Gmoore7 Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I have received 4 e-mails in the last 24hours that look suspicious. I have not opened them for that reason. Is anyone else getting unknown e-mails like this? Thanks, Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Meade Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I got an offer purportedly from AvWeb to sign up for a Light Maintenance Newsletter. I went to the AvWeb site and didn't see anything there about the newsletter so I deleted it. I have received 2-3 other emails in the last couple of weeks that are aviation themed but unknown to me so after checking them out I deleted them, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoore7 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Sorry I forgot to say the e-mails were from CT FLIER Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoore7 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 I got an offer purportedly from AvWeb to sign up for a Light Maintenance Newsletter. I went to the AvWeb site and didn't see anything there about the newsletter so I deleted it. I have received 2-3 other emails in the last couple of weeks that are aviation themed but unknown to me so after checking them out I deleted them, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoore7 Posted February 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 Mine are coming with different names that I don't find listed as any of our members. Thanks for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT4ME Posted February 8, 2012 Report Share Posted February 8, 2012 There are NO email addresses associated with @CTFlier.com. Any messages sent to you by admins will bear their personal email addresses. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpiper Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 There seems to be an increase in email "hacking" or "hijacking" going on. I was hijacked twice last year. This is where someone gets into your email and your address book and sends out numerous emails to everyone listed in your address book. Usually there is a short message like "check this out" followed by an embedded link. Since the sender is trusted by the recipient, many people automatically click on the link. Both times this happened to me I found that my password had been changed and I couldn't even get into my own email. The first time I worked with my ISP and changed to a complex password but it happened again. I asked my ISP 'how could this happen" ? He expalined there are programs that do this and they are pretty good and that once the password is hacked, they then change your security question. So, you also need a more complex answer to your security question as opposed to a one word answer. Are we having fun yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted February 9, 2012 Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 About a week ago I got an email asking if it was OK for the writer to post a link to a YouTube video of mine. It looked real. I had just posted a Sky Arrow video in the prior couple of days. I clicked on the link and was taken to a Viagra ad. Got two more later in the day. I know, I know, you should NEVER click on an email link, but these guys are good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmoore7 Posted February 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2012 Okay fellows, I just wanted to let everyone know what was happening. Thanks for the feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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