A-Gon

reeltrouble1
reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
edited September 2008 in The Clubhouse
Did anybody get a message from A-Gon that you needed to update your account?

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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited September 2008
    Nope.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    uh-oh, damm it.

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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited September 2008
    nope
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited September 2008
    nope.
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  • MikeC78
    MikeC78 Posts: 2,315
    edited September 2008
    You didn't click on the link and do it, did you? I sure hope not...
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited September 2008
    Nope. Never have.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    OK, I just wrote A-Gon and asked them, I got this e-mail that looked pretty good about updating my account. It takes you to the actual site, but you never know.

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    Just heard from A-Gon it is a scam.

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  • SolidSqual
    SolidSqual Posts: 5,218
    edited September 2008
    So did you give out your info? Might be a good time to go get Life Lock.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    I am fine.

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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited September 2008
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    I am fine.

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    Except for the fact that you just purchased 750 pieces of tube gear that have already been shipped to Nigeria and your account has been charged accordingly. ;)
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited September 2008
    Fortunately I was able to scam the scammers and have the tube gear shipped to me. Thanks RT :D
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited September 2008
    shack wrote: »
    Except for the fact that you just purchased 750 pieces of tube gear that have already been shipped to Nigeria and your account has been charged accordingly. ;)


    Does any of this shipment stop in Florida on the way to Nigeria.... Thank you Uncle Ted. :D

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited September 2008
    Talked with A-Gon, it was a Romanian Hack, they want your ID and password, they look for folks with perfect scores, long record and so on. Then they list ficticous gear under your name or yes, buy things under your name with fake dough, fake MO, fake paypal and so on.

    They also said to watch out for funny e-mails, especially greeting cards from these crooks.

    As a precationary measure my account with them was suspended as soon as I sent the notice asking them if it was real, somehow though the **** wipes got my e-mail address at work. They cannot get the password but I guess everyone's e-mail is in cyberspace somewhere.

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  • mmadden28
    mmadden28 Posts: 4,283
    edited September 2008
    I never trust cold calling type emails with links in them. There are ways to detect the embedded hidden stuff, but its more complicated for the layuser, you really have to know what to look for, otherwise its convincing. Most sites that contain valuable data like PP or your bank use SSL but even that can be obfuscated if you don't really understand how SSL certs work and can't tell a real cert from a fake one. Emails from the bank or Paypal invoice reqs, etc, anything that would take me to a site that would require me to 'login'--I never click the link, I manually open the website myself and look for the message or invoice, etc.

    When you recieve an email that looks legit and is posing as a legit site in an effort to get
    personal information or account info is called Phishing. Its especially rampant with Banks.
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