andym 10 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Just received spam email from "Paypal" to the email I created especially for this forum. Never used anywhere else. Am I the only one and they randomly managed to work out this email or could it be possible the email is somehow displayed on the forums here in a setting I have missed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEpicPlum 10 Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Mate, I actually got PayPal spam today (I initially deleted it, but I am now looking at it now) - and I don't get spam that often. I won't bother opening it but I got it at 13:50 and it's from [email protected], asking me to solve a problem with my account (which is nonexistent, aha). Quote OMASM. Radio presenters are like fruit. Matt is my kumquat and Scott is blatantly my orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelMJH 12 Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 It always amuses me to hover over the link they give you and see how similar they could make the web address. Quote I am Burdened with Glorious Purpose - Loki Laufeyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James R 10 Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Found 1 in my junk folder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym 10 Posted May 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 That's exactly the message I got. I didn't want to say it but has the emails for this site leaked somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC 88 Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I had this a week back, and have had multiple ones since, I used the phishing scam thing on hotmail. I doubt if they'd actually read it. But I can see how anyone who's not computer savvy would fall for this. Quote on the grid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono 66 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 I'll look into this, although I've seen nothing from vBulletin yet to suggest there could be any issues. Will do some digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv 14 Posted June 5, 2013 Report Share Posted June 5, 2013 Just received spam email from "Paypal" to the email I created especially for this forum. Never used anywhere else. Am I the only one and they randomly managed to work out this email or could it be possible the email is somehow displayed on the forums here in a setting I have missed?Email addresses are easy to obtain. Even if you make a donation to a charity, it often shows up when you google your name. I got one of these too, but I just ignore this stuff. It fascinates me that people would actually click on a link and hand over passwords / other details?! Quote Delta Machine, Depeche Mode - buy NOW !! http://youtu.be/59dZzXLPRg0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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