Our e-mail addresses have been compromised.
Today I discovered that our computer was sending out e-mails to all of the addresses in the folders.
It would have gone unnoticed except for the 'undeliverable' messages that came with the bounce-backs to addresses that have since changed. I can only assume that messages have gone to all of the 'live' accounts in the address books. Under our names.
I was concerned that we had been inviting all and sundry to subscribe to get bigger penis(es), to be erect longer, to marry Russian women or to invest in some African real estate deals.
I did some checking and it seems that we have been offering people the opportunity to work from home. WTF? How did that happen? I checked all the SPAM in case one of us had opened one but no, no home job offers. I checked the search folders in case one of us had trawled for escorts, porn, old friends, money-making schemes etc and er, of course none of that had happened ..... moving on.....I then checked blogs and discovered that TSB's currently inactive blog has, in the latest post a comment from 'Real work from home job'. This must be the culprit.
I upgraded the security on the computer and changed the log-in passwords on the e-mail accounts we have and hope that this scrote doesn't come sniffing around again.
My apologies to anyone that has been bombarded with spam e-mails from us.
This shows the importance of having that annoying word verification check on blog posts.
5 comments:
Sorry to hear about your problems. I guess we will all have to live with those "prove you're not a robert" things (little joke there).
I agree - it was a little joke.
Hey old fella. When will you visit? It was such a wonderful weekend up here (not finished for me as I go back to work Tuesday) - no wind, sunny and warm. I know that you and Shelley will love it. I could even Russell up a Chardonnay or two (a little Northland joke there).
Hey, a good little Northland joke!
We'd love to come.
Seems TSB's link isn't to blame. Yahoo extra cocked it up.
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