DP Under PHISHING ATTACK, Protect Your Passwords ~ !!!!!!

A friend of mine already lost his account to his - I PMed a mod about it.

 

You can change the settings, not to send email for PMs!

 

I also replied to his PM. Is that OK or does it cause any trouble?

 

Contact their host to try and get the site taken down: http://freeweb7.net/c/contact.php I have contacted them and I am awaiting reply.

David

 

If you entered your userID and password at the page sent to you, then change your password now!

Also the scammer is banned now!

 

Yeah, I emailed them and they took it down

 

Again!

From http://forums.digitalpoint.com/member.php?u=101492 - andyjames28

Please beware.

Reported to Crazy_Rob, but please any mod help out with this.

 

roystonjames has sent me one of these phishing attempts

Unfortunately, this seems to be on a different Hostgator account. Those 1 cent signup coupons are being used for pure evil I tell ya!

Seriously, I hope we can attract some attention to this, and maybe if the mods are on their toes, they can figure out a good IP range to ban from the server. I doubt the crazy URL would have caught many DP users, but this new URL is something a little harder to pick out. It's dangerous enough to deserve a sticky somewhere promenant.

 

Just reported Him

Thanks to DP mods for a quick action against him.

 

so what we post the no

 

I thinks thats a hacked account.

 

Yep, I know. But, who would expect something like this to happen?

 

I got the same PM now from http://forums.digitalpoint.com/member.php?u=101492

Mods please band him

 

You must be alert!
We all missed the $1000!

 

I got this pm to from andyjames28! Do not login on the link! Here it is: http://digital-point.freeweb7.com/digital-point/index.html

Please ban him!

 

lol I also sent them a message a few mins ago.

Also there is more than one account sending the PMs.

 

I got this pm from andyjames28

 

What's the URL, I have a ticket open at HostGator, And I'll keep adding to it

 

I reported the site to FreeWeb7. Anymore URL's? I am happy to report them for you guys

 

DP User roystonjames has sent me one of these phishing attempts

I am aware of at least three seperate domains and three seperate users who are sending out simmilairly themed PMs. If you are an active Buy/Sell/Trade user, Be extra careful of the URL of the page you login to. It should always read forums.digitalpoint.com and never anything else.

The phishing attempts have been especially prevelent over the past couple of days, and could continue for quite a while. A few hostgator accounts have been shut down, but the phisher seems to have multiple accounts.

Other reported Phishing Attempts targeting Buy / Sell / Trade Users:

• http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=660116
• http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=661499
• http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=661152
• http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=661282
• http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=660989

Users who are reported to have attempted to gain access to DP Users Account information by operating simmilarly themed Phishing websites:

• roystonjames
• saurabh_kumar
• brutalisk
• anzaroth
• asid_amin_o
• averytape
• Dolin
• pandaman1
• andyjames28

Finally, Anyone who thinks their account information may be comprimised, Log in immediately and change your password! The only way the user can steal your account is if they login and change the password and email address to your account. If you immediately change your password, you can thwart the phisher's attempt to steal your account.

Hopefully this can provide a warning to other DP users.

Regards,
James