Hackers and Scammers are on all internet sites, but they particularly target adult dating sites. Scammers know that horniness can overpower better judgment; sex sells. The promise of a casual tryst or readymade affair is enticing to most people, and shopping for a hookup online makes finding a partner twice as easy. Hookup site users are more likely to engage in unsafe internet practices; when you want a hookup you want it now. So rather than taking the slow and safe route, users send out their email or phone number without reservations.
Let's say you receive the following email on an adult dating site:
"Hi, I'm Alice. I'm really close to you and am looking for a nice man to have no strings sex with. I'm never on this site, so please email me at hottie4u2boff@spammer.com. I can't wait to share you with my girlfriends!"
It's possible that she's for real, but it's more likely that she's a spammer looking to collect email addresses. Why would anyone want your email address? Let's say that the spammer in question is someone who works on a scam farm. Scammer farms typically employ many people (often young boys) who get paid to create profiles of hot women, and work online all day sending out emails like the one above. You respond by emailing her as instructed, and the spam farm collects those emails and pays their employee a small amount for each email address. They collect as many email addresses as possible, and sell each one to many different spam lists. Now, your email address is being sold to multiple sources; the spam farm makes a lot of money, and you will never hear from hottie4u2boff again… but can expect a sudden influx in spam about replica watches and penis enlargement creams.
Social Networking and dating sites are also seeing a surge in hacked accounts these days. You sign up for a site, and hackers are lying in wait. Within a few days of joining, you get a message via IM that says: "Thanks for joining! As a free bonus, log in here for access to hot cam shows for gold and silver members only!"
It looks just like the rest of the site, and when you click on it, it asks for your email and to log in…again. You enter your information, and suddenly you're on a new, unrelated webcam page that asks you to join. And pay.
Why would they want your adult dating site account? Remember the message above that read "hey, I'm never on here, get me at hottie4u2boff@spammer.com?" Well, sites that allow free accounts limit the number of emails that free accounts can send out per day, and scammers are the reason. But your gold account can send out unlimited emails, so they can contact hundreds of other members by hijacking and utilizing your account. They take down your personal information, upload their hot scammer pics and fire away at other members until they're reported and shut down.
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