Response From Care2
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at
10:24 pm
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From: Matt McGlynn
Date: 11/11/2009 9:23:12 PM
To: barry@writerpro.biz
Subject: response from Care2
Hello,
I’m writing in regards to your recent blog post about
the credit card scam you received via a Care2 ecard.
I am sorry you received that ecard, and sorrier still
to see our good name featured in an article on HighRiskWebsites.
What you received is certainly a scam. What was not clear in
your piece is that Care2 was not the scammer, but the victim.
The criminals behind this attack organized a botnet of over
400 hijacked PCs all around the world; these computers were
submitting dozens of these scam ecards (all with subtle
variations in the messaging) per second. Our warning
bells went off, and we were able to shut down the
attack — but not before some of the ecards were sent out.
Care2 has offered a free ecard service for over 10 years.
We have some of the best ecards on the web, and we make
donations to save a square foot of rainforest for every
ecard sent.
Millions of people use Care2 to send ecards to friends and
family every day. Sadly, like any free service, our site is
occasionally abused, resulting in issues like the one you described.
If you visit the URL you published, you’ll see that the
scam ecard has been deleted. What you received is strictly
prohibited by our Terms of Service. And we’re putting additional
systems in place to prevent a recurrence of this sort of attack.
Care2.com was founded to help make the world a better place.
That is literally our mission. I invite you to come check out
Care2.com again. I think you’ll find out where are hearts and
minds are if you do.
Thanks for reading. Feel free to contact me if you have
any questions.
–
matt.
CTO, http://www.care2.com/
