On 9 March 2013 22:46, Dancing Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > Please update us if you discover what they are doing. >
Will do. Robin > Bart > On Mar 9, 2013 4:20 PM, "Robin Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Feb 16, 2013 3:30 PM, "Robin Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Feb 16, 2013 2:56 PM, "James Costello" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > I had this happen on one of my gmail accounts. Is the address exactly >> yours or does it have the google qualifiers (.+). When someone who was >> using [email protected] thought they could switch a bunch of >> their site accounts to the same address at gmail >> > > I received all of their emails for those >> > >> > I did consider that but the name is only 5 characters and there are no >> symbols in it. >> > >> > I've been getting these on and off for about a year but till the last >> few months it was only one every few months so unlikely a new account. >> > >> > Robin >> > >> > > On Saturday, February 16, 2013, allison nixon wrote: >> > >> >> > >> This is an interesting new scam. Thanks for bringing this up. Your >> theory sounds plausible, if that theme is common to all your emails. >> You're sure the sender is the true sender? >> > >> >> > >> If you care, it might be worth reporting to the service. They can >> ban the guy and take away incentive to do this to you. >> > >> >> > >> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >>> >> > >>> I've got an old Gmail account that I've set up just to forward to >> my current account. I've not used it anywhere for years. >> > >>> >> > >>> In the last couple of months it has been used to sign up for a >> number of accounts on RPG sites. I know this because I've been getting >> emails telling me the address needs confirming before the account is fully >> opened. I assumed this was being done because the sites offer free gold to >> new sign ups and so the attacker was hoping I'd complete the process so >> they could then grab the gold. >> > >>> >> > >>> I can understand the logic there so I just ignore it but in the >> last couple of days I've also had mails from Lego and the NBA. Could these >> be trying to score referrer points? Lego just seems a bit of an odd target. >> > >>> >> > >>> They've also set up a match.com account which is active as that >> didn't appear to require address confirmation. >> > >>> >> > >>> Am I right in thinking gold stealing and referrer points? Could it >> be anything else? >> > >>> >> > >>> The account itself doesn't appear to be compromised. I've reset the >> password and checked for forwarders and things like that. >> > >>> >> > >>> Robin >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >> Quick update, over 2 hours overnight I was signed up for 6 tumble >> accounts.Randomly spaced intervals, links in the emails were going to legit >> Tumblr URLs. I can't see any referral program for Tumblr sign ups so guess >> as they would have known the passwords for the sites they were trying to >> create blogs for some nefarious purpose. >> >> >> Robin >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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