KathieB Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 If you get an email that appears to be from me requesting help, it's not really from me. Delete it. I'm getting calls from all over the country from good folks asking how they can help as well as messages from some forum members. I appreciate the show of concern, but really, this is a bummer. I've changed my password. Don't know what else I can do. I got an email this morning supposedly from the attorney who represented me at the closing on the new house last week asking for details regarding my bank for wiring funds. Ha. The $$ that I wired to them and the overpayment that they wired back to me have both cleared my bank, so I know this message is a fake. Was I caught up in the Equifax hack? Who knows? I guess if we want to be connected, we have to assume we're vulnerable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Ahh... geez Louise Kathy, what a pain in the butt. Make sure you put a fraud alert on your credit reports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I think you can put a freeze on your credit reports, too, so that if anyone tries to get a loan out in your name, the loan company they apply to will get a warning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Hadn't thought about the credit reports ... thanks. And I haven't received any email for the past several hours, including two test messages that I sent to myself. I really don't need this right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Don't these things always happen when you least need them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Just now, WyckedWood said: Don't these things always happen when you least need them? I think that's called life, isn't it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyckedWood Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 My Mother seems to be the prime target for people calling to pose as her grandson who needs bail money/money to buy a plane ticket/etc,etc....and please don't tell parents. So creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 47 minutes ago, WyckedWood said: My Mother seems to be the prime target for people calling to pose as her grandson who needs bail money/money to buy a plane ticket/etc,etc....and please don't tell parents. So creepy. My 87 year old dad fell for that one last week. Luckily my brother called the bank, credit card company and they all stopped the $4k in gift certificates from Best Buy, in time. These are smooth con artist and they really tricked my father. Same scenario. "Please don't tell parents since there is a gag order because I crashed into an undercover cop." "I need bail money so my lawyer is getting on the phone now to give you the information on how to send it." We joked with him afterwards because he would have let us rot in jail, glad he is willing to come to the rescue of his grandchildren. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Kathy, I would put money down that it was the utility company that was hacked or an employee took your info and sold it. You had to give all of your personal info to them, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 47 minutes ago, Sable said: Kathy, I would put money down that it was the utility company that was hacked or an employee took your info and sold it. You had to give all of your personal info to them, correct? Gas, electric, water, tv/internet ... all required contact info. The fact that the fake emails appear with the same links in the signature section that are in my real emails is downright spooky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 My sister sent a test message to my gmail account. It appeared on my phone, but not the laptop. The one she sent to my sbcglobal account has not appeared anywhere, and neither have two tests I sent to myself. Gah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Kathie, the hubs saw your email, so you will probably get an email from me; then I saw this thread and went back & deleted the email. I figure you have our phone #, so in a real emergency you would call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 So sorry Kathie. What a pain. This may sound like a silly question, but I worked tech help desk for many years, so I've learned you never know, and it never hurts to ask the simple things. On your laptop, have you updated your password either on your mail client, or your browser (however you access it). If using a browser, be sure to log out of your email, close the browser completely out, maybe clear your cache, or try another browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 1 hour ago, sparklepuppies said: On your laptop, have you updated your password either on your mail client, or your browser (however you access it). If using a browser, be sure to log out of your email, close the browser completely out, maybe clear your cache, or try another browser. I changed my Att/Yahoo password, closed out Chrome and restarted the laptop. I haven't tried another browser. Will do that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Tried IE, cleared Chrome cache. Went back to email and discovered the incoming emails had gone directly to Spam or Trash ... even the ones I sent to myself. It was easy to mark the ones that went to Spam as Not Spam, but I haven't figured out why the ones that go to Trash go there automatically. Will readdress the situation in the morning with a fresher brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Oh. Okay. I have seen phishing malware that does that. It creates a rule that sends all incoming messages to trash. Sorry I didn't think of that sooner. It's easily fixed by just removing all those rules. Message me if you need any help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 8 hours ago, sparklepuppies said: Oh. Okay. I have seen phishing malware that does that. It creates a rule that sends all incoming messages to trash. Sorry I didn't think of that sooner. It's easily fixed by just removing all those rules. Message me if you need any help. Thanks, Tracy. I googled "Yahoo mail going to trash" and found out I needed to check filters. Yep, there was one directing my incoming emails to Trash. Problem appears to be solved. I hope that's the end. I've now heard from friends across the US, Italy, France and the Czech Republic. Not my idea of a good way to keep in touch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklepuppies Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Yay, so glad you got it working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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