fetskoli
02-19-2005, 11:57 AM
The following info was in the news a while back. I can't find the reference online to copy, and I STILL can't believe I fell for this after reading about it in the paper and seeing it on the news.
PLEASE don't ever type your email user name and password on any screen that doesn't look like your normal login screen.
I heard all about how troublemakers (selling prescription drugs online) can then get into your email account and send their spam thru it. I just thought our computers at work were acting up, and since the screen I saw DID HAVE THE AOL LOGO ON IT AND LOOKED VERY CONVINCING, I didn't think twice about typing my name/password. The next time I tried to get into my email I was told I had sent spam but somehow aol knew it wasn't me but someone who broke into my account instead. They had me change my password and everything was ok.
I was lucky that this individual didn't email other stuff posing as me or delete incoming emails or any host of other things. I haven't had any trouble since changing my password either, although it is a pain to remember which password now goes with what email account.
After hearing all the warnings I still fell for it because I didn't think anything like that would ever happen to me. Please be very careful where you type your password (similar to not giving your credit card number to anyone over the phone). The website should've had aol in the url but it didn't and I didn't catch on in time. I want to prevent others from making the same inadvertant mistake that I did.
PLEASE don't ever type your email user name and password on any screen that doesn't look like your normal login screen.
I heard all about how troublemakers (selling prescription drugs online) can then get into your email account and send their spam thru it. I just thought our computers at work were acting up, and since the screen I saw DID HAVE THE AOL LOGO ON IT AND LOOKED VERY CONVINCING, I didn't think twice about typing my name/password. The next time I tried to get into my email I was told I had sent spam but somehow aol knew it wasn't me but someone who broke into my account instead. They had me change my password and everything was ok.
I was lucky that this individual didn't email other stuff posing as me or delete incoming emails or any host of other things. I haven't had any trouble since changing my password either, although it is a pain to remember which password now goes with what email account.
After hearing all the warnings I still fell for it because I didn't think anything like that would ever happen to me. Please be very careful where you type your password (similar to not giving your credit card number to anyone over the phone). The website should've had aol in the url but it didn't and I didn't catch on in time. I want to prevent others from making the same inadvertant mistake that I did.