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Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

Sick people out there!
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Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

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I got this exact thing on my work e-mail account. I called our IT guy and he laughed and said he got the same one on his personal GMail account. He wasn't worried about it. Two people I work with admitted relatives fell for scams like this in the past.

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Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

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I'm sure people will fall for this. It's just unnerving that my computer's hard drive crashed exactly 48 hours after I received that e-mail. And no, I didn't have any "intime" sites, either. LOL (He'll be overloaded with beauty and shopping sites.)

 

Here is a site that you can find out what websites have compromised your e-mail accounts. I found 5 for my home e-mail.

 

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

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Registered: ‎03-10-2010

Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

I have not gotten that exact email, however I did get an email on my business account that said an account had been hacked and listed a password. Well, it was a password I had used on someone elses site not my business.

 

Did not open this email and talked to my web guy - he said just delete it. Received another similar one about 2 weeks later and just deleted it - I never open them.

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Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

A few years back my email got hacked and people including businesses and even Churches I emailed were getting porn under my address.  My boss even got one which is how I found out about it.  They started sending me emails to myself but I never opened them just got another address and dumped that one.  It was an awful mess and so embarrassing but thank goodness all my contacts knew it was not me.  I never received one like you got but I never opened an email from me to me.  I had that address for over 10 years. It is amazing how much can be done against us.  I heard on the radio a couple of weeks ago there is a man who as started hacking into private citizens systems to protect the himself from hackers.  He knows he is breaking the law but as decided to take on the mission of protecting people instead of violating them.  Did not catch how this has been discovered by the media but it would be nice to know someone "Good" is watching out for us.

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Registered: ‎11-24-2011

Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

How do you like this for a subject line (in my hotmail today):

 

"My name is Celine Miguel My husband died 2 years ago and the family members want to kill me and

 

That's just in the subject line, haven't opened it of course

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Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

I got two in the last week.  They can through my email but the address was odd.  Must have used a bcc.  One was an an interesting proposal to the say the least.  

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Registered: ‎08-19-2010

Re: Recent e-mail hacking scam

I'm tired of vulgur , disgusting emails that go to the spam file, but, I still have to glance at the subject lines before I can 'delete all'.

 

I want to be your **** buddy".

I have pictures you would like to see

 

c*ap like that!   No way of getting rid of that mess I guess.