Thursday 4 April 2013

A Quick Warning...

Hi Friends, I am dashing this off quickly, before I go to work, so I hope it makes sense...

Overnight, I have received several emails from addresses I am familiar with, but there is no message to the email, the body of the email simply contains a hyperlink to a website. One of them was from Shez-Enjoying Life... I replied to Shez, asking what is the link for, however Shez did not email it to me.
The emails I received all have other recipients, & the subject line is either blank or contains a strange-looking series of letters & numbers. If you think your email  address has been 'hacked' perhaps contact your provider to get some advice.

PLEASE, BE CAREFUL IF YOU RECEIVE AN EMAIL LIKE THIS. Do not open the link unless you are very certain that it's safe to do so. I suggest it's safest to just delete the email altogether without opening it at all.

Have a Great Thursday x

9 comments:

gracie said...

Thanks for warning us!

sunny said...

It's becoming more common all the time. Their accounts (probably Facebook accounts) have been hacked, and they should change passwords and set up some security measures.

Susan said...

Thanks for the warning.

Susan said...

Thanks _ I got one too from Fiona (fee's shabby shack). nasty little gremlins.

Maria said...

That's interesting Anthea, because I am in a 'google' group and a yahoo group and we've been getting these sort of emails for quite a while, just as you described them. The administrators of my yahoo group keep asking us to change our passwords but it doesn't seem to stop these wretched hackers!

Fiona said...

bored people everywhere getting into our emails.... grrrr
Hugz

Christine M said...

Thanks for the warning Anthea.

Lin said...

Thanks Anthea - we need reminding about these things. Hope they have not caused you any problems.

My Sister Made Me Do It.... said...

Yes, Anthea, somehow these wretched people get into your mailing list and then make it look like your friends are sending you a link. I am wise to this now and I just delete the email. Thanks for spreading the word. :)

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