It's certainly better to be safe than sorry. If an e-mail looks fishy, even if it's from an address you know, it probaly is...
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:07 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > Deleting spam without further ado is safe. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 9/12/2014 9:48 AM, Eleanor Roberts wrote: > >> Very interesting to read all the different points on this. But just one >> question, as someone who opened the e-mail but did not follow the link or >> go onto the website or anything will I have exposed any of my information >> to these potential hackers or not?? Just a bit concerned I may've done >> something very stupid by even opening the e-mail. Any thoughts from those >> of you far more experienced than me most welcome/appreciated. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Eleanor >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 12 Sep 2014, at 17:24, Todd W <toddstechby...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Actually this one seems to be true. This leak has been reported by >>> several news outlets in the past several days. >>> >>> Todd >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:53 AM, The Believer < >>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> No, emails like this are never legit, never. >>>> >>>> From The Believer. . . >>>> . . . what if it were true? >>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>>> >>>> On 9/11/2014 11:29 PM, Eleanor Roberts wrote: >>>>> Hi Andrew >>>>> >>>>> I had exactly the same e-mail. I haven't tried the website, but share >>>>> your concerns completely. Could anyone else who is more in the know than >>>>> me please confirm if this was legit or not?? As with Andrew, I too am >>>>> worried that I may have revealed my address to a hacker. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Eleanor >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>> >>>>> On 12 Sep 2014, at 06:25, Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Listers, >>>>>> >>>>>> I think it was yesterday or the day before that I found among the >>>>>> messages from the list an e-mail containing a warning of a possible leak >>>>>> of >>>>>> e-mail addresses from gmail. The messaged contained instructions on how >>>>>> to >>>>>> check whether one's e-mail was possibly compromised or not. The website >>>>>> to >>>>>> go to was is leaked.com. >>>>>> >>>>>> As I saw no reference to this by any other member of the group, I now >>>>>> wonder whether it was spam. Has anyone else received this warning? Is >>>>>> the >>>>>> website isleaked.com genuine? I connected to it to check my e-mail >>>>>> address. It opened in Russian and from there there was a link to the US >>>>>> version and Spanish version and possibly others as well. I now worry >>>>>> that >>>>>> the whole thing was spam and I may have revealed my address to a hacker. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'd be very grateful to hear whether anyone else has been notified by >>>>>> this e-mail of a possible theft of millions of gmail addresses. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you. >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrew >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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