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Gmail Users Beware of this Email

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by vengatowen, Jun 6, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    This morning, I received an email as follows:
    i asked some of my friends and they didn't receive any kind of email like this. So this could be from hacker / database creation team.

    Be Aware of it.

    Regards.
     
    vengatowen, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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  2. browntwn

    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    Wow, I received email this morning too. Some of it was spam. Crazy man, crazy.
     
    browntwn, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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  3. wisdomtool

    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    #3
    There are tons of these ranging from email accounts, to banking accounts and whatever you can think of. Just press "Delete".
     
    wisdomtool, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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    funmom91 Well-Known Member

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    #4
    I had gotten one of those from yahoo. But when I googled it it did show up as a hacker. I deleted it.
     
    funmom91, Jun 6, 2011 IP
  5. deluxdon

    deluxdon Catch Me If You Can...!!!™ Staff

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    #5
    One need to remain alert as now a days so many scams going on on net.

    DON.
     
    deluxdon, Jun 6, 2011 IP
  6. browntwn

    browntwn Illustrious Member

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    Do you think it helps if everybody posts the random spam emails that they have received to DP?

    Threads like this are more annoying than that actual spam I get. Especially when the same exact shit gets posted again and again because the OP was just too lazy. This thread is spam.
     
    browntwn, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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    br3adman Active Member

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    They are trying to steal information from you
     
    br3adman, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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    jhnmichle Peon

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    #8
    spammers are creating trouble all around the world.
     
    jhnmichle, Jun 6, 2011 IP
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    Johnscore Member

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    #9
    Yeah, it is not just mail address but also password.
     
    Johnscore, Jun 7, 2011 IP
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    Warner Active Member

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    Definitely it's spam. And may be the reason of it is recent events from Chinese hackers who broke Gmail accounts in the US and Asia?
     
    Warner, Jun 7, 2011 IP
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    georgesloan Active Member

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    #11
    There are a lot of spam mails going around the net on a daily basis, we must be very careful.
     
    georgesloan, Jun 7, 2011 IP
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    #12
    I got one like that too saying I had a UPS package ready for me to pick up. Hackers are tricky little shits huh?!
     
    webarcher, Jun 7, 2011 IP
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    Seqqa Well-Known Member

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    #13
    This email is weak. First off Microsoft is not going to contact you saying "Dear member,". If they don't even know your first name you know it's a scam. I've had emails from Google etc and it's always like not LOL.
     
    Seqqa, Jun 8, 2011 IP
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    rockeerz Active Member

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    #14
    its a spam mail
     
    rockeerz, Jun 8, 2011 IP
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    ayushi infotech Peon

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    yes this type of emails i am also sometimes i get like "your email has selected 1st prize $10000 kindly send your info to this mail id "
     
    ayushi infotech, Jun 9, 2011 IP
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    #16
    This kind of email spam make me really pissed of,sometime lot of vigra and money scam bla bla
     
    xerocube, Jun 9, 2011 IP
  17. Mystique

    Mystique Well-Known Member

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    #17
    From the moment you receive an email from Google/Gmail or any Google service that comes from a "live.com" address, is a fake email.

    Even though I would really say "Gmail Users, Beware of Google's Verification"

    Some weeks ago I signed in my Gmail account and was sent to a page that said something about Google detecting "unusual activity" from it and because it was suspicious they asked me to verify ownership.

    What was truly suspicious to me is such message, since the affected account is never used to email anyone, is only to receive notifications, but well, I tried to verify ownership and here is the BEWARE part of this story:

    BEWARE: If you account is disable due to "suspicious" or "unusual" activity at Google's sole discretion, you will be asked for ownership verification.

    BEWARE: Verification consists of receiving a code via text message sent to your cell, so if you have not set up one, you won't be able to verify this way.

    BEWARE: If you set up a cell phone however, you may never receive that code if you live in other country than the USA. It might be Google is unable to send abroad or might be your local carriers not supporting whatever dialing Google is using.

    BEWARE: You can verify otherwise filling in a nosense form to prove ownership. Youl will be asked with questions that you may no reply despite you are the legit owner such as:

    Exact date when you opened the account: Figure out, I opened that account more than 6 years ago... who can remember exactly.

    Exact date and time of your last access before you couldn't get through. Sometimes hard to remember with accuracy.

    Name five frequently recipients, people you email to. Imposible to cite if you use the account to receive email, not to send.

    Name five labels; absurd if you have not time to bother creating labels for your correspondence

    And let me tell you that you can provide nearly close information, but if you don't provide ALL the information in exact form as it is asked, they don't care, and they don't listen because email from Google are so obvious, canned responses.

    So jot down the date when you opened your Gmail account(s), email at least 5 people if you have too little or not destination emails, and create and write down five labels even if you don't use them, but before it's too late to gain access to your email.
     
    Mystique, Jun 15, 2011 IP
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    #18
    I simply ignore this type of spam mail.
     
    Ranty Martin, Jun 15, 2011 IP
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    itrush07 Well-Known Member

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    Hmm, spam..spam...spam. They're everywhere and worse thing is that, they also manage to trick the security of these email providers.. :(
     
    itrush07, Jun 15, 2011 IP
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    You should not give anyone your private information such as passwords, date of birth etc.
     
    elektra, Jun 15, 2011 IP