Jump to content

Inbox Phishing or...?

Sailboat
 Share

Recommended Posts

Sailboat

Sailboat

Posted
Posted

So I got this unsolicited PM (username redacted):

 

" Am xxxxxxx by name, I want us to be friends,
email me at  ( [email protected] )  i have something important to discuss with you i don't always come online here please email me now "

 

Long experience online has made me suspicious of phishing attempts.  The apparent urgency to respond now puts me even more on my guard.  Have other folks received similar or identical PMs?  Is this a known thing?  Or just a poorly-constructed but genuine attempt at friendship?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
justicebeliever

justicebeliever

Posted
Posted
9 minutes ago, Sailboat said:

So I got this unsolicited PM (username redacted):

 

" Am xxxxxxx by name, I want us to be friends,
email me at  ( [email protected] )  i have something important to discuss with you i don't always come online here please email me now "

 

Long experience online has made me suspicious of phishing attempts.  The apparent urgency to respond now puts me even more on my guard.  Have other folks received similar or identical PMs?  Is this a known thing?  Or just a poorly-constructed but genuine attempt at friendship?

Sadly, it's not genuine - a lot of us got these yesterday.

 

 

 

  • Like 1

"The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth." - Niels Bohr

 

Global Handle: @JusticeBeliever ... Home servers on Live: Guardian ... Playing on: Everlasting

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 4 weeks later
  • Retired Game Master
GM Fiddleback

GM Fiddleback

Posted
  • Retired Game Master
Posted
On 9/3/2019 at 7:27 PM, 0th Power said:

I got an email from a Nigerian prince. 

OOooooOOOoooo, you lucky dog, you.

 

Seriously though, anything you folks get like that, flag it up to us and we will kill it with fire.

  • Like 1
  • Thanks 1

"No, really. He's a GM. Don't ask me."

--The Entire Server, probably.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 1 month later
Zaquria

Zaquria

Posted
Posted
On 8/8/2019 at 6:27 PM, Sailboat said:

So I got this unsolicited PM (username redacted):

 

" Am xxxxxxx by name, I want us to be friends,
email me at  ( [email protected] )  i have something important to discuss with you i don't always come online here please email me now "

 

Long experience online has made me suspicious of phishing attempts.  The apparent urgency to respond now puts me even more on my guard.  Have other folks received similar or identical PMs?  Is this a known thing?  Or just a poorly-constructed but genuine attempt at friendship?

You can block a member from sending you Private Messages through the forum ignore feature. You can find the Ignore Feature by clicking on your Name (Top right), and select Ignored Users. Enter the person you do not wish to get a PM from and click the 'Messages' checkbox.

 

I know that it doesn't stop them from sending you it in the first place, but it will stop them the next time.

 

I'm not sure if Admin has enabled the ability for users to turn off 'Private Message' Inbox completely, if they have you can always turn off your PM's.... but that is a bit of drastic approach.


Also, the forum admin can set the forum settings to only allow members with a X amount posts from being able to use the Private Message system.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...