Apparently the website Tagged.com stole the identity of more than 60 million worldwide internet users by sending malicious e-mails that raided the recipients private accounts and stole contacts and other information.

One man among the many that are looking to sure the site for deceptive marketing and invasion of privacy is  Andrew Cuomo:

“This company stole the address books and identities of millions of people,” Cuomo said in a statement. “Consumers had their privacy invaded and were forced into the embarrassing position of having to apologize to all their email contacts for Tagged’s unethical - and illegal - behaviour.”

“Tagged acquired most of them fraudulently, sending unsuspecting recipients emails that urged them to view private photos posted by friends.”

A typical message would read something like: The message read: “(name of friend) sent you photos on Tagged.”

When a recipient would try and access a photo, they would be become a new member of the site. After they were members, recipients’ email address books would be lifted and the cycle would repeat.

Tagged is a California based company and claims to be the third-largest social networking site behind Facebook and MySpace. The site has 80 million registered users.

In response to user complaints, Tagged has temporarily suspended its’ online campaign.

Calls and emails to the company were not immediately returned for comments.

Check out the original article: 60 Million Stung in Social Networking Rip-Off

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