I recently started in a new job and got a used laptop for my desk. I have utilized this with my Chrome/ Google account. Then, after a few weeks, I got a warning in gmail, telling me that a foreign state might be trying to hack my account or computer.
My question is, should I start to worry about being tageted by hackers? Or is the alert from google and the phishing attempts a coincidence?
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posted by Nightly
on Feb 24, 2013 -
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My phone number is being listed as the contact in a phishing email. Who do I report this to and how worried should I be?
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posted by naoko
on Nov 5, 2012 -
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Have I been phished? If so, what do I do? I suddenly started getting phonecalls and texts from people looking for prostitutes. They're calling both my cell and home phones. I recently applied for a credit card, and now I'm afraid the site wasn't legit.
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posted by mneekadon
on Sep 29, 2012 -
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For the past week or so I have been receiving phishing emails at my non-Facebook email account which appear to be from my Facebook friends. The sender's name is one of my Facebook friends, but the email addresses are not their real email address. The subject line reads FOR (MY FIRST NAME) and the message contains a link (which I never click, of course). Clearly there has been some access to my friend list and my email address. I am not using any apps on Facebook, and never give apps access to my info—my privacy settings are pretty locked down, or so I thought. Facebook is absolutely no help on this. I can't find a way to even report this to them because their reporting mechanism asks for links and there are none. I've changed my password, and locked down my privacy settings even more. Any ideas about how this happened and how to fix the security hole?
posted by ljshapiro
on Aug 31, 2012 -
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Small euro amount sent to my PayPal account by company with whom I have had no dealings. Test? Phishing? Scam?
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posted by likeso
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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Emails are being sent from my gmail account to contacts by someone other than me. How do I figure out what's going on and how do I stop it?
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posted by friendlyjuan
on May 17, 2011 -
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Does this type of e-mail scam affect Macintosh computers as well as PCs?
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posted by analog
on Apr 11, 2011 -
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Someone just called my grandfather claiming to be me, and tried to scam him out of several thousand dollars. Should we report this, and if so, to whom?
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posted by I, Slobot
on Apr 11, 2011 -
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Please recommend good websites and blogs about computer/internet/social media security issues, someplace where I can find out about the latest scams, phishing attempts, malware, etc. I don't really like Snopes, due to the pop-under ads (what is up with that, anyway?). Thank you.
posted by SillyShepherd
on Feb 1, 2011 -
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Is 812-218-3144 really the Census Bureau, or did I give all sorts of personal info to a phisher?
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posted by johnofjack
on Jan 23, 2011 -
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Having a minor freak out about identity theft, and looking for advice on making sure all my online information is as secure as possible.
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posted by goshling
on Jan 5, 2011 -
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Google tells me that my domain is hosting a phishing scam. However, the URL they showed me includes directories that are not on my server. How do I fix this?
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posted by EL-O-ESS
on Dec 19, 2010 -
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My parents just got a weird call about 30 mins ago (11:50pm). They were getting ready for bed, so my sister picked up.
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posted by wuMeFi
on Nov 28, 2010 -
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Has anyone received a phishing letter (snail mail) from Card Center, 5050 Kingsley Drive, Cincinnati OH 45263?
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posted by brianogilvie
on Sep 7, 2010 -
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it seems that the various methods of infecting computers dependent on weaknesses in browsers and operating systems. what are the safest browsers and operating systems? is virus detection software necessary, assuming you've made good choices about operating system and browsers.
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posted by alcahofa
on Mar 21, 2010 -
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I understand how phishing works via emails, but how am I being taken from a known trusted site to phishing page, after having entered my account signon on the first page?
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posted by stupidsexyFlanders
on Jan 13, 2010 -
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Recently, I've had recruiters asking for SS#s to submit my resume for positions. My husband has had the same thing happen, as have some friends. Is this the newest scam on the block? (as always...more inside)
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posted by dejah420
on Apr 7, 2009 -
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My cousin's Facebook account was compromised and some person or bot is sending spam to his Facebook friend list. He canceled his Facebook account a month ago, but spam keeps arriving in my email box -- as if my cousin is still a Facebook member. The spam seems to be arriving from a legitimate Facebook domain.
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posted by valannc
on Sep 12, 2008 -
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My friend just - 30 minutes ago - entered a bunch of information in a PayPal phishing website. What should he do right now?
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posted by JulianDay
on Mar 3, 2008 -
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After bidding on a high-end cell phone on ebay, at a seemingly reputable Ebay store, I soon received several emails, all purporting to be from the seller (but appearing very automated), telling me that I had won the item (still active at Ebay) and to contact them by email to purchase it.
Ebay seems to hide the bidder information and email address, so how are they sending me mail, and why from so many different phishers?
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posted by acro
on Jan 2, 2008 -
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My SO and I are receiving phishing emails on brand new email addresses. The addresses hadn't been given out to anyone when the first ones arrived. Are spammers just constructing likely email addresses and sending blindly? If not, how is this happening?
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posted by DarkForest
on Mar 21, 2007 -
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Is it ethical to sue the victim of a phishing scam who agrees to take employment as someone who receives packages and ships them abroad if you have been victimized by the scam itself?
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posted by JakeWalker
on Sep 19, 2006 -
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I spotted this housing post on Craigslist, and when I clicked on the link posted inside it, it sent me straight into the inbox of my Yahoo mail account. Was this a phishing attempt?
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posted by Esther Festers
on May 25, 2006 -
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I was just contacted by my company's ISP saying that our company's account is compromised by a virus as phishing emails have been sent out from here. I find this very hard to believe as we are an all-mac shop and I am fairly confident that these phishing emails generally spoof headers and such. Am I wrong?
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posted by miss tea
on Nov 28, 2005 -
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How embarrassing - I actually got password spoofed and my account stolen. How can I get my Yahoo account back?
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posted by -harlequin-
on Aug 12, 2005 -
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MetaPhishing: I just got another phishing email "from" PayPal. My question is whether it might not be effective to go to whatever site it is and spam them with fake personal info. What if a lot of people did this?
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posted by trip and a half
on Jul 21, 2005 -
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Someone tries to phish me every day. Until recently, I have dutifully FWDed these attempts to spoof@whatever.com. As phishing has become even more ubiquitous, it occurs to me that there's no way that the target companies can possibly wade through it all. Should I bother FWDing the attempts?
posted by trharlan
on Jun 6, 2005 -
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I get a
phishing e-mail on a daily basis. It probably accounts for 10% of my spam. The
FTC and
private industry groups are up in arms, but the problem keeps getting worse. Given the little old ladies who are losing their pensions by clicking on these links, why can't anyone catch these guys? What's the technological barrier?
posted by Saucy Intruder
on Dec 15, 2004 -
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PayPal Filter: I recently started using PayPal--the first transaction was my 'donation' to MeFi. Then I sold a book on eBay and had $77.00 paid to me through PayPal. I, foolishly I guess, left the money there thinking I'd use it to buy stuff down the road. But yesterday within three minutes someone 'paid' me $660 and then paid out $723 which effectively deleted my balance save 31-cents. PayPal seems not too surprised and waffled shamelessly when I asked how this happened and if I could get my money back. It seems to me eBay could afford to make good on transactions gone wrong by their unsecured system. [I've mailed in an affidavit as they required.] I need $77 a lot more (for Christmas) than eBay does and yet IF I get my money back it's not likely to be in time to buy presents this year. Any ideas, suggestions, pointers to finding a remedy?
posted by NorthCoastCafe
on Dec 8, 2004 -
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How do scammers who send email claiming to be from my bank and needing my account info know which banks I use? [More Inside]
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posted by shinnin
on Sep 16, 2004 -
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Anyone care to drop some knowledge about stopping spammers from spoofing your address? [more]
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on Jan 17, 2004 -
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