WARNING!!!--listen up!

Michael Juster · #1 03-31-2015, 04:38 AM

There is a very sophisticated phish in Alex's name that has just gone out. Do NOT turn over any personal info!!!

Michael Juster · #2 03-31-2015, 04:39 AM

See General Announcements.

Clever phishing email using Alex's name may be coming your way.

Michael Juster · #3 03-31-2015, 07:13 AM

bump bump bump

Michael Juster · #4 03-31-2015, 08:55 AM

bump da bump

Julie Steiner · #5 03-31-2015, 09:06 AM

Thanks, Michael. Do you have any more details?

(Posted here to bump up the thread for visibility--more folks check General Talk than General Announcements--but perhaps further details could be posted there.)

Michael Juster · #6 03-31-2015, 10:29 AM

Yes, it's a very slick email that looks very much like a request from Alex. It asks for personal information so that you can access "essential information I want to share" or something like that.

It looks specifically targeted to Eratosphere, not a general phishing scam, and it is very well-done.

Julie Steiner · #7 03-31-2015, 10:42 AM

Thanks, Michael.

Janice D. Soderling · #8 03-31-2015, 04:42 AM

Thanks, Michael.

Don't you just hate those guys!

Alex Pepple · #9 03-31-2015, 04:49 PM

Mike showed me the phishing email, and it's a rather known phishing/scam/virus that's been circulating in the web for a while and is known to infiltrate your address book and send out phishing emails to your friends. The scam email will look something like this -- so, if you see anything that looks like that, don't click anything, simply delete it. And there's some concussion on this at this blog.

Cheers,
...Alex