Someone trying to log in on my account

FAOL Community Fly Anglers Online
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Hi Folks,
I just got a notice that someone has been trying to log into my account here. Anyone else have this happen to them?
Seems like an odd thing for someone to do. Other than making inappropriate posts I’m not sure I see the benefit for anyone to do this( and you’d have to be pretty darn disturbed to see that as a benefit).Am I missing something?
Best,
Steve

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Funny - who did you get a notice from? Maybe that is the scam?

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yes, I entertained that possibility but it said it came from webmaster @FAOL( my abbreviation). I was just curious if this was a relatively common occurrence but also wasn’t sure why anyone would want to.
Steve

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And is Mr. Tidd our Webmaster?

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Steve,

I hope you didn’t give that ‘webmaster’ any info, like passwords and such.

Larry —sagefisher—

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I had exactly the same message last week. Couldn’t think of why anyone would want to or benefit from doing that, or how it could hurt me, so I ignored it.

Cliff

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Phishing on a fishing site (I wonder if it would be called Phlyphishing?)

Regards,
Scott

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Phishing on a fishing site…great!
No i did not give out any info but was just curious.
Cliff, thanks, that’s also what I was curious about, whether anyone else got one. makes phishing seem all the more likely.
Thanks guys
Steve

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It would be called phisporn.

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This happened to me too. Just logged in through the site and changed the password. Have not seen any other signs of other issues, but I am on the lookout for anything else weird that may come up.

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Lots of strange stuff happening out there. Don’t give out any information to any email inquiry. This has happened to me also.

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I got the same message a couple of weeks ago from “webmaster@flyanglersonline.com”. Tried to reply to webmaster but the email was returned as no such address. The note provided an IP address that according to WHOIS was in China. I agree with other posters that I can’t see the point of hacking this account.

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This is the first I have heard of this. Please let me know if this happens again

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Charlaine,will do.
cmcculloch,that’s exactly what i received,complete with IP address.
folk, thanks for all the replies
Steve

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From an IT perspective, that is a phishing attempt. Many people use the same user names and passwords for multiple accounts that include banking, blogs, etc.

If you receive any emails like that, I would recommend running any antivirus and antimaleware scanning software you have and change your passwords on email and financial sites at a minimum. Recommended passwords are at least 8 characters long with a combination of numbers,and letters both upper and lower case and avoid using words for passwords. Good password example 8h4P9mjZ bad password example Password1

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Got the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I also got the undeliverable message when I responded saying ‘thanks for the heads up’. My message came on a Saturday and it said someone tried five times to log on as me but failed with the password. Haven’t seen anything else unusual since.

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had the same thing happen to me a couple weeks back who would think that a fly fishing site would be on some scammers to do list

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These events could also be caused by “spiders” or “web bots”. These are programs that try to access people’s e-mail accounts and on-line accounts. Once they have the password they log it and move on. Then spammers use these accounts to post adds on the bulletin boards or to launch spam &/or malware (software attacks) using e-mail accounts. They can also seize control by changing account’s password. If you use the same password for a lot of different things, once the password is cracked your identity, bank accounts, private info, etc… might end up compromised.

Regards,
Ed

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Same here …happened this week.

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So the “warning” is kind of a test?