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Bringing Down A Copycat Site

Posted by timothy on from the cajoling-and-threats dept.

Nigel Cross wrote in with an interesting story from the world of software fraud. Cross writes "I found a copycat site fraudulently selling my own software and kept a record of the steps it took to bring him down."

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  1. Step One: by Icarus1919 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step one: Find out name of evil twin from mother.

  2. Har Har Har by acxr+is+wasted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dec. 24, 2005: I received an e-mail from a former colleague...

    Talk about the mysterious future!

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  3. /. it by Pmkool1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's the solution to everything: /. it!

    Think about it... Just post a link to that site saying that it's a fake, and just watch as it takes a slashdotting.

    Now THAT'S how a nerd kicks some butt!

    1. Re:/. it by 1u3hr · · Score: 5, Funny
      One of the issues that concerned the poster was that the copycat site might show up (early) on search engine results.

      I Googled for "MailList King Pro", one of his products, and most of the hits were for serial numbers and cracks...

  4. That was... Anti-climatic by Albinofrenchy · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I read the article write-up, I just assumed I was in for some great tale of some peice of scum getting fscked. This was as mundane as going to see a batman movie and batman handles the final foe by calling his mom names.

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