Comments on: Email Scammer Warning – Protect your email account http://help.hover.com/2009/10/30/email-scammer-warning-protect-your-email-account-2/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:17:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Antoony http://help.hover.com/2009/10/30/email-scammer-warning-protect-your-email-account-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3924 Antoony Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:29:10 +0000 http://help.hover.com/2009/10/30/email-scammer-warning-protect-your-email-account-2/#comment-3924 The ways of the scammers to get our username and password as you mentioned above will continue until whenever. There are some fake emails that entered my email account are on the order to change my password of facebook and paypal. The other way is they send worms, malware, or trojan via email. They said at their emails that my DHL shipment was wrong postage. Though I never used DHL services lately. If I open the email from them then worms, malware, or trojan are infecting my PC. Take care my friend! The ways of the scammers to get our username and password as you mentioned above will continue until whenever. There are some fake emails that entered my email account are on the order to change my password of facebook and paypal.

The other way is they send worms, malware, or trojan via email. They said at their emails that my DHL shipment was wrong postage. Though I never used DHL services lately. If I open the email from them then worms, malware, or trojan are infecting my PC. Take care my friend!

]]> By: Peter Blair http://help.hover.com/2009/10/30/email-scammer-warning-protect-your-email-account-2/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Peter Blair Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:34:43 +0000 http://help.hover.com/2009/10/30/email-scammer-warning-protect-your-email-account-2/#comment-228 Many people may find these as being harmless, but if your email password is compromised, then bad-actors can now have the password of any social network reset, thus compromising say, your facebook account. Miscreants will quickly change your password and email address in facebook, effectively locking you out of your own account, and will leverage this to solicit money from your facebook friends ( http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/latest-facebook-scam-phishers-hit-up-friends-for-cash/ ). Thanks for placing this notice up online -- there are steps that can be taken against these types of fraud attempts; I'm happy to see the strong stance that Hover takes, and welcomes any/all examples of phishing attempts. These types of proactive steps could potentially save many others from falling prey to the phish. Many people may find these as being harmless, but if your email password is compromised, then bad-actors can now have the password of any social network reset, thus compromising say, your facebook account. Miscreants will quickly change your password and email address in facebook, effectively locking you out of your own account, and will leverage this to solicit money from your facebook friends ( http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/20/latest-facebook-scam-phishers-hit-up-friends-for-cash/ ).

Thanks for placing this notice up online — there are steps that can be taken against these types of fraud attempts; I’m happy to see the strong stance that Hover takes, and welcomes any/all examples of phishing attempts. These types of proactive steps could potentially save many others from falling prey to the phish.

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