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[Analysis] Could that email or IM be a trailhead, or SPAM?
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EnigmaFisk
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Joined: 09 Sep 2007
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Location: kentucky?

 		Who Killed Babla?
Found a video on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOX7xtRnUgo
Through my brillian powers of deduction ( and a little help from the "About This Video" section) I have come to believe that this is is related to an ARG.

I'm still pretty much a rookie at ARG's, so just in case there'd be unforum hell to pay, I'll spoiler what little I've got so far.
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
the telephone number at the end is either an orange or t-moblile phone in the united kingdom.


like i say i'm pretty sure its some sort of arg, but i gots to go to bed, figured I'd throw it on here and let you guys check it out .

PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:10 am
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Will 2.0
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Location: Burlington, Vermont

 		Looks lame to me but it says that it's part of an ARG website. Feel free to post it up, not really appealing to me.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:07 pm
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Cooldrew
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Posts: 78

 		Alright, so I did sign up for World Without Oil back when it began, but never did anything with it. This just showed up in my inbox from peakoilSPLATgladview.info :
Quote:
Search for "peak oil" on any internet search engine. Those two little words will change your life forever, just as they have mine.

The world we live in is about to change for the worse, as cheap oil will soon become a thing of the past. The high prices you have seen at the gas pump is nothing yet, compared to what it will be in a few years time. Not due the greed of oil companies (of which they are, no doubt), but due to geology. Unfortunately, oil is a non-renewable fossil fuel, upon which our economy is highly dependent, and of which there is no suitable replacement.

Demand for oil will soon outstrip worldwide supply. Worse yet, worldwide production of oil will soon decrease, as available oil supplies dwindle.

Even a small decrease in the amount of available oil will cause the prices of everything to rocket to the sky, and could easily prompt a recession. Why? All manufacturing and transportation is dependent on energy, and oil in particular. Everything that you consume must be transported, often from places around the globe. Even a small decrease in the available supply of oil will cause the prices of everything to become more expensive. For most applications, in particular transportation, there is no suitable replacement for oil.

I am writing this message to try and warn as many people as possible about the danger at our doorstep, caused by declining oil availability. For the sake of your family and your children, please become informed and try to understand what is happening, why it is happening, and what you can do about it to help your family - before it becomes too late.


www.gladview.info is just that text on a blank white background. No problems here on my machine after hitting the site.
Anyone have any idea what this is about?

PostPosted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:15 pm
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Oriza
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Joined: 21 Dec 2007
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 		Hey, I really would edit that post if I were you, because that URL has gotten screwed up somehow.
Emphasis on screwed up.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:26 pm
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Highwind-School
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 		Woo. My very first anonymous ARG email through the mail. Looks real enough, and seems cryptic enough to be one. What do you guys make of it?
Quote:
Subject: I am *not* spam
From: "anonymous.722304b012" <anonymous> Add to Address Book
To: cidhighwind767SPLATyahoo.co.uk
she doesn't know what she's doing
tell her to stop
she'll mess everything up and then i'll have to go back to my old life
tell her to stop


Could be from the Assassin Diaries game I'm playing, but you never know.

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Will 2.0
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 		It doesn't sound like something that would be in a launch, but it is possible.

I'd go with AD however, it seems to fit more imo
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 7:40 am
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Highwind-School
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 		Thanks Will. I'm still a newbie at some of this at the minute.

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Will 2.0
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 		No problem "Cid"

btw, HUGE FF geek.
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DarknessRising
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Rogi Ocnorb wrote:
Best not to reply.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

Unless you're the type who can take them for a ride.
http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/



scambaiting, I think thats older than ARGs, and perhaps the ultimate way of training to be a Puppetmaster.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:24 pm
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scootz
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Location: Denver, CO

 		Just got this email from adminSPLATprojectophiuchus.com

--ATTENTION: THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL AUTOMATED MESSAGE. PLEASE DELETE IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL BY MISTAKE.--

Status: Phase 11 complete.


I searched in the forums here for 'ophiuchus' and didn't come up with anything.

The whois didn't show anything interesting.
The website looks kinda promising. Found this in the source code:

Code:

<input type="hidden" name="__VIEWSTATE" id="__VIEWSTATE" value="/wEPDwUKMTE5MDEwMTE5MQ9kFgICAw8WAh4Ja
W5uZXJodG1sBckDPGRpdiBpZD0nb3V0ZXInIHN0eWxlPSdiYWNrZ3JvdW5
kLWltYWdlOnVybChpbWFnZXMvMTAuZ2lmKScvPjxkaXYgaWQ9J2NvbnRhaW5lcic+PGRpdiBpZD0naGVhZHNlY3Rpb24nPjxkaXY+PGlt
ZyBzcmM9J2ltYWdlcy9oZWFkZXIuanBnJy8+PC9kaXY+PGRpdj48aW1nIHNyYz0naW1hZ2VzL25hdi5qcGcnLz48L2Rpdj48L2Rpdj48ZGl
2IGlkPSdib2R5c2VjdGlvbic+PGRpdiBpZD0nc0lGUicgY2xhc3M9J2ZsYXNoLXRpdGxlJz5QaGFzZSAxMjpJbiBQcm9ncmVzcy4uLjwvZGl2P
jwvZGl2PjwvZGl2PjwvZGl2PjwhLS1QTUUsUEFQLExIUixUVUwsQUlELEpCQyxJTlYsS1BBLEJMQSxOSFQsTlRDLEtFUyxTRk8sTEhSLEZPT
yxVQlIsT0xELFlMRCxCR1IsQkVLLERUVyxBQ1ksQ1JULENGTixFREksRURBLFlFVCxIRU0sS0FGLEtUVCxFWFQsWVhELEhSVCxFTE8sTFJ
HLEpTTixBSlMsQ0xOLEZSRi4uLi0tPmRkkOxFgP13iGWJvwF9fkdfhzGbyCk=" />

<!--PME,PAP,LHR,TUL,AID,JBC,INV,KPA,BLA,NHT,NTC,KES,SFO,LHR,FOO,UBR,OLD,YLD,BGR,BEK,DTW,ACY,CRT,CFN,EDI,EDA,
YET,HEM,KAF,KTT,EXT,YXD,HRT,ELO,LRG,JSN,AJS,CLN,FRF...-->




Possible ARG? Your thoughts or comments would be appreciated - I'm kinda a newbie; haven't played anything since the Beast but am anxious to start playing again.

Edit - put breaks in to stop amazingly forum-stretching long code. Sorry if they confuse anyone working with it, just copy & paste it all and remove them and it'll be fine ~ myf

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:49 am
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natas
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Joined: 06 Oct 2007
Posts: 3177
Location: Northwest Indiana

 		Anyway this is the base 64 part of your post.

Code:

1190101191d   innerhtml<div><div><div><div><img src='images/header.jpg'></div><div><img src='images/nav.jpg'></div></div><div><div>Phase 12:In Progress...</div></div></div></div><PME>ddEwe}~G_1)


Also look at /images/1.gif through /images/14.gif... so maybe there are 14 phases total... I guess it isn't complete yet.

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 12:10 pm
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vilate
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Joined: 03 Dec 2007
Posts: 40
Location: the state that could be its own country

 		ophiuchus
I received the same email. I think it's definitely a trailhead. Forgive my newbie-ness, but would it warrant a new thread?

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Johnnybmoto
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Joined: 28 Jan 2008
Posts: 73

 		I also got the same e-mail, looks promising

Im also a noob, new thread anybody?

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:43 pm
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Hanging.Moon
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Joined: 01 Nov 2007
Posts: 26
Location: Germany

 		I got something:



From: adminSPLATprojectophiuchus.com

Subject: Project status


--ATTENTION: THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL AUTOMATED MESSAGE. PLEASE DELETE IF
YOU
HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL BY MISTAKE.--

Status: Phase 11 complete.
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natas
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 		morelaak started a new thread in News and Rumors
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=24317

PostPosted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:34 pm
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