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<b>PhoneTrace.org</b> is a bait and switch [[shock site]] made in 2005, it pretends to be a website that can trace any phone. The bottom of the website also has text that allows the viewer to send it to their friends. | |||
The website requires the victim to enter their phone number and state, after the viewer clicks on "Trace it now" the website will take the viewer to a fake GPS tracker, which is actually a flash animation. A fake satellite image will appear and the animation will pretend | The website requires the victim to enter their phone number and state, after the viewer clicks on "Trace it now" the website will take the viewer to a fake GPS tracker, which is actually a flash animation. A fake satellite image will appear and the animation will pretend to find the viewer's phone | ||
After a while, the same GIF from [[Meatspin]] will appear while the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6DwBnea750 2003 remix] of "[https://www. | After a while, the same GIF from [[Meatspin]] will appear while the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6DwBnea750 2003 remix] of "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]" by Dead or Alive plays in the background. After a few seconds, the webpage takes the viewer back to the main page. | ||
In September 2013, the shocking content was removed and the result changed to a clip of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Never Gonna Give You Up] by Rick Astley<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqXPsWhgHSI</ref>. A few years later, the result changed to a low quality, black and white image of a couple sitting in a bathtub accompanied | == History == | ||
In September 2013, the shocking content was removed and the result changed to a clip of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Never Gonna Give You Up] by Rick Astley<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqXPsWhgHSI</ref>. A few years later, the result changed to a low-quality, black-and-white image of a couple sitting in a bathtub accompanied by western music. The image currently remains. | |||
=== Showcase Video | The GPS page was also remade in HTML5 since [[Adobe Flash Player]] has been discontinued and this site has also been at the bottom of every [[ShockSiteList.com]] page. | ||
==Satellite-GPS-Locator== | |||
A safe-for-work version of the site exists as well, located at '''satellite-gps-locator.com''', where the shock content is replaced with a shirtless man in the mud making a face, along with some banjo music. The image was replaced with a photo of two people kissing in the past. | |||
== Showcase Video == | |||
[[File:Phonetrace Showcase Video.mp4|400px]] | [[File:Phonetrace Showcase Video.mp4|400px]] | ||
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<u>NOTE</u>: The following [[shock site]] contains [[pornography]]! | <u>NOTE</u>: The following [[shock site]] contains [[pornography]]! | ||
* web.archive.org/web/20061127024753/phonetrace.org | * web.archive.org/web/20061127024753/phonetrace.org | ||
* '''Safe | * <b>Safe version:</b> phonetrace.org | ||
* '''Safe-for-work version:''' web.archive.org/web/20080626175910/www.satellite-gps-locator.com | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[MedicalTracer.com]] - A very similar website. | |||
{{Comments}} | {{Comments}} | ||
[[Category:2006]] | [[Category:2006]] | ||
[[Category:Pornography]] | [[Category:Pornography]] | ||
[[Category:Shock sites]] | [[Category:Shock sites]] | ||
[[Category:Flash]] |