Bobdude Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 your email has been hacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) He sent you $20, too? Did you send him a PM and let him know? Edited December 19, 2016 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Same here, couldn't get PM to go through though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 well, I guess we just can't have nice things around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 well, I guess we just can't have nice things around here. I thought it was pretty nice of Charlie to send me $20.00...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Huh, how come I didn't get $20.00? I thought Charlie & I were friends. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 LOL, when I got the email, I was thinking, why is Charlie emailing me this late.......and why is he sending me $20 to boot?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Well, not exactly. He is aware of the situation. I'm sure he'll chime in with the specifics at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Charlie is on Facebook and he's in my diorama group . Do ya'all want me to message him ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Well looks like I need to un friend him, he did not want to give me $20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Boy, I really stepped in it, didn't I?I'd like to start by apologizing if anyone was harassed or inconvenienced.I had recently signed up for a website that I can best describe as a cross between Facebook and eBay, and its concept is built on people who know each other already. It also pays its members a share of its revenues- sort of like a co-op. The idea sounded interesting, so I decided to check it out.I gave the site permission to open my address book, thinking I would be able to simply see who else I knew was on this, and then start connecting with them through the site.Completely unbeknownst to me, the blasted thing basically spammed everyone I know. I've already received quite an earful from a few people, and have been apologizing profusely since yesterday morning. I was not given a chance to approve e-Mails, write a cover-letter, or much of anything else, otherwise, I think it would have gone much, much smoother. I've already given the site administration a keyboard-full because this has turned become a major annoyance for me.The invitation e-Mail is pretty Spammy-looking, but it's legit.And again, I'm really sorry if anyone got caught off guard or was bothered by this.Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Charlie and about a billion other Yahoo email users have been hacked, including anyone replying is this very thread that might have a Yahoo email address( including me too)Fortunately, I've changed my password at least two or three times due to other hack attempts, so I think I'm pretty safe for right now. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobdude Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 You might not be out of the woods yet.I received another email an hour ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Ah, the fun with social networking. Good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Sorry to here that happened Charlie, once I realized what the the email preview said, I moved it into spam without opening it and tried to pm you about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 To make matters worse, often times when you get a Spam/Trojan email from "someone", it is not actually THAT someone that has been hacked. Often times, it is another person that was hacked and it used that third person's email address book to make it look like the emails were sent from them.IE: John Doe's email/PC got hacked, but Fred's email address was in John's system, so the Trojan is sent to look like it was from Fred and however many other email addresses it uses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 You might not be out of the woods yet.I received another email an hour ago.They make two or three attempts, like Facebook does. Delete them if you wish. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 To make matters worse, often times when you get a Spam/Trojan email from "someone", it is not actually THAT someone that has been hacked. Often times, it is another person that was hacked and it used that third person's email address book to make it look like the emails were sent from them.IE: John Doe's email/PC got hacked, but Fred's email address was in John's system, so the Trojan is sent to look like it was from Fred and however many other email addresses it uses. That's why I moved that email into the spam file without opening it and tried to pm Charlie ASAP to let him know what happened. It has since been deleted too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 ..........but you're still sending me $20.00 Right ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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