⚠ WARNING ⚠ NEWBIES ⚠ SKYPE USERS ⚠ BE CAREFUL ⚠ LOOKING FOR WORK? ⚠ SCAMMERS ⚠

[Operatr]

Hey everyone looking for work, be careful of newbie users trying to convince you to use skype all the time. They might be trying to send you malicious files or links so they can steal your ________ (fill in the blank). So figured I'd throw this up and maybe stop at least 1 other person here from getting their account hacked or a Trojan injected through a malicious file.

The 3 4 tools below are COMPLETELY FREE to use, you don't need the paid versions. So use them :-) and save yourself the headache of losing your account or getting a malicious attack through a Skype scammer preying on innocent people looking for work or some horny young man looking to whack off. Installing the 3 FREE tools below should protect you from 90% of the lazy ass scammers out there.

Malwarebytes FREE anti-exploit browser protection: http://goo.gl/Af8TsR
(I have this running myself 24/7 when I'm online.)

Malwarebytes FREE malware protection: http://goo.gl/AMNJlR
(I scan ALL my pc's religiously with this malware tool.)

AVG FREE Antivirus: http://goo.gl/l3gXUn
(I don't use this anymore because I have Avast complete protection, but before Avast this is what I used.)

AVAST Mobile Security: https://goo.gl/UF2yeD
(Is also completely free and I use this personally on my android phone, and supposedly it's free for iPhone and iPads too)

Again these are not going to STOP EVERYTHING 100%, you'll still have to use common sense, but you'll be protected pretty well, and it's better than having NOTHING AT ALL.

and a couple of other things...

If a HOT Chic magically messages you through Skype saying she is lonely? Ignore her, it's probably an ugly dude on the other end anyway or it's definitely a bot that will try to get you to visit some url shortened link with malware galore. So just use pornhub like the rest of us have to…lol J/K I have no idea what pornhub even is.

If a NEWBIE here is looking to overpay you for small tasks? It's most likely a scam.

These Skype issues seem to becoming more and more frequent these days so just thought I'd post this if anyone doesn't already know about the tools above. I even had a freelancer through Upwork try to send me a link to a malicious site he supposedly "developed" last month and I went ballistic, but the anti-exploit tool thankfully caught it, so no damage was done. Yahoo seemed to have his account hacked lately and then letyouearn seems to have been compromised as well. So thought this MIGHT HELP prevent the next person! If it doesn't? I at least tried :-)

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[bitspill]

A good thing is that since the last week Skype no longer reveals your ip address to skype resolvers by searching a username.
http://blogs.skype.com/2016/01/21/to-our-gamers-ip-will-now-be-hidden-by-default-in-latest-update/

If a HOT Chic magically messages you through Skype saying she is lonely? Ignore her, it's probably an ugly dude on the other end anyway or it's definitely a bot that will try to get you to visit some url shortened link with malware galore. So just use pornhub like the rest of us have to…lol J/K I have no idea what pornhub even is.

I get messages from these bots occasionally and just find it funny, obviously never click their link but it can be fun to "play" with the bot by seeing what kind of ridiculous chat's it'll generate. Some of the bots are actually very well written so kudos to the original developers for that. After you run through a "conversation" when they send you the random affiliate link Do not click it! Do not sign up! Block and report the account!



Edit: Worlds greatest coincidence? Just after sending this reply I got messaged by "theresa cwang" yet another bot. LOL

[Operatr]

A good thing is that since the last week Skype no longer reveals your ip address to skype resolvers by searching a username.
http://blogs.skype.com/2016/01/21/to-our-gamers-ip-will-now-be-hidden-by-default-in-latest-update/

If a HOT Chic magically messages you through Skype saying she is lonely? Ignore her, it's probably an ugly dude on the other end anyway or it's definitely a bot that will try to get you to visit some url shortened link with malware galore. So just use pornhub like the rest of us have to…lol J/K I have no idea what pornhub even is.

I get messages from these bots occasionally and just find it funny, obviously never click their link but it can be fun to "play" with the bot by seeing what kind of ridiculous chat's it'll generate. Some of the bots are actually very well written so kudos to the original developers for that. After you run through a "conversation" when they send you the random affiliate link Do not click it! Do not sign up! Block and report the account!

Edit: Worlds greatest coincidence? Just after sending this reply I got messaged by "theresa cwang" yet another bot. LOL

LOL Right! I'm afraid to even open my Skype right now :-)

[robelneo]

Not only on skype even on facebook,I have seen so many sex related videos with a link to watch,this is how my friend's account got hacked ,first thing you do after you saw these kind of links is to report it and block these people ,and yes all the tools you have on your thread are all very useful

[Operatr]

Not only on skype even on facebook,I have seen so many sex related videos with a link to watch,this is how my friend's account got hacked ,first thing you do after you saw these kind of links is to report it and block these people ,and yes all the tools you have on your thread are all very useful

Thanks yeah, it's getting to be a minefield out there :-)

[Heutenamos]

The bot's messages are set by default or they change relatively ? cause they replied to my questions sometimes.

This looks a Bot



But see the reply here.

[bitspill]

The bot's messages are set by default or they change relatively ? cause they replied to my questions sometimes.

They adapt to what you say yes, but they're still bots, you can trap them in certain loops or bizarre statements.

This looks a Bot

That's definitely a bot. If you go to the imgur gallery page for that image by manually typing the code (http://imgur.com/drsj2HK) it says it was uploaded 2 months ago, the title is glorious ("Someone on Skype sent me this picture...") and it's not even a blonde haha

I also had that bot a couple weeks ago, was the name "glitterness flowers"?

[irfan_pak10]

Please also Do aviod to add Annymous people to your Skype, First ask them where they came from, from where did they get your Username, Secondly DO NOT OPEN any Link that seems contaning some malware etc

Please Do not Click on the Site, Files and Other Links  before Fully verifying them

Here is what happened Few days Ago, I dont know who was he/ She, She send me a Request at Skype, and I accepted, and Here is our some talk Screenshot



The link she provided me was using these character api.tracker and some other things, I immediately closed that link.
I still Dont Whats her Purpose? 
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Now from few days I dont know who the F* Trying to Login to ANX account, and I even DONT know when Did I created an account on ANX lol

Got 3-4 Similar Email




 

^^ Im Still getting email from ANX Still, Every day receive 1-2 email but I never check that

[bitspill]

Please also Do aviod to add Annymous people to your Skype, First ask them where they came from, from where did they get your Username, Secondly DO NOT OPEN any Link that seems contaning some malware etc

Please Do not Click on the Site, Files and Other Links  before Fully verifying them

Here is what happened Few days Ago, I dont know who was he/ She, She send me a Request at Skype, and I accepted, and Here is our some talk Screenshot

[]https://i.imgur.com/RVCWroU.png[/]
[]https://i.imgur.com/PtPsyoC.png[/]
The link she provided me was using these character api.tracker and some other things, I immediately closed that link.
I still Dont Whats her Purpose? 
________________________________________________

Now from few days I dont know who the F* Trying to Login to ANX account, and I even DONT know when Did I created an account on ANX lol

Got 3-4 Similar Email

[]https://i.imgur.com/OF4P7Rq.png[/]
[]https://i.imgur.com/s0c7Vu3.png[/]

^^ Im Still getting email from ANX Still, Every day receive 1-2 email but I never check that

When you get a short link from goo.gl or bit.ly add a + to the end to see it's true destination and statistics.

https://goo.gl/#analytics/goo.gl/oozUWr/all_time That link got 48k clicks in less than a month, if even a fraction of them sign up that's a lot of referral earnings... maybe it's time I start running one of these bots... haha

[arlene05973]

@Operatr thanks for the posting this thread.

In additional to hijacking account via skype. a friend of mine had similar experience via skype but, the advert was posted on criagslist rome. so user's should  watch out for decietful listing on most classified site i.e craigslist.

Lot of those scammer's are now streaming to less populated region i.e craigslist italy,cl spain ..ecc because they are much restriction on craigslist USA.


Below is the name of the company and related link to their fake reputation & link building by this company. Their goal is to trick people to believe that they are offering service that will help block pop-up,pop under,toolbar exploit but, they will steal your personal information. they requested the following from my colleague :

Current ip addresss
physical address for shipment of package
Name and surname and valid office address if, any. Possibly, they use these info to disguise themselve


Below are some of the link :

Company Name : Clarity Ad

website : www.clarityad.com
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/06/a-look-at-a-double-dipping-advertising-network/
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2015/11/video-ads-malvertisings-next-frontier/
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5wUbIjILxKMVzdTdERBdEQtWWs&usp=sharing


NOTE : you'll notice that they disguise themselve in many instances. this is to fool people to believe that they are reputable company.  I will be starting-up a new thread about this due to how difficult it takes to identify and fish out this new spammy strategies.

Check back for updates


Thanks

[Operatr]

Please also Do aviod to add Annymous people to your Skype, First ask them where they came from, from where did they get your Username, Secondly DO NOT OPEN any Link that seems contaning some malware etc

Please Do not Click on the Site, Files and Other Links  before Fully verifying them

Here is what happened Few days Ago, I dont know who was he/ She, She send me a Request at Skype, and I accepted, and Here is our some talk Screenshot

[]https://i.imgur.com/RVCWroU.png[/]
[]https://i.imgur.com/PtPsyoC.png[/]
The link she provided me was using these character api.tracker and some other things, I immediately closed that link.
I still Dont Whats her Purpose? 
________________________________________________

Now from few days I dont know who the F* Trying to Login to ANX account, and I even DONT know when Did I created an account on ANX lol

Got 3-4 Similar Email

[]https://i.imgur.com/OF4P7Rq.png[/]
[]https://i.imgur.com/s0c7Vu3.png[/]

^^ Im Still getting email from ANX Still, Every day receive 1-2 email but I never check that

When you get a short link from goo.gl or bit.ly add a + to the end to see it's true destination and statistics.

https://goo.gl/#analytics/goo.gl/oozUWr/all_time That link got 48k clicks in less than a month, if even a fraction of them sign up that's a lot of referral earnings... maybe it's time I start running one of these bots... haha

Did NOT know about this, thanks for sharing it. That's some sick automated traffic. We definitely have to figure out a way to use these bots for something good for sure. A NON-scammy bot will probably only get 6 clicks a month though ...lol :-)

[Operatr]

@Operatr thanks for the posting this thread.

In additional to hijacking account via skype. a friend of mine had similar experience via skype but, the advert was posted on criagslist rome. so user's should  watch out for decietful listing on most classified site i.e craigslist.

Lot of those scammer's are now streaming to less populated region i.e craigslist italy,cl spain ..ecc because they are much restriction on craigslist USA.


Below is the name of the company and related link to their fake reputation & link building by this company. Their goal is to trick people to believe that they are offering service that will help block pop-up,pop under,toolbar exploit but, they will steal your personal information. they requested the following from my colleague :

Current ip addresss
physical address for shipment of package
Name and surname and valid office address if, any. Possibly, they use these info to disguise themselve


Below are some of the link :

Company Name : Clarity Ad

website : www.clarityad.com
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2014/06/a-look-at-a-double-dipping-advertising-network/
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/malvertising-2/2015/11/video-ads-malvertisings-next-frontier/
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B5wUbIjILxKMVzdTdERBdEQtWWs&usp=sharing


NOTE : you'll notice that they disguise themselve in many instances. this is to fool people to believe that they are reputable company.  I will be starting-up a new thread about this due to how difficult it takes to identify and fish out this new spammy strategies.

Check back for updates


Thanks

Thanks for the heads up on this as well, I don't use craigslist to often, but I have friends who use it all the time and will be forwarding them this thread right now.

[Operatr]

Please also Do aviod to add Annymous people to your Skype, First ask them where they came from, from where did they get your Username, Secondly DO NOT OPEN any Link that seems contaning some malware etc

Please Do not Click on the Site, Files and Other Links  before Fully verifying them

Here is what happened Few days Ago, I dont know who was he/ She, She send me a Request at Skype, and I accepted, and Here is our some talk Screenshot



The link she provided me was using these character api.tracker and some other things, I immediately closed that link.
I still Dont Whats her Purpose? 
________________________________________________

Now from few days I dont know who the F* Trying to Login to ANX account, and I even DONT know when Did I created an account on ANX lol

Got 3-4 Similar Email




 

^^ Im Still getting email from ANX Still, Every day receive 1-2 email but I never check that

I think this is exactly what happened to LETYOUEARN, I think he posted something similar with the ANX snapshot. I think his account is still under control of the hacker too.

[Operatr]

AVG FREE Antivirus: http://goo.gl/l3gXUn
(I don't use this anymore because I have Avast complete protection, but before Avast this is what I used.)

That antivirus is so resource-hungry, not the most appropriate suggestion for a person with a low-end computer. I would add the recommendation of setting a VM to click random links and/or using a Linux distro. Any ideas to protect smartphones?, I do not browse this forum from my phone but certainly there is a handful of people that actually do.

I would also suggest using Firefox, its tracking protection helps a lot (it also messes with some legit pages, though, like some Facebook log-ins). NoScript is good too, but you have to customize its filters (sites like Twitter won't work with the default configuration).

But see the reply here.

That reply confuses you, yeah, but bots have behaved like that since a long time ago (a bot answered that to me back in the messenger days).

Very true, wasn't really thinking about those on lower end computers. I have used AVG on my smartphone to but again now running avast. Avast is actually free for smartphones also, I'll go check that out right now and update the thread.

Edited: Avast MOBILE Security link: https://goo.gl/UF2yeD

I updated in main thread as well. Thanks man, how the hell did I forget mobile? :-)

[RoughLyfe]

Usually people on Skype that are bots are actually E-WHORING

[pjsonowal]

I got one a Skype message from a bot saying "HIGH SEXY" lol. The moment I read that I knew that it was a bot and blocked it lol .
Btw I love to have those bots posting me . Maybe I may show up to friends and make them jealous lol  

[onlinedragon]

Also have got some invite few months earlier. They asked also to sign up for some site but there they were fishing cc card.

[Yakamoto]

A good thing is that since the last week Skype no longer reveals your ip address to skype resolvers by searching a username.
http://blogs.skype.com/2016/01/21/to-our-gamers-ip-will-now-be-hidden-by-default-in-latest-update/
[snip]

Really? They finally managed to fix/change that? I now feel a bit more comfortable using skype, but I have a feeling there is another security exploit related to this fix that someone will find soon...

I'll still prefer to use other programs, however. Teamspeak and Discord offer the ability to join in and out at any point, and have better quality and less resource usage overall.

[Operatr]