This was originally a comment in another thread, but I think this deserves to be discussed in its own thread.

Although less obvious than FileSonic and Wupload being operated by the same group of people (cousins, right, give me a break...) - it seems like so far no one has noticed that FileJungle is in fact yet another production by FileServe. Off the top of my head, here are several similarities that may seem coincidental at first, but when considered as a whole prove beyond any doubt that the two sites are one entity.

1. Both FJ and FS are hosted at Choopa.

2. DMCA page lists two similar nearby addresses in Hong Kong.

3. HTML forms throughout the entire site share the exact same unique field names. Here are a few: "userEmail" field in lost password page, "loginUserName", "loginUserPassword", and "autoLogin" remember-me checkbox in login page, "userIAgree" and all other fields in signup page, etc.

4. Nearly identical JavaScripts used at both sites.

5. Emails from both sites are similar as well, down to the webmaster@ address as well as the very similar IP addresses used by the mail servers. mail.filejungle.com resolves to 216.155.132.212 and mail.fileserve.com to 216.155.134.124.

6. Both sites make use of a subdomain that behaves the same way. http://l.fileserve.com and http://l.filejungle.com lead to an empty page with this ajax call: $("#ajaxReturn").load("/error.php", {'err': '404'}); Way out there for this to be coincidental.

7. Nearly identical File Managers - different layout but same functionality with separate lists for pending web files, ftp files, remote files, etc. And again - same JavaScript used in both sites.

8. Also identical JavaScript API powering both File Managers. Just one example - creating a new folder at FileServe posts to /file-manager.php the params "newFolderName=NAME&createFolderFormSubmit=Create+ folder&folderId=&createFolderDest=0" and at FileJungle, it posts to /file-manager-action.php the params "newFolderName=NAME&createFolderDest=0"

9. File Upload works the same exact way.. down to the API calls for progress check, etc. Same code, field names as well.

10. Referral program again shares way too many similarities. Examples: Referral IDs in each site's referral url is in the format of hRpGMAWMl8E~ and statistics pages are again almost identical.

11. FileJungle's DMCA page text is identical word-for-word to the one on LiveFirst, FileServe's latest venture. Same exact copy. LiveFirst did not exist when FJ launched, and who really thinks LiveFirst copied FileJungle's text? I mean, really.

12. Now look at the DNS records:
Code: 
$ nslookup NS.FILEJUNGLE.COM

Name:    NS.FILEJUNGLE.COM
Address: 108.61.5.205

$ whois 108.61.5.205

Uploadstation Ltd NET-108-61-5-200-29 (NET-108-61-5-200-1) 108.61.5.200 - 108.61.5.207
Choopa, LLC CHOOPA-NETBLK08 (NET-108-61-0-0-1) 108.61.0.0 - 108.61.255.255

$ nslookup ns2.uploadstation.com

Name:    ns1.uploadstation.com
Address: 108.61.5.204
I can find many many more similarities. But I think by now you get the point - FileServe == FileJungle. I'm surprised this is news to so many of you.

Any thoughts?
mke Reviewed by mke on . FileJungle is yet another site by FileServe This was originally a comment in another thread, but I think this deserves to be discussed in its own thread. Although less obvious than FileSonic and Wupload being operated by the same group of people (cousins, right, give me a break...) - it seems like so far no one has noticed that FileJungle is in fact yet another production by FileServe. Off the top of my head, here are several similarities that may seem coincidental at first, but when considered as a whole prove beyond any doubt that Rating: 5