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: SPAM/Phishing in Private Messages


JoeBecker
01-16-2010, 07:29 AM
Do not click on any links contained within a private message from "LadyAdministrator", "ModeratorTeam", "SuperModer" or anyone else posing as an administrator/moderator of this forum.

The admins/moderators of this forum are
DMAG, Gaze, JoeBecker, and Wade

This is a new form of spam/phising attack on the forum.

Please be wary of clicking links in threads (of members you don't know) as it is possible that they might be spam/phising.

Thank you,

The REAL admins/moderators of jeeppatriot.com

cairn99
01-16-2010, 09:13 AM
Thanks Joe. I just received a private message from Lady Admin. and took your advice as to not opening the link.

ti-claude31
01-16-2010, 10:07 AM
thanks for the warning,joe

1st Jeep 4Me
01-16-2010, 10:20 AM
How were they able to send a message to me?

tartntiny
01-16-2010, 11:12 AM
I just got one today too, I thought it was weird from the start. After I viewed it a box came up asking for a read receipt and I clicked 'no' and deleted it. People will try just about anything these days.

How were they able to send a message to me?
I'm thinking they probably just joined the forum the same way we did.

jepstr67
01-16-2010, 12:54 PM
It is hard to keep anything nice. I'm sure administration of a forum is enough work even without some idiot trying to F it up.

Thanks guys, for your hard work and dedication to the forum.

davecanuck
01-16-2010, 03:06 PM
thanks for the warning Joe got one but did not follow the link, too suspicious
i am running the COMODO security suite (its one of the free ones and got good reviews)

ilflyya
01-16-2010, 03:44 PM
I knew it was a trick when it said "Virus found on your computer" I have a Mac! I giggled...

Jeep Frank
01-16-2010, 03:47 PM
Thanks for the heads up.

I got the message today.

Will H
01-16-2010, 08:11 PM
Thanks Joe, I thought this was "phishy";)

jack.allwardt
01-16-2010, 09:34 PM
I knew it was a trick when it said "Virus found on your computer" I have a Mac! I giggled...

I got a message like this from another forum I occasionaly look at--and thought it strange as it had been at least a month..