Social Engineering in the Service of Fake

[Stels]

Very often in the Internet you can find the concept of "fake" however what it is to understand at a glance. The very concept of fake appeared not so long ago, but every year every inhabitant of Web-networks gets to know him by hearsay.

Fake - abbreviated from falsification, that is, faking the original false. Most often, the word fake can be found on the Internet, where the meaning of this phrase is slightly different and means fake websites, applications, etc.
We meet fake almost every day and have even stopped noticing it. Most often, login and authorization pages become fakes. Experienced hackers, by hacking servers, replace system scripts with their own, thereby downloading all the data to themselves.

For example, in 2011 alone, hackers using fake sites stole millions of accounts from social networks VKontakte, Mail, Twitter, Odnoklassniki, etc.

Here are some examples of letters sending which hackers convince their "victims" to go to the links of the "fakes" created by them (this is certainly not all examples of their ears, but I think it won’t hurt many for easy reference):
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Dear user!
You received a letter that was lost in transit.
To view the letter follow the link
Link is not valid
Respectfully,
Administration Mail.Ru
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Dear user!
We remind you that you have not completed Authorization!
You need to go through a second Authorization!
To do this, click on the following link
https://mail.ru/cgi-bin/start?back=1id=1 ... 0000012244
In cases if you do not perform Authorization, your mailbox will be blocked for three days!
Respectfully,
Administration Mail.Ru
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Dear user!
Please confirm the activity of your mailbox!
If you do not receive your confirmation, your mailbox will become inactive
account and will be deleted from our Mail.Ru server!
Please confirm the activity of your mailbox, for this, click on the following link:
https://mail.ru/cgi-bin/start?back=1id=1 ... 0000012244
If you do not receive your confirmation, your account will become invalid and will be deleted from our server without the possibility of recovery.
All these temporary inconveniences due to the fact that we want to improve the quality and speed of our system.
You have received this letter because you are registered on Mail.Ru
Respectfully,
Administration Mail.Ru
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Hello, Dear User!
We are forced to inform you that from your address <katya_868@mail.ru> mailing of electronic advertising (spam) is carried out, which, according to the Rules of Registration and use of an electronic mail box on Mail.ru is FORBIDDEN. If you confirm that you violate these Rules, your mailbox, unfortunately, will be blocked for 72 hours.
One of the spam emails (your email inbox) <katya_868@mail.ru> ) we attach below.
However, perhaps your email address <katya_868@mail.ru> was randomly generated by a person engaged in this activity, and you have nothing to do with this newsletter.
To confirm your non-involvement in this activity, we kindly ask you to reply to us within 72 hours and confirm your non-involvement in spam. Otherwise, your address will be blocked.
In the event that at your address <katya_868@mail.ru> set
AUTO RESPONSE, and you will not reply to this letter within 72 hours - your email will also be blocked.
(In this case, the address <katya_868@mail.ru> created in the form of links, etc. auth.)
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Dear user!
Your letter has been quarantined.
If you want it guaranteed to reach the recipient,
follow this link:
https://mail.ru/cgi-bin/quarantine/readm ... 0000012244
Respectfully,
Administration Mail.Ru
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Andrey, I saw a clone of your profile!
The same photo but other friends!
https://www.0dn0klassniki.ru/dk&st.cmd=f ... & tkn = 9794 /
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Format: html
To: victim's mail
From: VKontakte.ru <admin@vkontakte.ru>
Subject: Vasya left you a private message ...

Message text :
(full name of the victim (as zaregan vkontakte.ru))
Vasya left you a private message.
You can view your new private messages on the page:
<a href="наш фейк" target=_blank onclick="return cfm(this);">https://vkontakte.ru/mail.php.
Respectfully,
Administration VKontakte.ru

R.S .: There is no difference between this letter and the letter from the VKontakte.ru service, except for the link to which we are going, so that a simple person will not notice anything.</a>

 

[Детективное агентство ИКС-Инфо.]

 

[@InfoPoisk]

Thanks, useful to know.

 

[Частный детектив. Владивосток.]

Thanks, interesting!

 

[Частный детектив. Тайный советник. Омск.]

Thank you, we will know !!!

 

[Плотников Юрий Михайлович]

Thanks for the interesting stuff!

 

[Патрушев Михаил Владимирович]

Interesting information. Thank you !!!

 

[Частный детектив. Панда. Краснодар.]

Thanks, instructive article.

 

[Anonymous]

Interesting .

 

[Детективное агентство Тула]

Curious, thanks!