Socal networking SPAM is a threat!
Today, I logged into my account at Orkut and saw truck loads of SPAM scraps claiming that orkut is closing and that too the stupidest reason of all, lack of names:) , yea thats what the scrap claims to be and I was literally on the floor laughing because people actually send these SPAM scraps afraid that their orkut account will close and they will lose all their friends!
Here is a copy of the scrap that I received this evening–
“HEY ITS DIANNA, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ORKUT,EVERYBODY SORRY FOR THEINTERRUPTION BUT ORKUT IS CLOSING THE SYSTEM DOWN BECAUSE TOO MANY BOTTERS ARE TAKING UP ALL THE NAMES, WE ONLY HAVE 57 NAMES LEFT,
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT, DONT SEND THIS MESSAGE, IF YOU WANT
TOKEEP YOUR ACCOUNT ,SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST.
THIS IS NOT A JOKE, YOU’LL BE SORRY IF YOU DONT SEND IT. THANKS DIRECTOR OF ORKUT, TIM BUISKI. WHOEVER DOESNT SEND THIS MESSAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILLBEDEACTIVATED AND IT WILL COST YOU $ 10.00 A MONTH TO USE IT..”
After reading this scrap on orkut, i decided to do some research on this subject and therefore “Googled” the name TIM BUISKI, the supposed director of Orkut and found out that he along with orkut was the director of Yahoo and MSN as well:)
Here is an excerpt for Yahoo–
“the director of yahoo, Tim Buiski, Sorry for the interuption, but Yahoo is closing the system down because too many booters are taking up all the names, we only have 57 names left, if you would like to close your account, don’t send this mesage, if you want to keep your account, send this message to everyone on your list. This is no joke, you’ll be sorry you didn’t send it. Thanks, Director of Yahoo, Tim Buiski, WHOEVER DOESN’T SEND THIS MESSAGE YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND IT WILL COST $10.00 A month to USE IT TO SENDÂ ”
One thing you will find common here is that the text in both the messages is almost the same except for the name of the company and so is the message with MSN as well.
So, all I would like to tell people is that be safe and no internet giant, either Microsoft( that is MSN) or Yahoo or Google(i.e Orkut) will close its operations due to increase in traffic or lack of capability and increase in load. Infact, there is nothing that makes these companies happy than increase in traffic. So, sit back and relax, nothing is going to happen to your account whether its Orkut or Yahoo or MSN.
Reference Links:
Google Search about TIM BUISKI
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