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jhonie
#1 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:07:58 PM
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Be careful while using gmail.

"Hackers acquire Google certificate, could hijack Gmail accounts - Digital Lifestyle - Macworld UK
www.macworld.co.uk
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quicksand
#2 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:13:29 PM
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Mine was taken over by some hackers (or robots) in Brazil (you can check IP location of last access using Account Security Settings I think ) ...they then proceeded to send spam to bosses and professional colleagues of the "grow your 'dong' by several inches" kind.
I was severely embarrassed.
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incognito
#3 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:24:31 PM
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HERE IS ONE OF THOSE EMAILS YOU SHOULD DELETE ON SIGHT!! I GOT THIS TODAY MORNING.

Mailbox Quota Exceeded

GOOGLE HELP DESK [helprevalidate@gmail.com]

Your web mail quota has exceeded the set quota which is 3GB. you are currently running on 3.9 GB. To re-activate and increase your web mail quota please click the link below.

https://docs.google.com/...XVHR4VUF3SWludlVMMFE6MQ

Failure to do so may result in the cancellation of your web mail account.
Thanks, and sorry for the inconvenience
Local-host


___________________________________________________________________

Maybe some fundaa from Brazil wants my password. :)
Excelsior
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DtheK
#4 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 4:39:01 PM
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@quicksand had you ever posted your email publicly in in this or any other site?
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Robinhood
#5 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:09:28 PM
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quicksand wrote:
Mine was taken over by some hackers (or robots) in Brazil (you can check IP location of last access using Account Security Settings I think ) ...they then proceeded to send spam to bosses and professional colleagues of the "grow your 'dong' by several inches" kind.
I was severely embarrassed.


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly

Ok I know it's no laughing matter but this is funny. Pole chief
Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...
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quicksand
#6 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:29:51 PM
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DtheK wrote:
@quicksand had you ever posted your email publicly in in this or any other site?


Nope. I use my yahoo address to subscribe to stuff, gmail I use for more serious communications, like side hustles and when the office mail is out.
Could have been lifted by a virus.
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kenmac
#7 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 8:41:20 PM
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have you registered to boxbe
......Ecclesiastes
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bendi3
#8 Posted : Monday, October 17, 2011 8:50:01 AM
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So i wake up this morning and see an email from an old friend.She is asking what is up..apparently i am selling some 'financial secret' on the net.

I realise i have been hit....this god damned hacker even sent emails to prospective business leads....My question...how to prevent,but more importantly how do i cure this menace?Ohh...mine is a hotmail account.
The early worm, is the one caught by the early bird.........
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sumuni
#9 Posted : Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:08:33 PM
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@bendi3, change your email account password pap! it's a well known fact that most people, when prompted to register to a website using an email address, will use the email address' password as the website's password too. Prime hackers hunting grounds. Never make that mistake again.
It is a curious fact that of all the illusions that beset mankind, none is quite as curious as that tendency to suppose that we are mentally and morally superior to those who differ from us in opinion.
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