Its current registration process asks applicants to supply an e-mail address and a password for accessing the corresponding e-mail account so Tagged can "match you up with your friends," information which the company apparently uses to traverse address books (or other e-mail contacts) and send e-mailed invitations to the addresses found there - invitations like the ones noted above, which deceptively appear to have been sent by the Tagged members themselves and claim that the recipients have been "added as a friend," "sent photos" or "sent a private message" on Tagged (even though no deliberate "adding" has taken place, nor have any photos or private messages for the recipients been posted for viewing).Īn April 2007 eWeek article describes and verifies Tagged's disingenuous e-mail generation process, and McAfee SiteAdvisor entry for has logged numerous complaints about the practice. is a social networking site which has been in existence since 2004. The method by which they're spread and their deceptiveness include elements of both those classes. While these messages may not technically fall completely within either the "virus" or "scam" classifications (because they don't furtively install malicious software on PCs, nor is there an intent to disable computers or obtain money through fraud behind them), Many recipients, upon learning that these mysterious messages were not actually sent by the persons named, have believed them to be a form of virus or scam. Origins: Millions of Internet users have received messages like the ones referenced above, e-mails with subject lines indicating that some acquaintance has sent them photos or a private message on "Tagged" and urging them to visit and join the site to view the material lest the sender "think you said no :(": So be warned - if you receive anything from anyone asking you to join TAGGED and see their pictures, DO NOT JOIN - do not respond in any way to it. I noticed about halfway through the sign-up process that the address in the line changed from the original one. My thought is that it is from someone trying to sign you up for phone rings, games, etc. She ran a virus scan quickly and no virus was attached, so it is evidently some SCAM going around. Shortly after I got another email from her saying she had just received one from a friend who, when contacted, also had NOT sent it or tried to share pics with her. That email went to her - it was her legitimate address - but she emailed me back saying she had NOT tried to share any pics with me. I didn't like info they were asking for (phone no, cell phone #, password, etc.) so I cancelled out of it and replied to the email, telling her I was her friend but wouldn't join the site. She is not a photographer, and not the kind to share pics over the internet, but is a friend, and I didn't want to offend her, so I began the process. This is fyi - I just received an email supposedly from a friend in Atlanta saying she wanted to share her pictures with me and I had to sign up to be her friend on a social networking sight named "Tagged." Is this a new virus? Where & how did it start? We deleted them all but have been getting more of the same messages from other friends. When i called the supposed sender to ask about it, they said they did not send them & had received the same messages. received several email messages - often from the same person - saying "_ has sent you a message from Tagged or photos from Tagged. I understand is a virus ridden site and produces a virus that invades through the users address book.any truth to this?
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