Faked mails are on their way!!!
Today I received a mail from another cutie. Should made me careful that there was no subject in the title and nothing inside than a link but it seems that it get you to a notice of babynews and I thought this cutie was so happy abiut it that she forgot to write anything else. The link lead me to a page with canadian pharmacy and I hope this was the badest thing that it is just SPAM.The link was named: kevinandrennee.com/babynews.old/wp-content/plugins/worldpress-automatic-upgrade...
I closed it fast as lightning and shut down my mac. After the boot up nothing strange happened so far and I hope it stays this way.
Wrote a note to that cutie because her account is maybe hakced (yahoo-account).
Greetings, Bettina
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Bettina, thank you for the warning will watch out. hugs sally
24342I was the one hacked but my son said it doesn't really do anything but copy your email addresses, I changed my email password first thing, we all should every now and then change out passwords. Then I ran a virus scan and it found a couple of harmless things and deleted them. I am sorry it got to my email and I don't know how it did but the big give away is the empty subject line. Never click on links you are not sure of. Good luck!
Hugs and flowers, Debra
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by ansalu
15 Feb 2012
I changed my passwrod but my mailprogram always tells me that the server it should be connected to seems not to be the real mail.mac.com. Now I have to admit my husband that I was stupid enough to click on that link...
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132773Thanks Bettina for posting this. I received the same message. Did not open it as it looked rather strange. Sarah.
255050Thanks for the warning. I received an email from my sister that seemed strange. Nothing that was like her to write. I deleted it and blocked her email. She got everything straight, but all her contact list had been sent this email. Hope all were wise enough o delete as I did.
817This is why I never open an e-mail without a subject, even if its from someone I know. I will go through the hassle of contacting them and asking if they sent an e-mail without a subject first. I've gotten that e-mail and gone there and then had to clean out my computer. Not fun!! I did make sure I let everyone in my address book know I had recieved an e-mail without a subject and if they got one from me to delete it, and DO NOT OPEN it in the message to them. Mine was a yahoo account to at the time and so was the person whom I recieved that e-mail from. I hope you caught it in time!! I would do a virus etc cleaning of your computer just to be safe.
Diane
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743293Thanks for sharing this info. We all need to be aware of this type of thing and be alert and check before we open something. I personally delete anything if i do not know who it is from. Hugs, Mary
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by ansalu
14 Feb 2012
That is what I do also but this seems to be from a close friend. That's the tricky thing on this kind of SPAM :o(
33871That cutie has send a mail that her account was hacked but too late for me :o( Hope that my mac-mail will be strong ;-) It was a yahoo-account that was hacked. Are those favorites for hackers?
Greetings, Bettina
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40397Good of you to reiterate this warning. My mailbox has been hijacked 3 times already this year. They get all your addresses and then send emails as if from you, trying to get someone to click on a link.I have warned all my contacts not to even open anything(supposedly) from me until I change my account and let them know we should be safe. Better safe than sorry.
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by sewfrenzie
14 Feb 2012
I got rid of my yahoo account becasue I was also hacked several times after getting e-mails like the above. It seems sometimes they could still hack my account even when I didn't open the e-mail. Scary thought!
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