I-Got-Obsessed.com link sent in msn message. How did that happen? Why?

Question

In an msn message, a guy sent this to me then went offline:
SEE MY PICTURES FROM LAST NIGHT LOL!!
http://[THEIR HOTMAIL USERNAME].I-Got-Obsessed.com/

I-Got-Obsessed.com/ is a phishing website. Did he send the message or did the website? Is he trying to play a joke on me or is it just the website? I'm confused.

Answer 1

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It's the website. Don't open it.

If you have opened the link, you would notice that it has a login form.

The guy who sent you the link has entered his MSN e-mail & the password, so that the website would know it and use his account to go online and send the link to more people. Therefore, the website will be able to collect even more MSN credentials.

Got it?

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

best thing to do with Any links sent to you via msn if the user is off line is to message them back asking if they have indeed sent you the link...
ESPECIALLY if that link contains there name... we use msn in a corporate environment and i get these questions all the time mostly from the "senders" they are more confused than the "receiver" if your account is sending out these messages change your msn/live id password it seems to stop these websites from using your account :)

Answer 3

Hello somebody.toldme3,

please can you private message me as a matter of urgency! My friend was also given this address last night I am trying to establish if it was the same person who gave you the link too. Thanks!!

Dazzy.

Answer 4

Whatever you do, do not open that link! Here's a link that was sent to me a few days ago:

ur pics? (some random myspace web page)

This link was sent to me supposedly by one of my friends, and since I don't have a Myspace account I was really confused. So I clicked on the link and now my MSN freezes and sends out the same link to my contacts. I have tried uninstalling MSN twice, but it doesn't seem to work.

So to answer you questions, your friend did not send you the link, the website did. And most of these links can lead to viruses on your MSN or worse yet on your computer. I learned that the hard way lol.

If you keep on getting the same message, my best advice would be to change your password, and see if that helps. But as long as you don't open the link these messages are harmless.

Hope this helps, and have a great day!

:)

Source(s):

Personal Experience. :S

Answer 5

It's the websit don't open it I have clicked on a link once and it gave me a virus :s

Source(s):

Happened to me before

Answer 6

THANKYOU SO MUCH !a supposed friend sent me this too---
http://i-got-obsessed.com/?gallery=(name here) but their actuall name was there (ive just changed it on here)...
and they were offline so i dont get how they can send a message when there offline.I went to the site and it worked but not the link to my friend gave me .on the site i was about to enter my email and pass to join in.But after watching doctor phil on computer fraud scams i choose to research the site and its not listed under microsoft.Thanks for the warning!

Answer 7

These people are simply awful... US leads the phishing activity followed by China*. There is a useful way to check a site's info. You go to a domain buying page and pretend to be interested in the domain i-got-obsessed.com, and then, since the site is already taken, they give some info about the domain's owner. This phishing site, already listed on FireFox phishing alerts, belongs to a Chinese 'company' located in Bejing. They use the following info**, which contains a phone number, a physichal address and an e-mail address ; )

Domain Name : i-got-obsessed.com
PunnyCode : i-got-obsessed.com

Registrant:
Organization : Nkx Vdj
Name : Nkx Vdj
Address : BaoChun Rd. 556, No. 91, 1F, Apt. 5219
City : Bejing
Province/State : Beijing
Country : CN
Postal Code : 100176

Administrative Contact:
Name : Nkx Vdj
Organization : Nkx Vdj
Address : BaoChun Rd. 556, No. 91, 1F, Apt. 5219
City : Bejing
Province/State : Beijing
Country : CN
Postal Code : 100176
Phone Number : 010-010-73789036-73789036
Fax : [phone]
Email : [e-mail]

Technical Contact:
Name : Nkx Vdj
Organization : Nkx Vdj
Address : BaoChun Rd. 556, No. 91, 1F, Apt. 5219
City : Bejing
Province/State : Beijing
Country : CN
Postal Code : 100176
Phone Number : 010-010-73789036-73789036
Fax : [phone]
Email : [e-mail]

Billing Contact:
Name : Nkx Vdj
Organization : Nkx Vdj
Address : BaoChun Rd. 556, No. 91, 1F, Apt. 5219
City : Bejing
Province/State : Beijing
Country : CN
Postal Code : 100176
Phone Number : 010-010-73789036-73789036
Fax : [phone]
Email : [e-mail]

Registry Status: ok

Sources:
*http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/us-tops-list-of-phishing-hosts/2005/08/23/1124562847345.html
**https://who.securepaynet.net/WhoIs.aspx?domain=i-got-obsessed.com&prog_id=421792