Warning ..... Email saying Wow! Look at my photos etc...Delete!!!!!!!!

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
30/11/2011 21:14

If you get this from a contact do not open. I did and now have lost my Hotmail account! unfortunately before that it automatically sent on to all my contacts and I cannot get into the account to warn them so the same will happen to them.....

tracy


Joined: 08/09/2007
Posts: 390

Message Posted:
01/12/2011 11:01

Thanks for letting us know

Tracy

ozankoys


Joined: 20/06/2008
Posts: 905

Message Posted:
01/12/2011 11:19

Yes thanks Judy I got this message into my gmail account this morning so deleted it straight away thanks to your warning.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
01/12/2011 12:57

I would never open an email from someone I don't know - even then I am careful because of these account hijacking problems. A couple of tips for Hotmail users (maybe they work elsewhere also):-



■ Select 'Options' 'More options...' 'Filters and Reporting' and then select 'Exclusive'. Only safe messages will reach your inbox.



■ If you pause the cursor over the sender's name then Hotmail will show you the underlying email address - very useful for scams when a message purports to be from some respectable organisation. This works also for links within messages - when you see the underlying link isn't what is shown in the message then you know not to click on it.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
01/12/2011 13:06

Now I have just recieved a message from 'Judy and Vincent' with a title warning me not to open any message from them. I did't.

Although I don't know Judy and Vincent I see from viewing the message source that mine and 30 or so other emails are from a MSN group called 'driveway sale' so I guess they are the people who sent me the list for the driveway sale last saturday.

judyr


Joined: 07/07/2009
Posts: 956

Message Posted:
01/12/2011 13:06

Message 4. The email did come from someone I know and it sent to all in their contacts, including me. I opened it quite innocently thinking they had sent me photos from when they were here recently and this then sent it to all my contacts and so on............... It was nothing harmful luckily but just very annoying!