PhoneTrace.org
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PhoneTrace.org was a bait-and-switch shock site created in 2005 that pretended to trace any cell phone.
The website tricked the user into entering their phone number and state, before interacting with a "Trace it now" link. It would then take the viewer to a fake GPS tracker, which is actually a Flash animation. A fake satellite image will also appear, and the animation will pretend to find the viewer's phone. After a while, the same GIF from Meatspin will appear while the 2003 remix of "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" by Dead or Alive plays as the background music. After a few seconds, the webpage takes user back to the main page.
History
In September 2013, the shocking content was removed, and the result changed to a video clip of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley[1]. 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 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
An alternate safe-for-work version of the site exists as well, located at "satellite-gps-locator.com", where the shocking content is replaced with a shirtless man in the mud, accompanied with banjo music in the background. The image was replaced with a photo of two people kissing in the past.
Showcase Video
References
Link
NOTE: The following shock site contains pornography!
- web.archive.org/web/20061127024753/phonetrace.org
- Safe version: web.archive.org/web/20240127021503/phonetrace.org
- Satellite-GPS-Locator: web.archive.org/web/20080626175910/www.satellite-gps-locator.com
See Also
- MedicalTracer.com - A very similar website.