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Fred Boothby
United Kingdom
364 Posts |
 Posted - 18/11/2014 : 16:24:57
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| I am sure that I am not the only one who has received an E-mail purporting to come from one of our distinguished MMM members who has apparently been robbed of money , mobile 'phone and dignity whilst holidaying in the Ukraine (!) and appealing for a loan ( to be sent by Western Union ) to tide him over and enable his return . The spelling and punctuation was of a standard unsuitable to this member , so the warning bells were very loud indeed . But just in case others get this message .... |
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JMH
United Kingdom
911 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2014 : 17:15:25
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Yup - arrived here as well. Risky holiday if you ask me!
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2014 : 17:58:24
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I have also received such an email today which purports to come from a Committee member!
As Jeremy states, a risky holiday.
George
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mgptype
United Kingdom
709 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2014 : 19:02:07
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I got one this morning as well.
Fred.
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Orstin
United Kingdom
637 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2014 : 19:44:31
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Chances are that everyone in the person's address book got one.
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2014 : 19:48:35
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Sorry folks, I got duped! Though I would welcome additional funds, don't send them to the Ukraine!
I have changed my password and told yahoo, but if you receive anything else suspicious please let me know.
From an embarrassed Registrar
Regards,
Graham
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3106 Posts |
Posted - 18/11/2014 : 23:17:12
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How are 'they' getting the email addresses? Has an account containing these been compromised? Whose account contains the members email addresses?
It is ironic that meanwhile members have problems contacting one and other through the Forum email system.
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6144 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 05:04:07
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Sam,
The emails that many of us have got purporting to come from Graham would suggest that his personal email account was compromised in some way and the fraudsters then sent begging emails to people in his personal email address book. Those who got one of these emails will notice that the return address was slightly different to Graham's actual address - but just by one letter and probably not enough to catch anyone's eye if they weren't looking for it.
That's quite a different issue to the Forum email system not always working correctly and I don't think that anyone's account holds a central list of email addresses other than that held by Nick as webmaster.
Simon J
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Max Headroom
United Kingdom
292 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 10:19:10
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I've not received this scam mail - possibly because I use a little programme called G-Lock Spam Combat - there are others out there - Mailwasher is also very good.
If however it turns up I'll edit this post asap
(Might be worth installing Ccleaner, a free tool that gets rid of rubbish on your machine and yet does not interfere with anything important, and also another free tool called SuperAntiSpyware. I've successfuly used these for years to keep gremlins out)
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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Inside every older person is a younger person – wondering what the hell happened.
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 11:52:07
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For the record (and as a warning) I had an email purporting to be from yahoo saying I had used up my inbox allowance - I should have smelled a rat because they suggested I was using 250Gb, which is rather a lot! To recover from this situation I was to log in again, using a link they provided. Obviously this way they gained my contact details. I think that only people who have contacted me directly by email should be affected.
I am sorry if anyone has been inconvenienced by this, reading the email you would hopefully have realised the writer did not have a very good grasp of English!
They also wiped my email address of emails, which I may not be able to get back, watch this space!
Regards,
Graham
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3106 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 12:17:08
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I have been receiving occasional emails offering some sort of business proposition relating to the Forum but I delete them instantly as 'spam'. I had not thought about it till now but I do not see how they have my email address in relation to the Forum.
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Nick Feakes
USA
3378 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 13:22:34
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Always be very suspicious of any link contained in an email that is going to require you to input any security/personal information even if it appears to be 100% genuine. It is always safer to go to the website yourself to access an account. In any event, always always check the address bar that the address is what you expect and begins with https: This indicates a secure, encrypted link between yourself and that site.
Only I have access to the member list of email addresses and I do not generally give out a member's e-mail address to anyone unless I know both parties concerned. If I receive a request for contact information I send the request on to the receiving party so they can respond if they wish.
It is probably not a good idea to put your email address in a post, if you wish to do so, I suggest you write it thus: johnsmith(at)mailsystem(dot)com or similar. Automated web trawlers would most likely not see this as an email address.
The forum email system seems to work for most members. Some are blocked by the receiving email providers who have labelled these emails as junk, others probably go into junk/spam folders.
Nick
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3106 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 14:17:01
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May I make a correction? I have discovered I did place my email address on the Forum some time ago and just such a trawl as Nick describes is the likely problem. So far nothing serious has come of it but the lessons are clear. Thanks for your wise advice Nick.
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Brian Kelly
USA
526 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 17:12:06
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Dear Dorothy Dicks.
All this talk of receiving fraudulent mail, spam, people asking/requesting for money or funds to be posted etc. makes me feel extremely depressed and is giving me an inferiority complex.
I'm not receiving any. Why?
Please help.
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LewPalmer
USA
3244 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 22:01:56
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You're welcome to some of mine, Brian. Shall I forward a batch?
Lew Palmer
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PMac
USA
75 Posts |
Posted - 19/11/2014 : 23:47:10
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Lew,
I did drop you an email re joining the NA MMM Register. Just in case you thought this might be a scam email.
Regards,
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