofy seven-degrees website. I'm seven degrees from Kevin Bacon! Woohoo!

06-18-2003, 10:07 AM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	One of our faculty members got a couple of these about a year ago.. she said the second one was nothing, like you describe, but the first one had some offensive comments about her alleged dating practices when she looked at it--but it disappeared when she went back to it later to show someone. We basically decided it was an email-address-harvesting scheme.

06-19-2003, 07:57 AM	#13
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	Serriously, I get over 100 pieces of spam, a day, in my School account, and about 25 a day in my Hotmail account If i got it i'm sure i didn't think twice about deleting it.

06-20-2003, 12:41 PM	#14
bmgb Master of the Domain Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: MN Posts: 231	The design of the site is so hard to look at, I can't believe it would be legitimate. I like to think legit sites are designed in a way that looks professional. I think, too, it is probably just for harvesting emails. However, potential employers apparently don't need sites like this to check people out... 'Bitch Boss' Remark No Way to Win a Job

06-20-2003, 03:05 PM	#15
Bitmap Look who thinks he's clever Dan. Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Washington DC Metro Area. Fairfax city Posts: 226	Hey <b>bmgb</b> check out this thread we talk alot about the quality required for a website to be sucksesfull. http://www.cellar.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2998

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