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Yesterday my Blargus co-editor Ezra Silk posted saying he had fallen prey to wegame.com and was concerned he'd accidentally emailed everyone he's ever known. Yes Ezra, you did. I was on the phone when I got your e-mail and I absentmindedly went through the motions. By the time I realized what was really going on, it was too late— I had already spammed my entire address book. I'd like to take a moment now to recap the embarrassing fallout I have suffered since last night due to Wegame.com.
• People who have joined Wegame.com because of me: My french TA from freshman year, my best friend's mother.
• People who have contacted me directly to ask what wegame.com is or if I'm even aware that I've sent them an e-mail: My ex-boyfriend, my sophomore year RA, my dad's best friend from college, State Representative Matthew Lesser who I interviewed two years ago for Gov 151.
To review: Wegame.com may not damage your hard drive, but it will surely hurt your pride.
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6 comments
Thanks for posting. I got a couple emails from them from someone I know well, googled "wegame", and this popped up letting me know it's a scam.
Pride still intact!
Every Man
September 16th, 2009
2:42 pm
Thanks for postig this...I got saved
Anshu
September 16th, 2009
3:12 pm
Thanks for the background info. At this moment your posts are the only serious source about the WeGame.com spam/scam on the web at this moment. Thanks for sharing!
According to me WeGame.com is guilty of identity theft.
Greetings from The Netherlands,
John
John
September 17th, 2009
2:00 pm
Well, if it helps you, I have to admit that I'd fell prey to the same scam. If only I've seen your page earlier...
Now I spammed ~100 people, most of which I have never spoken to in years, as well as some companies I had contact with, and no idea how I could reach without manully writing a mail to each and one of them (and thus doing another spam).
Luckily enough this wasn't my work account though.
Jens
September 18th, 2009
2:39 pm
Thanks I was filling out the form when they asked for my email password and that lit up a flag so I ran a search on scam and found out why they want it. Wont join this site for certain.
Frank F
September 20th, 2009
6:58 pm
Yes. Thanks ofr posting this.
KL
September 21st, 2009
2:02 pm
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