by AlanJones
Wed Aug 08, 2018 5:19 am
The posts in this topic are scams. The person writing to you is not a hacker who has inserted a trojan or virus in your machine, they are a low-level opportunist thief who has seen a way to try and make a quick buck from people who panic into paying them without considering how ludicrous the scammer's claims are.
Any posts made in this topic by members of our support team (coloured usednames) are emails that they have received in accounts specifically set up to be spammed by scammers. The emails have not been used to register on websites and the passwords are not their real passwords.
Many of these scammers will just randomly spam email addresses using made up passwords, although some may use password/email combinations that they find on the dark web - either way, it is still just a scam.
If you have received one of these emails then the best thing to do is just delete it. If the password quoted in the email is one that you have used in the past then it will have been found on a list somewhere and have come from a compromised website. In this case, it is best that you also change your passwords. If you are still concerned that you have been hacked then find a good virus scanner (this is not something we cover here - so do not bother asking for recommendations).
This is not a discussion topic - our members will not be wasting their free time answering questions, all the information you need to know is in this post. Any posts made asking where the password was used, etc will be deleted and the poster's account closed.
Any posts made in this topic by members of our support team (coloured usednames) are emails that they have received in accounts specifically set up to be spammed by scammers. The emails have not been used to register on websites and the passwords are not their real passwords.
Many of these scammers will just randomly spam email addresses using made up passwords, although some may use password/email combinations that they find on the dark web - either way, it is still just a scam.
If you have received one of these emails then the best thing to do is just delete it. If the password quoted in the email is one that you have used in the past then it will have been found on a list somewhere and have come from a compromised website. In this case, it is best that you also change your passwords. If you are still concerned that you have been hacked then find a good virus scanner (this is not something we cover here - so do not bother asking for recommendations).
This is not a discussion topic - our members will not be wasting their free time answering questions, all the information you need to know is in this post. Any posts made asking where the password was used, etc will be deleted and the poster's account closed.
Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.
