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silvershadow

(10,336 posts) Wed Feb 5, 2014, 07:04 PM Feb 2014

Google slaps phishing warning on misleading GOP website [View all]

Source: Daily Kos

This is probably not what the National Republican Congressional Committee was expecting when they decided to make the contribution page on their websites targeting Democratic candidates mimic the Democrats' websites. First, after public backlash, they had to start offering refunds to donors who'd been misled, and now, Google has put a "reported phishing website" warning on at least the anti-Alex Sink site.
That's some digital strategery right there.

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/05/1275366/-Google-slaps-phishing-warning-on-misleading-GOP-website?detail=facebook

I am LMBO right now at them. They are critters, that's for sure.

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Google slaps phishing warning on misleading GOP website [View all] silvershadow Feb 2014 OP

the bastards need to be investigated for fraud, and stripped of those web URL's groundloop Feb 2014 #1

Won't Happen chuckstevens Feb 2014 #11

Critters?? tosh Feb 2014 #2

Yeah, I was in a rush�I'm multi-tasking today, and just wanted to get it posted. Here are some silvershadow Feb 2014 #5

Fucksticks is my perferred term. 47of74 Feb 2014 #10

ROFL! I like Fucksticks too! ROFL! 2banon Feb 2014 #18

They are criminal asshole fucksticks. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #24

shitters comes to mind frylock Feb 2014 #8

Stephen King fan eh? Flying Squirrel Feb 2014 #21

haha! frylock Feb 2014 #22

Shitweasels? From Dreamcatchers. Enthusiast Feb 2014 #25

(just replace the "cr" with "sh" and you got it to a tee) lastlib Feb 2014 #12

Yay, GOOGLE! Warpy Feb 2014 #3

I just went to the site without seeing the warning. Control-Z Feb 2014 #26

like the Christie crowd, they just cannot help overreaching Skittles Feb 2014 #4

I would think they have over-reached so far at this point they can't avoid criminal charges. silvershadow Feb 2014 #6

"Never go further than far too far..." mac56 Feb 2014 #7

How lovely. Just exactly what they deserve. truthisfreedom Feb 2014 #9

Why I do declar'uh. Titonwan Feb 2014 #13

Netcraft anti phishing bar doesn't have this blocked yet PatrynXX Feb 2014 #14

Google Chrome isn't giving any warning either. nt bananas Feb 2014 #19

"contribute.sinemaforcongress.com" is another one bananas Feb 2014 #20

I wonder if this kind of thing could somehow rise to the level of RICO violations? nt silvershadow Feb 2014 #23

Good. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #15

Glad to hear Google did this davidpdx Feb 2014 #16

K&R!!!! Cha Feb 2014 #17