I’ve been working on a new website based around spam posting. The website allows anyone to spam whatever they want. You can use it for free backlinks, spam your gaming clan/guild, or publicize your own website. There’s dozens of things the site could be used for.

A quick breakdown of the site and how it works…

The main page shows up to fifteen(15) random posts made for the current date or if there haven’t been any made, it will grab fifteen(15) random posts from the entire database.

The posting page has no type of Captcha, but does use a custom filter system to remove any harmful code or html type code. We don’t allow using html in any text areas.

Once a “spam post” has been posted to our database, the users IP is logged for security purposes. We then backcheck against that database to see how many posts that specific IP has posted. An IP is cut off from posting after four(4) posts in any given day. It then resets at 12AM server time.

The site has the potential to be an awesome free backlinking/advertising website. If you’d like to see the site in action, I’ve provided a link below.

The Spam Board

-Nito

I look at my email, and see an email from a company I don’t do business with. So I open it up and read it, and see what i already know to be a scam. Below is the contents of the email…

Dear [email address],

Your account is locked for outgoing transfers and credit/debit card payments therefore we cannot complete this transaction.

To unlock your account, you must restore your account. Please visit unlock.moneybookers.com and submin your information..

Thank you for choosing Moneybookers!

*******************************

Moneybookers Ltd., London, Registered in England and Wales no 4260907.
Registered office: Welken House, 10-11 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6EH, United Kingdom.
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom (FSA).

So I go over the hyperlink (unlock.moneybookers), which says something completely different. So, I copy the link, and throw it into a safe-mode browser, and go there. As soon as I hit enter it redirects me to another site (agsoftware.ca) where they (I guess) attempted to clone the MoneyBookers site, except for the fact that all the links were set for that site. So, I go to the direct agsoftware website, and find it’s just a blank page (Obviously by now, if someone hasn’t caught on, they’re complete idiots).

So I document everything (links, email content, headers, etc.) and start writing an email to the actual MoneyBookers company, which can be found below…

Hello,

I’m sending this email to give your company a heads up, in case you hadn’t already been
aware. If this is actually sent from your company, I sincerely apologize, but you could
see the cause for concern with the URI redirects, and misuse of non-localized websites.

I recently received an email stating that my account was locked, and a transaction could
not be completed until I followed the enclosed link and unlocked it.

I have attached the email in .txt format, with the corresponding URI’s from each step in
their scam.

Have a great day.

Regards,

Nito

So, hopefully they can get that taken care of, before anyone actually starts handing out their information to the scam site, which could potentially ruin that company. Can’t trust a company that can’t keep its customers safe.

Anyways, if you get an email from MoneyBookers.Com, saying anything close to what’s in this blog, do NOT follow the link and put your login information in.

[EDIT]

I just got an email back from the actual MoneyBookers company:

Dear [Name],

Thank you for notifying us. This is a phishing attack against our website and we are already investigating the issue.

Best regards,
Moneybookers Security

Until next time,

Nito

Well, I decided it’s about time I go back to college. I went for a few semesters for software development and it didn’t work out too well.. Of course, I was also going to have to pay an ass load of money to go, not to mention at the time, I thought “Why the fuck should I pay some school all thsi cash to teach me shit I already know, to get a piece of paper?!” – yeah… Well, this time I decided I’ll go for Website Design, since that’s been my main focus lately. And with Uncle Sam paying $12,000 of my way, it’s not so bad.

So I have a couple more things I have to get done before I start.. Pre-register and what-not, orientation and then start the “fast track” program at the end of this month. So, yeah……. Probably not going to have as much time as I’ve had for projects and what-not, but I’ll try and keep everything updated as much as possible. Anyways, I’ll update again at some point.

-Nito

Alright, so I haven’t updated in a couple months.. Still not much to update on I suppose. I started working on phuximg again. The admin part’s a pain in the ass – mostly because I don’t know what all to put in there, lol. So far I have live news, user and usage statistics and a couple of site settings. No idea when to expect any actual script updates, but I’ll keep everyone updated about it on here and the actual site.

Couple of side projects going on. New hosting company being launched, hopefully early next month. Working on a new interactive 2D MMO. Nothing big or fancy (yet). Not gooing to post anything quite yet, since I’m not even sure if it’s going to get past the intranent, lol.

I’ll update as I can.

Heyas, I haven’t updated in a little bit – Mostly because I really haven’t had much to update about I guess. I’ve been working on the arcade since I re-opened it. The profile’s finished, and I’m just working on the rest of the member sections.

I also released PHUXIMG (priorly known as ImgPond – It’s a infringement issue) as freeware, and created a distribution web page for it. It can be found at phuximg.com.

I’m still tired, so I’ll update again later, maybe.

-Nito

Have you ever gone to the movie theater and ordered popcorn, just to find that only the top portion of it’s buttered?I know I have, and it irks the shit out of me. I came up with a solution to this, or rather, an idea for a solution, since I’ll probably never create or patent it.

What it basically is, is a metallic rod with a soft cone shaped bottom which easily slides into the popcorn bag all the way to the bottom. It would obviously need a working tab or switch in order to open/lift the inside canister, revealing the holes throughout the frame and allowing the butter to flow equally throughout the popcorn bag.

If you’re into engineering or like making things, this would be great for you. If someone does decide to make this for the commercial public, please at the lest just link back to here, lol. Anyways, that’s it for now. Until next time.

-Nito

Haven’t written in here in a little bit – There’s a prefectly logical explanation, lol… We closed off the Phux Arcade to the public, so that we can integrate a new design as well as adding new functions to the arcade. Probably going to take longer than I’d anticipated, which means that we’re most likely going to lose some recurring visitors. Oh well, I suppose =/ The true users will return, and hopefully bring some friends after they see the new additions.

Other than that, idk – Busyness. It’s been uber cold out (I live in Western/Upstate New York), so I refuse to go outside if I don’t have to. I’ve been cracking out on WoW (yeah, yeah – I’ve always been an MMO addict). As well as playing DarkThrone, which is a text based MMO I’ve been playing for a few years. Waiting for my new XBOX 360 to get here ._. The fucker gave me the video chip error not even a month after getting it, lol…

Nikki bought a Sega (She’s a Sonic fan =/), but can’t play it because the remote she bought doesn’t work with the TV we have, lol. So she can’t get channel 3 – Which kinda sucks for me, because my NES/SNES combo system should be here in a couple days, and I won’t be able to play that either. Guess we have to go get a universal, lol.

Guess that’s it for now. I have a long week of scripting this arcade and working out the bugs.

-Nito

Alright, so I’ve decided to start my own blog for the simple fact that I can’t/won’t/don’t want to post my rants and what-not on the main forum anymore, nor do I want to post anything that doesn’t have to do with the Development team on the development blog.

First off, let me introduce myself. I’m Nito Belmont (Alias of course), from the original Belmont Family blackhat group on IRC (not to be confused with the scripties you see claiming to be one in the IRC rooms these days). I’m a software engineer, gamer, RPer, ex-infantry (US Army) and sometimes when it’s nice out, a skateboarder. I’m the founder of Phux Development (Not affiliated with the UNIX OS). We’ve been around since mid 2000, doing various work on the web and for desktop enhancement.

What can you expect to read in this blog? Well, Tons of game reviews, since I’m an avid gamer. Mass movie reviews, as my girlfriend and I watch a shit ton monthly. Quick tips on various things, ranging from gaming, electronics, coding and design. Personal projects most likely, which are usually vb6 or Python (Weird combo, I know). And of course, what would a blog be without the random rants every once in awhile?

Hope everyone gets something from reading the blog at some point.

-Nito