Scammed

Bromptonboy · January 05, 2011, 05:12:00 PM

I just had a scammer hack into an old Yahoo account of mine. He even chatted with one of my buddies and pulled the following old scam:

"I'm in some kind of deep mess right now, my family and I came down here to London England for a short vacation. unfortunately, we were mugged at the hotel park where we stayed, all cash and credit cards were stolen off us but luckily for us we still have our passports with us.

We've been to the Embassy and the Police here but they're not responding to the issue effectively and our flight leaves in few hours from now but we're having problems settling the hotel bills and the hotel manager won't let us check out until we settle the bills. Well I need you to loan me and let me if can you have the money wire to me through western union(1,550GBP)...will def refund it as soon as we arrive back. I PROMISE!

Thanks"

Down here to London? Does that make me a Scot, Mancusian, or a Yorkshireman? ;)

Rico · January 05, 2011, 05:15:39 PM

Yahoo email is truly awful.

Bromptonboy · January 05, 2011, 05:19:56 PM

Quote from: Rico on January 05, 2011, 05:15:39 PM
Yahoo email is truly awful.

Yeah, and it was somehow linked to my Verizon account. Took forever to deactivate Yahoo - had to break link from Verizon first.
My bad though - I had a crappy old simple password on this old account I haven't used in years.

Rico · January 05, 2011, 05:22:55 PM

I used to use them until Gmail. I get on my old Yahoo email once in a great while and laugh at all the scams and junk mail that get through.

Bryancd · January 05, 2011, 05:28:07 PM

For God's sake, man, help him!!M

;)

Geekyfanboy · January 05, 2011, 06:09:13 PM

Yeah yahoo sucks.. was hacked three times last year.. trying to get people to email me at my gmail account but still getting folks emailing me on yahoo.

Rico · January 05, 2011, 06:12:48 PM

This may help you Kenny...

http://www.snaphow.com/how-to-forward-incoming-yahoo-emails-to-gmail-free-without-mail-plus/

Geekyfanboy · January 05, 2011, 06:15:28 PM

Quote from: Rico on January 05, 2011, 06:12:48 PM
This may help you Kenny...

http://www.snaphow.com/how-to-forward-incoming-yahoo-emails-to-gmail-free-without-mail-plus/

Thanks Rico I'll give it a try

KingIsaacLinksr · January 05, 2011, 07:37:03 PM

That scam was used on a friend of the family, only problem was is that the friend they attempted to impersonate was known as a tough-as-nails, reliable person who packed and pre-packed before trips. Obviously didn't buy it.

Yahoo is falling apart and these latest hacks into their email system only show how close the company is to dying completely.

King

billybob476 · January 06, 2011, 05:09:02 AM

Yeah I have a hotmail account that I pop to my gmail account. People can email me there all they want, I just manage it via gmail.

X · January 06, 2011, 06:46:20 AM

I just got an email saying my WOW account was banned for advertising and farming. I guess it's safe to say that I got hacked. Will check the damage in an hour or so.

QuadShot · January 06, 2011, 07:07:00 AM

Quote from: X on January 06, 2011, 06:46:20 AM
I just got an email saying my WOW account was banned for advertising and farming. I guess it's safe to say that I got hacked. Will check the damage in an hour or so.

But were you advertising your farm? :) Just kidding. Scammers suck. I'd LOVE to get a hold of one personally! I'd tie them in a chair and stitch their eyelids open, and then bring in Bryan...SHIRTLESS! :) THEN...make them watch Rico dance!! :):):)

Rico · January 06, 2011, 07:18:22 AM

Hey! Bryan shirtless and me dancing? That's a privilege to witness. ;)

P.S. X let me know how it works out with WOW. My friend got hacked a few weeks back, but Blizzard fixed things back up for him.

Jobydrone · January 06, 2011, 08:24:12 AM

Chris whatever you do DO NOT click on any links in that email. It is almost guaranteed to be a phishing email spoofed to look like it came from Blizzard. That is exactly how the gold selling scumbag haackers fooled me into giving them access to my WoW account. Your WoW account is most likely fine, as long as you don't respond to the email. If you are genuinely concerned contact Blizzard via their telephone support and they will suggest you create a separate email account to use for their service so you always know when emails from them are genuine.

Also if you don't already have one get a free authenticator and attach it to your Battle-net account, which makes someone unauthorized getting ahold of your WoW account next to impossible.

Geekyfanboy · January 06, 2011, 08:27:06 AM

Quote from: Jobydrone4of20 on January 06, 2011, 08:24:12 AM
Chris whatever you do DO NOT click on any links in that email. It is almost guaranteed to be a phishing email spoofed to look like it came from Blizzard. That is exactly how the gold selling scumbag haackers fooled me into giving them access to my WoW account. Your WoW account is most likely fine, as long as you don't respond to the email. If you are genuinely concerned contact Blizzard via their telephone support and they will suggest you create a separate email account to use for their service so you always know when emails from them are genuine.

Also if you don't already have one get a free authenticator and attach it to your Battle-net account, which makes someone unauthorized getting ahold of your WoW account next to impossible.

Good call.. I was going to say the same thing.. several of my WOW friends got bamboozled like this.

Scammed

QuadShot