Community Chat

[LilacTree]

This time I won't try to copy and paste! I received two emails from my 17 year old grandson, one said "no subject," and the other was some kind of sales pitch . . . neither of which would ever come from my grandson. So I am obviously on that Russian list. I did not open, but deleted those emails immediately.

Fortunately I use a different email program on the Internet than I do for my personal email which is Outlook, via Comcast, and I never get unexpected emails on that because it is not on the web.

All I'm saying is whatever they are doing, it's happening to me. So I guess it's time for me to start changing passwords.

[MickD]

What the hay?? Creepy.

[voyager1980]

Sorry Ford.Thats rotten. But you're smart to know those were bad emails

[tansy]

I get emails that are supposedly from my deceased MIL, one BIL and my older son fairly often. I've learned how to see they are sales messages. My MIL's family has kept her FB page open and I think these messages are related to FB somehow.

[I am still oxox]

Most likely his e mail was the issue not yours, there re programs that can take over an e mail and send out all sorts of stuff the persons who e mail list

[Clover29]

If you got strange emails from a known contact, the issue is at their end, not yours. Your grandson has been hacked, not you.

[bikerbabe]

Your grandson's email was hacked and his address book accessed and those addresses were spammed. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the Russian hackers. This stuff happens all the time.

[Kachina624]

I get strange emails all the time , usually having to do with a diet, from my teenage grandsons. It has nothing to do with hacking. There are a million ways spammers pick up email addresses but it has nothing to do with evil Russians hacking. They're more interested in financial accounts. I think spammers often pick up email addresses from Facebook. Don't worry about it.

[Puzzle Piece]

Thanks for letting us know. I have been careful about just handing out my e-mail address.

Today we received a call from a Business that said it handled High School Reunions and it wanted info. Info that they don't need at all. Didn't take the bait.

[LilacTree]

All of your responses sound correct. I will get in touch with my daughter and have her warn my grandson about this. The thing is he doesn't have Facebook and if he does, I am not "friended" on it. (Many teenagers don't want older family members to see their FB pages.)

The report I heard on CNN a few days ago when I posted that bank message I received on the same day (and which was apparently also not related, although my bank is still sending cautionary messages), said that these Russian hackers are deliberately NOT trying to hack financial information, bank accounts, credit cards, etc. YET. That exactly the type of emails that I received today (which I agree could be on his side, not mine, since he is on the web all the time) . . . are the way they are starting out.

Not much attention has been paid to it since then, but then I'm not watching much CNN right now because I can't stand all of the hideous war stuff.

BTW, this is the very first time I have ever received messages like this from anyone I know. It is not the norm for me. Perhaps it's totally nothing, but I like to be on the safe side, if I can.

Thank you for all of your responses. I do believe it is on my grandson's side, not mine.