www.tagged.com - Once you’re tagged, you’re it forever! If you join Tagged.com, all your friends will hate you and many will accuse you of relentlessly spamming them with invitations to join.
When you join tagged.com, you reach a screen that asks you if you’d like to find all your friends that are already on the network. You think it’s a nice convenience and you enter your Gmail, Hotmail, or Yahoo email address and password. This is a huge mistake on your part and Tagged makes you pay bigtime!
It seems this social networking site sends an invitation to join Tagged to everyone who’s ever sent or received an email from you. If you get tricked during signup and enter your Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo account to see if any of your friends are members, it keeps sending them invitations again and again. This viral spamming technique is working well for them and tagged.com is growing rapidly.
Tagged.com received seven million in venture capital, so this is a well-funded and well-planned viral marketing campaign. The only thing they forgot to consider is exactly what it feels like to be on the receiving end of an endless stream of emails saying “so and so” has Tagged you.
Before you know it, all your friends are calling you a “so and so”, albeit in less flattering and more colorful words than that! Tagged is rapidly alienating their user base with this constant spam and users are helpless to stop it.
The infamous Next button of death:
Instantly, they retrieve a list of anyone and everyone who has ever sent or received an email from your Gmail account or other email service. Each of them is checked by default. If you click the big red button that says Next without unchecking your contact list, they all get an invitation from you to join Tagged.
However, most people react to a big red button that says Next in the way that they’ve been conditioned to do from years of web surfing. They click it without thinking and the unrelenting spam flood begins.
The only way to stop it is for each individual who receives a Tagged.com invitation to unsubscribe from their mailing list.
Even worse, those that do join from your invitation make the same mistake and the process starts anew with their own list of friends. Here’s what unfortunate member had to say:
god almighty, this web site is cruel. i’ve been apologizing to friends for days now. you log in to the site and it spams everyone you know. a few days later it does it again. this keeps repeating and theres no way to stop it. i hate tagged.com.
Of course, you can always opt out of inviting your friends during the Tagged.com signup process. After all, you haven’t seen the website yet! Here’s how a user described the web site:
Well, seems like spam-your-friends isn’t required for signup because a few minutes later I got a welcome to tagged email. And my is the place full of ads, everything from ‘you have already won!’ to ‘dating service with lotsa hawt chicks who just happen to live close to you’ to ‘fun IE toolbars’ to…. you get the idea. This “social web service” seems like nothing more than a distribution vector for adware and spamware.
So, be warned and alway be careful online. Just say NO to Tagged.com
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December 1st, 2007 at 3:15 pm
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January 24th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
This is one of the worst sites on the net. Tricking people out of their contact list is illegal.This jerk at abuse
makes it voluntary on your part if you click “yes” . You gave them the right to take you contacts list without your knowledge…Yeh, that sound like stealing all right!
Should a stranger be asking you for your email login? Most of you know you should not do that, but slick
trickery can fool some.
Read on:
First I want to say, I did not click on yes or no….
I complained to abuse@above.net on behalf of someone else “victim ” # ?(who knows)
and hope you all will to. The problem is the above.net person seemed to be defensive of this site, which is unusual. In every case I am aware of, they are trying to “protect” the consumer, but in this case, I was threatened with legal action when I called it “stealing” when it is in fact just that, and I am gathering information from this site as well as others, and may contact people to get declarations if this group of scammers try to threaten me again..Here is the text of the message I received from so called “abuse” see if this sounds like the position someone takes, who is trying to be on the side of you and others who have been scammed by this site.
their position:
Dear Farhana,
“Steal” is a very strong term and carrying possible severe penalties. In every instance that I’ve investigated to date, the email address and specifically the password for the email account was provided freely by the complainant.
Please provide any evidence that you may have, not just the accusation, that your email password was obtained by means other than by you providing it to them.
Sincerely,
Larry McDonald
Policy Enforcement
AboveNet Communications, Inc.
http://www.above.net/corporate/acceptableuse.html
http://www.above.net/corporate/antispam.html
January 27th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Dear Sirs,
Please since 3 months ago, I am allowed to read my messages from Tagged.
Please help me. I used to receive my message by cscav_jma@yahoo.fr.
Thank you for helping me.
Sincerely Yours
THEOPHILE
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
o- boy! Unfortunatly i did make this mistake…and i think i will pay for it if only i had known…
February 16th, 2008 at 1:54 am
Yeah, I am really annoyed by sooo many mails I am getting from tagged. And that is the only reason I haven’t created my profile yet on tagged.
Well, just yesterday my friend found out a big Access Bypass bug in tagged.com. You can access anyone’s profile by just knowing people’s id who have already joined it.
I am going to put an article about this today on my site. And we are going to alert tagged.com too. So that it will help them patching the bug.
- Mittal Patel
http://www.MittalPatel.co.in
http://www.share-ebooks.com
February 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
Oh boy, this invite really tugs at your heartstrings… I received an invite to Tagged.com by a good friend of mine.
The invite says:
______ has tagged you as a friend on Tagged.
Is _______ your friend? Yes / No
Please respond or _______ will think you said no
… How could I possibly refuse?! *snort* I saw through that spam crap right away. Unfortunately, many others on his e-mail list did not. The poor hapless victims are probably unwittingly spamming their friends as I type this message…
I’m glad there is a way to un-sub from these spam e-mails. Thanks!
H.
March 1st, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Yeah it seems as though my wife might have gotten the same thing happened to her. Her and I both have pages on Tagged and she got emails and phone calls from her mother and grandmother asking her what Tagged was all about. It was hard to explain to them but she got herself thru it. She probably sent emails to all her unsuspecting relatives (which are many who live in other states). She wants to erase her Tagged account.
I haven’t had all that much trouble so far but then again I didn’t “search” for my friends on Tagged. I am there to meet others, not people already know… Don’t we all know who our friends are? Alot of people are desperate and don’t I guess…
March 9th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Unfortunately, I decided to respond affirmatively to a professional acquaintance who included me in her ‘network’ via Tagged. When I got the so-called ‘profile page’ that stated I will be billed (!?) 14.95 -34.95/month, I immediately closed out the window and the site. Immediately, I received emails confirming my subscription to Voicelink and Orbit Telcom and, you guessed it, will be billed monthly. Naturally, I ‘unsubscribed’ and called the cancellation phone number. I informed the woman who invited me of these unfortunate events. I will be reporting this to the Better Business Bureau - I fear this scam is not over and so am geared up for battle.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
i mostly get message from tagged saying i get mails and friend request but anytime i try openning it all i see is sservice unavailable.
soi wont to know why and am in Ghana.
if it is not available in our country them u guys should let us know rather to say nothing about that.
if anything plse let me know.
this my email address cobystus@yahoo.com
March 18th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
please open tagged in Turkey,our law courts banned ,,
March 19th, 2008 at 6:45 am
Well I just join this site a weeks ago,but just today March19,2008,somebody ask me to be his friend so
I read his profile by the name of Richard K a guy from
Malaysia tagged nos.12211950.I am so surprised to
those porn slides by him,I hope that member be ban
fro this site,shame on him.Hope you give sometime to
that kind of member in the future.I look forward for
your immediate concern.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:50 am
I find this web a great place to find new friends all over the world,though sometimes some are not that sensitive to say
ridiculous words on chat room.Never the less I still enjoy here but with so much caution and care so to speak,and to
all those here already just be careful in everything like giving your ID and pictures you will never know what will happen next.
May 10th, 2008 at 5:06 am
any time i try to go to tagged.com . server not available comes on de screen . can someone pls help
May 17th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I made the mistake of accepting an invite and SHOULD have known that things were not right when it asked for my email address password but was tired and the person who “sent” it is a very nice person. The next morning I had forty spam emails. I also filed a complaint with the FTC.
June 5th, 2008 at 7:30 am
BEWARE!!!!
Should be the warning for everybody. This should not be accepted. in the proccess of signing up you end up at other websites without even realizing that. And then you are charge fees.
Beware, please help stop Tagged.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
I too am appalled by the lengthy ‘questionaire’ that is a format for future spamming. I click ‘pass’ to everything. Also, one precaution i do with EVERY site that requires email and password is to CHANGE the password! And if security is top in your world…make a DUMMY EMAIL ACCOUNT! No contacts, no one to bother! I do this with ALL social websites, and others that require this info. I also find spamming, porn, and scammers on all websites, so that is to be part of reality. Using intelligent caution is the key to today’s world! (P.S. Other than that, i enjoy Tag very much, have many friends!)
June 11th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
Tagged is a horrible spam site going on and should be stopped immediately! I apologize deeply to all my friends who have been so horribly invaded by this scam!! If you get an invitation from a friend for Tagged, be a real friend to all and decline & mark it as spam!
June 13th, 2008 at 5:07 am
Tagged. com blocked my account and i never retrieve all my pictures there all my information, this is suck tagged.com is the worst net ever.
June 13th, 2008 at 5:09 am
How can we closed that net? is there any sites to blocked tagged.com on the net this is my email saint_ellafe24@yahoo.com thanks
June 24th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I have the same unavailable problem here in iran, even with Ultrasurf 8.9, it’s impossible to bann the site from inside our countries……..Guess it must be related to Tagged.com inside!
Anyways i have been member to tagged.com since 2006 and not even recive 1 spam or kindalike. Completely surprised with those statements of urZ. Keep me inform if u knew anythin
RegardS.
July 1st, 2008 at 11:38 am
l want to find my friend on tagged everdy.
July 5th, 2008 at 6:19 am
i am aboy of 19yrs old. i leave in Ghana. i am kind and loving brother and i will like to be your friend thank and i lie to here from you soon byeee
August 8th, 2008 at 11:53 am
this girl jade L is faking girl and one is me i need a tagged number so i can get her done
August 25th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
You could say that it’s spam.
For me, it sounds like phising….
Be careful, your password is known to those dating sites.
Friendster did it also i suppose
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:57 am
FUCK TAGGED FOR RUINING MY LIFE
December 1st, 2008 at 6:40 pm
plz block the website
January 6th, 2009 at 12:15 am
Does anyone know how i can be in touch with the http://www.tagged.com IT/admin team directly (preferably a phone number) because someone has stolen my pictures and identity from my profile and has created another profile with my name, info (and then some!) and altered/photo-shopped pictures and has put up pornographic pictures on the same page to suggest this is something i’m into….
I have reported them more than 50 times to the tagged team and i have yet to have a response, furthermore, the tagged team has disabled my ability to report this site.
Can anyone pls help me??
January 9th, 2009 at 6:31 pm
already 2 weeks i cant open Tagged.com anymore, i lost all my tagged friends. i think tagged.com server has been broken please anybody can help me to tell me about this website what happen?
January 20th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
someone had used my name and email id..used a photo of a blonde woman and give my phone number..say bad things about me..i want to communicate with the website of http://www.tagged.com so that this thing can be stopped and deleted..it ruins a person’s my reputation..hope all of this problems can be solved to uphold the terms of privacy.
February 8th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Although noted in the dictionary as synonyms, stealing and flimflamming have to sociological differences. Thats why it is legal for tagged to carry on unethical practices. Technically they do not ‘’steal” because they have your permission. They use a flimflam strategy to gain that permission AND SOCIETY TOLERATES IT!!!
You don’t need to fix things at tagged. That problem will take care of itself when society decides it is time to stop playing the fool. Did you get flimflammed? Well… YOU ARE FOOL!!!!
How does that feel? Sucks huh?! Well facts is facts and you got flimflammed. Don’t like playing the fool? Well the only way to stop this problem is eliminate the seed. What would happen if you all got together and petition to make deceit in any form illegal and punishable by the death sentence? Some people would object. Mind you, only those with vested interest would object… because they like stealing or they are close to someone who does. What would happen if you you made deceit punishable by death for all offenders and everyone close to them? I guess we are all destined to suffer loses either directly or indirectly. You, directly because you continue to be the fool. And me, indirectly because you continue to allow scum to proliferate in the only world I have to live in. Either way it sucks for us both… all because you love thieves, their friends and families as much as you love playing the fool.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
cancel-tagged.com.sites&emails-meanolpaulaldy@comcast.net;lilbtch@comcast.net;mizqtbooty@comcast.net’3-12-09′.
March 14th, 2009 at 11:22 am
My wife and I use Tagged.com as a convenient way to just say a quick hello to our friends.
It’s not perfect, but it’s certainly not as bad as this site posters are making out.
March 20th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
It staggers me beyond belief at the stupidity of people. Did any one not think to close the page asking for your address and password? Then going to the log in page and logging in. it skips this stage. How ever that was then things have changed now. If you don’t want to supply your email or pass word you can skip this step. I been reading thou other blogs about tagged I see people complaining about receiving mails from 3rd party senders. They feel it’s not their fault and have a right to complain. NO sorry you do not. During the sign up process you simply need to un check the box to sign up to this. If by chance you don’t you still need to confirm you want these mails via a email sent to your inbox. These people who do get spam mail courtesy of tagged is because you 1, left the box checked during sign up 2, confirmed to want to receive these mails. I’ve been a member of tagged for almost 2 years. Not one of my contacts has received invitation or have I been spammed. And why? Because I took the time to read what was on the screen in front of me. There are no underhanded tactics use by tagged that no other site uses. Any problem like spam mail you received because of tagged is your own fault. You have no right to complain.
March 20th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
In reference to araysh Says:
January 6th, 2009 at 12:15 am. I have been on tagged for 2 years and have since learnt the tricks to get results. If you want the offending page closed. I don’t recommend the flag profile future because it simply does not work. It’s there to keep the lawyers happy (don’t quote me on that) you can use one of two methods. In both methods you need to supply a link to your profile and a link to the offending profile. Does any one know the CEO of Tagged Mr. Greg Tseng has a profile open to the public on tagged? Find his page here
http://www.tagged.com/profile.html?uid=15389292 simply supplies the required info’s as mentioned above to Greg by means of a private message or comment. Or you can email tagged directly via safetysquad@tagged.com
March 21st, 2009 at 5:54 pm
if any body want to close his account just click here
http://www.tagged.com/account_cancel.html
thanks
April 5th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Hello all
Tagged make there own roles
and if you tell them about it they just will delete your acount
witch I think is forbiden to delete any private information create by the user without warning
anyway they also don’t care there is porn and even half nacked under age girls
I did report tagged about this and after 3 months it still did exsist
next my pictures also did use other user they did not bother about it
then I put some pictures on what wat not allowed but they did allow to use others
they deleted the pictures
when I told them about it
they deleted my acount
also a few real friends got deleted
you easy get deleted here if others hate you and mark you as spam
best regard and avoid tagged it sucks
April 16th, 2009 at 8:38 am
I want to open my account which i had closed
May 11th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
I do not what to say i was trying so hard to my tagged profile in making it but i see all of this is finished because i had a proplem with my yahoo id & i wasn t able to remember any thing so i do love that tagged .com change my tagged profile messages from algashcream@yahoo.com to algashcream59@yahoo.com
this might be my last hope from you i may give it atry next time
May 24th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Somebody hacked myaccount He copied my profile in tagged.Iam now cancelled my account in tagged but still existing my profile.The ther worst is they inviting in the other site if u want to see me naked .They uesd my name n account but Im not doing any naked in the site.
Iam decent woman have decent job.Iam not asking money or anything in the sites.Just plain searching real partner for life.Please Im begging remove my profile in tagged .Its not mine any more ….They my use my acoount in my name scamming….Please help me….
I will pray this people doing bad in internet…I know there a carma….GOD says”I know what Iam planning for you.I have good plans for you not plans to hurt youbI will give you HOPE n GOOD furture”. “I will never leave U or forsake U….”I say AMEN n AMEN…
June 5th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
I found them through their webserver, I am going to pay them a visit
June 6th, 2009 at 8:06 am
ha ha i cant believe how stupid people are, to click before they read. all these stupid people have no right to complain. if they read what was in front of them, then they wouldnt of had a problem. iv been a tagged member for over a year now because of an invite from a friend, and im sooo glad i had that spam invite. iv never had any problems and i love the site and visit it every day. its a great place to make new friends, play games and even get layed. i love tagged. LONG LIVE TAGGED
oh and if any of u stupid people dont want any more spam emails, then all u have to do is unsubscribe. just another click away. oh my word, i cease to believe how stupid people really are
June 8th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
They have no right to trick people and send out phony emails as if they were sent by the user. This has to be illegal. They can be stopped by unsubscribing, boycotting their advertisers and most of all complaining to the FTC:
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
If enough people complain, the FTC will start a Class Action Lawsuit against
Tagged Inc
110 Pacific Ave Mall Box #117
San Francisco, CA 94111
inquiry@tagged.com
So please complain and stop these idiots.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
every time i try to read my messages & it says service unavaleble plesae help
June 9th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
It seems Im the only one not getting mail of anytype from tagged.com, since attempting to sign up. I never even got a confirmation email so I could use my account even though my security settings arent on high, nothing shows up in junk, spam, or bulk folders, odd huh? Im kind of glad though after reading all of these reviews, Tagged.com sucks ballz!