Fake uVme Blog exposed

[digitizer]

Hi guys,

This is a copy of my message to uVme Admin that I sent this afternoon:

"From: Val Slastnikov [mailto:uvmetoronto@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 January 2008 16:10
To: uVme Admin
Subject: Identity Theft Report
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Hi guys,

I was browsing through the Internet when I came across
the website of The P Group that looked way too familiar:

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I think this one should definitely grab attention of the uVme Legal Department.

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Best regards,

Val Slastnikov
uVme Toronto
uvmetoronto@gmail.com
**Let's bring uVme to Toronto!**
www.uvmetorontoclub.com
www.uvmetorontoclub.biz"

The Admin immediately responded with,

"HI Val,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention – we will investigate further.

Regards,

V.
uVme Member Support"

I started digging and discovered that, according to Who.Is the domain "www.uvme-games.com" was registered on Tucows way back in March 2007 (???) and Whois.net clearly shows the domain owner:

Here's the direct link to "About Us" on The P Group website:

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This whole exercise left me in a bit of a shock, to say the least

I only hope that whoever the perpetrators are will be exposed by uVme Legal department, and their punishment will be quick and painful...and adequate to the amount of damage that has already been done.

[Garethrowen]

Is it me or WHAT DAMAGE has been done.... someone has a website promoting UVME ... or am I missing something ?

[goldfinger]

Yeah, it's just linking to the uVmeBlog site. What's the fuss?

[digitizer]

No guys - it is not just 'linking' to the uVme Blog. It IS a fake, bogus, fraudulent uVme Blog - all of it! It only looks like the Official one, but if you pay closer attention - every page of that blog starts with the same fake posting that keeps showing up on top of every page of the fake blog:

"News Announcements

The following games are in beta testing, Fruit Frenzy, Mystic Sudoku, Martian Ball, Pool, 21 Shot Street Basketball, Arcade Ducks, Jumping Darts, Bubble Trouble, Jigsaw Wars and Big Break. Further games and reviews will be added as soon as they are released.

uVme games launch 21st January register now and be amongst the first to play these exciting games"

With the links to The P Group in the posting itself!


Just compare the 2 and you will see what I mean.

This is the official uVme blog:

www.uvmeblog.com

This is the fake fraudulent one:

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NOW do you see the difference?

[digitizer]

You know what else is different on these two blogs, guys?

The real one contains the following links on the top:

Email this • Subscribe to this feed • Share on Facebook • Digg This!

The bogus one does not have those links!

Also, the official blog has the official WordPress link at the bottom that says that it "is proudly powered by WordPress
Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS)."

Whereas the bogus blog has the following links, "Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).
uVme Online Games Of Skill "

Let's play this game now - who will find other differences between the two? ;-)

[FreeLotto4all]

ALSO, how did they register their uVme domain in March 2007, BEFORE the name was announced at Cheltenham in July.

[goldfinger]

I see the p group contains a "P M". I know P works very closely with the company (see the testimonials on the testing day). There's still no problem with it as far as I can see. It's simply an associates site linking people to uVme.

What is the problem? There are over 720,000 references to uVme in google now. Back in July there were only a few hundred. Just because someone has a site telling people about uVme, why is that concerning you?

[stewy27]

dont understand the problem here?

[Garethrowen]

Originally Posted by digitizer

No guys - it is not just 'linking' to the uVme Blog. It IS a fake, bogus, fraudulent uVme Blog - all of it! It only looks like the Official one, but if you pay closer attention - every page of that blog starts with the same fake posting that keeps showing up on top of every page of the fake blog:

"News Announcements

The following games are in beta testing, Fruit Frenzy, Mystic Sudoku, Martian Ball, Pool, 21 Shot Street Basketball, Arcade Ducks, Jumping Darts, Bubble Trouble, Jigsaw Wars and Big Break. Further games and reviews will be added as soon as they are released.

uVme games launch 21st January register now and be amongst the first to play these exciting games"

With the links to The Paragon Group in the posting itself!


Just compare the 2 and you will see what I mean.

This is the official uVme blog:

www.uvmeblog.com

This is the fake fraudulent one:

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NOW do you see the difference?

Are you jealous ... greed is a terrible thing !

By the way, I amm sure you should not be allowed to have uvme in your URL name also .... or does that not apply to you ?

[Garethrowen]

Originally Posted by stewy27

dont understand the problem here?

Nor do I ... some people have nothing better to do I suppose ...yawns.....zzzzzzzz...

Although the reason most people have aborted this forum is probably due to posts like this one .... WELL DONE digitzer !!!

... I hear they are looking for a new 'Columbo' ... why not apply ??