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'''FindMincraft.com''' was a [[screamer]] webpage registered in 2012, It is the name is supposed to mislead users into clicking the website. | '''FindMincraft.com''' was a [[screamer]] webpage registered in 2012, It is the name that is supposed to mislead users into clicking the website. | ||
When visiting, the site surprises with a flashing picture of [[Jeff the Killer]]. same file | When visiting, the site surprises with a flashing picture of [[Jeff the Killer]]. the same file that Anne.jpg uses. Because of its misleading domain name, this website has misled many people who used to think that this website was about the best-selling game, Minecraft. | ||
=='''History'''== | =='''History'''== | ||
The website was registered in | The website was registered in August 2013, it displays the same content that was described above, with the .swf file named: "alts.swf", the file supposedly located at scetch.net, a mirror of [[Anne.jpg]], | ||
In 2014, the site later redirects to a .swf file, with the same [[screamer]], the file was named: "screamer.swf" and located at /images/enter-at-own-risk/ from Minetime, which was also deleted off the platform, the domain: "findminecraft.net" was registered in 2014 using the same name, the site itself does not contain [[screamers]]. | In 2014, the site later redirects to a .swf file, with the same [[screamer]], the file was named: "screamer.swf" and located at /images/enter-at-own-risk/ from Minetime, which was also deleted off the platform, the domain: "findminecraft.net" was registered in 2014 using the same name, the site itself does not contain [[screamers]]. | ||
As of May 2017, the hoster of the website was later banned by Cloudflare, followed by a discounting the entire site, the website was later purchased by a cybersquatter on July 7, 2019 and was last updated in May 2021. | As of May 2017, the hoster of the website was later banned by Cloudflare, followed by a discounting the entire site, the website was later purchased by a cybersquatter on July 7, 2019, and was last updated in May 2021. | ||
===Popularity=== | ===Popularity=== | ||
A popular Minecraft youtuber: DanTDM has been tricked to open the website. (while it was active), giving the site some popularity. | A popular Minecraft youtuber: DanTDM has been tricked to open the website. (while it was active), giving the site some popularity. |