Re: phished

At 06:13 PM Wednesday 8/29/2012, Jon Louis Mann wrote:

> >    1. Re: Job opportunity  - hurry to
> > apply!  (Matt Grimaldi)
> >    2. RE: Job opportunity  - hurry to
> > apply!  (Horn, John)
> >    3. Re: Job opportunity - hurry to apply!
> > (Nick Arnett)
> >    4. Job opportunity? (Jon Louis Mann)
>
> > Nick,
> > Is this really you?
>
> > Highly unlikely.
>
> > From: Jon Louis Mann <net_democracy-/[email protected]>
> > Huh???
>
>It's not Nick; somehow, someone in his address may have been 
>phished. Recently I've been getting job opportunity links, 
>ostensibly from friends, but with phony e-mail addresses.
>
>The first time it happened to me I received a link from someone I 
>knew on Twitter.  I was sent very disturbing porn link that went out 
>to all my twitter followers (fortunately I rare go on Twitter). I 
>got a nasty reply from a young girl saying, "Jon, I used to think 
>you were a standup guy, but now I know you are a dirty old man"..  I 
>changed my password right away, but it was too late.  Most social 
>networks have a security page.
>
>Now, I know better than to reply to e-mails asking for my password, 
>ESPECIALLY if my user I.D. is my e-mail address, or it is from a 
>bank.  Nor do I respond to e-mails that threaten to close my account 
>unless I provide personal information.



See my message that crossed yours somewhere in the ether about the 
time one of those cost me just a couple of hours ago . . .

(The waste of time was in getting to a place where I could report it 
and ask for confirmation if just in case it was genuine.  Why do 
"service" providers make it so difficult to find and use their 
customer "service" contact links?  Grrr . . .  >:-o )


. . . ronn!  :)