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03-25-2014 , 03:57 PM

djmatz

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Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,240

Hey Guys,

Looked around a bit, and thought this might be the appropriate section to post this.

A few hours ago, I got a very strange PM from

Originally Posted by murvel
This post stil relevant ?

http://Forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...ad/1328186.htm

If so please pm me back
Regards .

Behind this hyperlink was the following: http://*********-twoplustwo.********...ne-1328186.htm

I was on my phone and as you can see the landingspage looked very similar, so I just went ahead on logged in. Afterwards I opened it again on my laptop screen and then I saw it was probably something fishy. So I quickly changed my PW.

Any idea if I am at risk now? I am really unfamiliar with fraudes like this. I tried PMing him back but appreantly his PM's are blocked now.

Thanks for the advice guys!!

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03-25-2014 , 04:00 PM

Lattimer

I is smart

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 15,463

Yeah he's been nuked. Smart move changing your password right away. If all you did was change a digit or something I would do it again to something completely different. Otherwise you're fine. Also if you use that same password anywhere else I would change it there as well just to be extra safe.

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03-25-2014 , 04:29 PM

gtpitch

making sick bumps

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 33,706

The link was attempt to gain your 2p2 username and password information so a scammer can use your established account to well... scam people.

Like Lattimer said - make sure you changed your password to something COMPLETELY different than what you already had and make sure that it is complex and not something like "my2p2password" or "password" or something like that.

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03-25-2014 , 04:50 PM

djmatz

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Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,240

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Originally Posted by gtpitch

I changed everything so far. Thanks for the advice guys. Still a bit scared tho that this access is used in short timeframe before I changed it. Hope this serves as a warning to everyone.

Thanks

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03-25-2014 , 05:06 PM

MrWookie

Don't Call Me Meredith

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94,159

If you use a username and password on any other site that is similar to what you use here, make sure you change those, too.

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