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legendary
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July 01, 2019, 03:11:59 AM
#31
One thing I don't like about http://redirectdetective[dot]com is that it's not even secure,  Smiley




As far as i know, browser give notification "not secure" is for all of website does not using SSL. even they are not a phishing sites, browser (chromium based) will give same notification. so, user can be aware about domain name with thats warning.


For all newbie member, in case you are forget to check website/link like this tutorials, i suggest you to install browser extension cryptonite by MetaCert. free version is available. 

Code:
download: https://metacert.com/?utm_source=CryptoniteByMetaCert
hero member
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June 26, 2019, 09:13:07 PM
#30
It is also possible to know the site for clickable sites except the shorten link. You can right click the clickable link and paste it on the other browser tab then you will be able to know the hidden link especially if your not using a computer where hidden links won't show unlike the computer where you just point the arrow to the clickable link and the link will be shown below as seen in the op. There is also a browser extension that blocked sites but it is not sugggested as browser extension may be harmful if installed. The safest thing to do is add the phishing links to the file host as stated in the op's final step.
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June 26, 2019, 05:43:03 PM
#29
Nice one OP thank you for the wonderful information younhave shared. Yes, I have been a victim of phishing before with one of my online games account and had been careful enough to visit any sites to which it leads me.not to visit at all possible phishing sites I think.

Now that I have the idea on how to check possible phishing sites then for sure I can go visit sites and have the idea on identifying it if it is a possible phishing site. Thanks to this OP.
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June 23, 2019, 03:09:41 AM
#28
Knowing the URL link if it is a phishing site or not is just one of the first steps in identifying if it is one but surely it isn't enough. Some phishing links really do have a carbon copy of the real website and they also get a convincing domain name (if you aren't familiar with their real domain of the website) to come with it so really being an observant people and looking at security patches and logos is your only way of telling if its a phishing website or not.
Exactly. So, to avoid this, one of the best thing to do is using bookmark tools, that are available on browsers. I also wrote a guide about this months ago. Please check. [GUIDE] Using bookmark tool in browsers to mark bitcointalk topics/ posts
hero member
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June 09, 2019, 01:50:45 PM
#27
Woah these are very helpful actually I dont know about that second one "pointing the cursor" and you will see the link on the lower left corner.  Grin
Knowing the URL link if it is a phishing site or not is just one of the first steps in identifying if it is one but surely it isn't enough. Some phishing links really do have a carbon copy of the real website and they also get a convincing domain name (if you aren't familiar with their real domain of the website) to come with it so really being an observant people and looking at security patches and logos is your only way of telling if its a phishing website or not.
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April 17, 2019, 01:48:17 AM
#26
Today, I saw another user mentioned about new phising site of blockchain.com, so please bookmark your most favorite sites, and be careful when you log in your accounts on blockchain.info to avoid get trapped by phising site.
WATCH OUT MALICIOUS BLOCKCHAIN.INFO WALLET PAGE!! (by wwzsocki)
newbie
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April 15, 2019, 04:05:35 AM
#25
Thanks for such kind of information as i am a newbie i always get conflicted with phising links my friend lost his 2 ether when he get logged in into a phising link of idex.market and this topic will must help him to get rid of this problem. May i know is there any extention to filter out any phising link like ad-blocker ?
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April 15, 2019, 12:31:43 AM
#24
There are also some browser's extensions that can prevent these kinds of phishing websites. You can install these kinds of browser extensions to extend your security browsing over the internet or use some website to identify if the particular website is included on some blacklist for suspected as a phishing site.
Check this out : [GUIDE] Use this for identifying Scam/Phishing/ Websites & Exchanges in Crypto
I added your topic into the SHOULD READ LIST in the OP, however I don't prefer to use browser's extensions because it will lead to another issues with potential harmful browser's extensions.
Personally, secure our devices by taking careful with all things we do when try connecting to Internet, sites, and so on are enough.
- Bookmarking all trusted, mostly used sites in browser.
- Don't visit unfamiliar sites.
- Don't hurry, and lazy too much to instantly double click / click on links and fall into traps.
- Don't be greedy with strange links that provides airdrops, bounties, give aways, and get trapped.
- Prepare more knowledge, and skills to secure our devices.
- Try to avoid visiting strange sites on mobile devices.

For all those things above, carefullness is the most important thing to keep us safe!
We can have a lot of knowledge, skillful, but if we are careless, we will get trapped some day.
legendary
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April 14, 2019, 10:57:39 PM
#23
There are also some browser's extensions that can prevent these kinds of phishing websites. You can install these kinds of browser extensions to extend your security browsing over the internet or use some website to identify if the particular website is included on some blacklist for suspected as a phishing site.
Check this out : [GUIDE] Use this for identifying Scam/Phishing/ Websites & Exchanges in Crypto
sr. member
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April 11, 2019, 08:20:58 PM
#21
There is a thread created something like this before and i hope this can be added for reference also

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/crypto-scam-howto-protect-yourself-4264404

And another one is to find scam sites

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/how-to-know-if-the-website-is-a-scam-there-you-find-it-4456502

Hoping the threads is helpful for others and most importantly for newbies and those who love to browse via internet
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April 11, 2019, 06:21:44 PM
#20
Hey, I've been looking for a site like this. Thank you for sharing this site, this is really helpful. Phishers do really use link shortners to hide the real link they are sharing.

They will add some interesting captions and statements relative tovthe topic and at end they'll put that link.

No problem. If someone can point to a browser extension (firefox / chrome) that allows users to hover over a link and receive the eventual website address, do share on this forum. Would send merit your way.  Haven't been able to find a plugin with that functionality, the rest all require copying and pasting of addresses which is a hassle.
Will do, if I've found an extension that this kind of function, I'll notify everyone here quickly. I understand what you are trying to convey and I felt that, we have to check it like the tutorial you have given and it consumes time.

Unlike hovering it to the link, you can already check what's the true link behind that shortener.
legendary
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April 11, 2019, 01:31:43 PM
#19
For most famous redirect website, you can just add a "+" (plus symbol) at the end of the URL and you'll go to a page where it shows everything about the redirection link (the final destination, clicks, stats, etc...).

Example:
https://bit.ly/2Vzd1C9+
legendary
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April 11, 2019, 01:00:53 PM
#18
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Not sure why Baofeng stated the site does not really secure. Did you get opinion of Baofeng?
One thing I don't like about http://redirectdetective[dot]com is that it's not even secure,  Smiley



I think because he is using http instead of https (BTW it was whotookmycrypto who mentioned it not Baofeng, sorry for that)  Cheesy
There is nothing to fear, I just used virustotal to scan it and the result was 100% clean
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April 11, 2019, 12:30:14 PM
#17
There are many online tools that can be used to retrieve the target URL. All you have to do is to copy paste the shortened URL and you will get the original one.
Baofeng justr stated one of them which is redirectdetective.com and here is another one checkshorturl.com
In a summary, I got two potential sites for use:
Code:
redirectdetective.com
checkshorturl.com
Not sure why Baofeng stated the site does not really secure. Did you get opinion of Baofeng?
One thing I don't like about http://redirectdetective[dot]com is that it's not even secure,  Smiley



legendary
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April 11, 2019, 12:26:44 PM
#16
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There are many online tools that can be used to retrieve the target URL. All you have to do is to copy paste the shortened URL and you will get the original one.
Baofeng justr stated one of them which is redirectdetective.com and here is another one checkshorturl.com
hero member
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April 10, 2019, 01:30:45 PM
#15
For people recommending on hovering on the potential phishing links, this will only work if the url itself is directly linked to the text. But for URL shorteners this trick won't work as they would only show you the url for the shortned website not the website link itself (try hovering on the shortened link posted by whotookmycrypto in the thread). So if you know that you are on a sketchy website or a strange person have given you a URL shortened link then you must be very cautious on looking at the various red flags seen on a phishing website because I myself personally won't even bite and click the link, I would rather search the official website instead in Google just to be safe.

sr. member
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April 10, 2019, 01:29:08 PM
#14
Please don't click what's below this, I only used this as an example.

Hover to this -> twitter.com. As you can see, the in human's eye is twitter.com but if you click it it will redirect you to another page(facebook.com). So, you need to hover on every file that you are suspecting.


I guess, I know about that but it slipped from my mind.  I was wondering the same after reading OP that how I will check links that are not posted in this forum.

One thing I don't like about http://redirectdetective[dot]com is that it's not even secure,  Smiley




Still it look better option that going directly to the url shortened link.
legendary
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April 10, 2019, 01:15:47 PM
#13
One thing I don't like about http://redirectdetective[dot]com is that it's not even secure,  Smiley


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April 10, 2019, 12:31:51 PM
#12
I just want to add an information to check if the link is a phishing link. One way to avoid that is to hover. When we say hover it is when you put your mouse over a file or a link and you can see the link to that file. Here's an example to it.


You can see the blue arrow, I hovered at bitcoin forum. And the link was showed at the lower left part(where the red arrow is pointing).

Please don't click what's below this, I only used this as an example.

Hover to this -> twitter.com. As you can see, the in human's eye is twitter.com but if you click it it will redirect you to another page(facebook.com). So, you need to hover on every file that you are suspecting.
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