Have you ever wanted to send someone a fake link to one site that goes to a completely different place? It's not that hard. Keep reading for detailed instructions.
1Open your Email editor- such as gmail, yahoo, or whatever you use.Ad
2Create a new mail message and click the hyperlink button-this button is the one that looks similar to two chain links put together. You should see a place to put the URL it will lead to, and a place to put the text shown on the link.
3Insert the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the place you want the fake link to send the victim- supposing you want to send them to askaninja.com, you would write www.askaninja.com in the URL space.
4Insert the fake link text- this is the URL of the place your victim will THINK he or she is going, while secretly it's not at all where they are going. So supposing you wanted them to think they were going to a YouTube video, you might type something like "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdoJ23sOQr5"
5And you're done - you can send the link, and unsuspecting, you're victim will click on the link and be very surprised.Ad
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- These are just examples. Be creative with your disguise.
- This may or may not work with certain editors. I haven't tried them all, but I know Gmail works.
- Some editors have a hyperlink button on their chat function. DO NOT use a YouTube URL as your fake OR real address. A YouTube URL would show the video in the chat box. It would be Weird if it was a YouTube link with no video, or a Google link with a YouTube video.
- Don't use this to send your victim a virus or try to hack their computer using phishing techniques. ITS NOT COOL, AND IT'S ILLEGAL.
Things You'll Need
- a computer
- an email account