[thelist] Can a scam be brilliant?

[Ken Schaefer]

Why would anyone think they're on the Google website, when the URL is
clearly www.textileinternet.com?

And how is this a scam? What are they trying to get off you?

Cheers
Ken

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:06:43 +0200, Manuel González Noriega
<manuel at simplelogica.net> wrote:
> I think maybe,
> 
> http://www.textileinternet.com
> 
> While there's an obvious intent to lead you into believing you are using
> Google, and that is a scam, they could argue that the 'Google search
> box' is indeed present in many sites, that presenting it where the logo
> should be is a coincidence and that the colour branding of google is so
> little specific that it cannot be ripped off.
> 
> I think as far as scams/ripoffs go, this is quite smart :)