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Thread #170085   Message #4112657
Posted By: GUEST,Rossey
07-Jul-21 - 04:47 PM
Thread Name: Tech: Phishing using fake album pages?
Subject: Tech: Phishing using fake album pages?
Hi Mudcatters. A quick query for those more au fait with the Internet world. I notice when I go looking for my late father's long deleted album releases, that a number of fake web pages have been created using autobots and discogs or 45 world's text and images.   They claim that the albums are available to download as FLAC or MP3 files, when they are clearly not. Occasionally I'll click on to the pages, and then find they are ripped off from Discogs etc.   My two questions are: 1. by clicking on the page am I giving data away to cyber-criminals? 2. I never click on the download here button.. 2. If I did what would likely happen?   Does anybody know what the motivation for creating these many fake album webpages is?