late Posted November 26, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 26, 2018 I got an email that said it was from Amazon. $50 if you take a survey. So I do the survey, and at the end they offer crap. Cheap diet pills, that sort of thing. So I didn't try to get my free offer. Suddenly my email stopped working, and when I tried to change my password, is said I got my grandmothers name wrong. Hey, I may be out of it, but I'm not that far out of it. So I call Spectrum, and eventually I got a human being. He sounded bizarrely like my supervisor at my last job. He couldn't find anything wrong, and when I clicked on my email, it popped right up. So either I have been super hacked, or, more likely, Spectrum was having one of it's usual farts where things don't work right. Yes, kids, I pay top dollar for third rate service. Whatta country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted November 26, 2018 Share #2 Posted November 26, 2018 No you got hacked. I'd check your bank balance every day for the next 30 days and notify all your contacts that you have compromised their on-line identities. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to sleep for a month. Oh, did I mention keeping tabs on your credit score daily? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #3 Posted November 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, late said: I got an email that said it was from Amazon. $50 if you take a survey. So I do the survey, and at the end they offer crap. Cheap diet pills, that sort of thing. So I didn't try to get my free offer. Suddenly my email stopped working, and when I tried to change my password, is said I got my grandmothers name wrong. Hey, I may be out of it, but I'm not that far out of it. So I call Spectrum, and eventually I got a human being. He sounded bizarrely like my supervisor at my last job. He couldn't find anything wrong, and when I clicked on my email, it popped right up. So either I have been super hacked, or, more likely, Spectrum was having one of it's usual farts where things don't work right. Yes, kids, I pay top dollar for third rate service. Whatta country. Did spectrum make you click on the link and take the survey? Do you really believe amazon is giving away $50 to take a survey? You might need to rethink who deserves the blame here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #4 Posted November 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, dennis said: Did spectrum make you click on the link and take the survey? Do you really believe amazon is giving away $50 to take a survey? You might need to rethink who deserves the blame here. I blame Spectrum for crappy service, not my mistakes. Perhaps this would help: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #5 Posted November 26, 2018 23 minutes ago, Kzoo said: No you got hacked. I'd check your bank balance every day for the next 30 days and notify all your contacts that you have compromised their on-line identities. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to sleep for a month. Oh, did I mention keeping tabs on your credit score daily? Gonna wait to contact my people until I get evidence I've been hacked. The Spectrum guy couldn't find anything, and Amazon would be the only easy target for them, and I've checked it twice in the hour, or so, since it happened. But yeah, I'll need to stay on my toes. Just checked Amazon again, including archived orders. Crossing my fingers, toes, eyes, and whatever else I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #6 Posted November 26, 2018 35 minutes ago, late said: I blame Spectrum for crappy service, not my mistakes. Charter was rebranded as Spectrum because everyone, including me, was getting tired of their crappy service. Seems that the name change went OK.... I'm thinking that you were hacked. I never click on links anymore. I manually go to the web site. Often I'll hover over a hyperlink to see what it says, but even that can be confusing as web sites often use different web addresses than their normal for things like surveys. I suggest shutting down your computer while holding down the Shift key (I'm assuming Windows 10 here). Then open it up and run a good malware detector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #7 Posted November 26, 2018 It's the holiday season. You're on the internet. Of course you have been hacked or at least a hack was attempted. Trust very few emails that you don't expect. Look sideways at emails you expect too. The only person I trust here has the user name kzoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #8 Posted November 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, JerrySTL said: Charter was rebranded as Spectrum because everyone, including me, was getting tired of their crappy service. Seems that the name change went OK.... I'm thinking that you were hacked. I never click on links anymore. I manually go to the web site. Often I'll hover over a hyperlink to see what it says, but even that can be confusing as web sites often use different web addresses than their normal for things like surveys. I suggest shutting down your computer while holding down the Shift key (I'm assuming Windows 10 here). Then open it up and run a good malware detector. I downloaded Malwarebytes, scanned, restarted the computer, and scanned again. Nada. I just might have dodged the bullet this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #9 Posted November 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, late said: I downloaded Malwarebytes, scanned, restarted the computer, and scanned again. Nada. I just might have dodged the bullet this time. Ba ku yi ba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted November 26, 2018 Share #10 Posted November 26, 2018 I predict rasnomware will show it's ugly head within the next 90 days. Edit - log this date and make sure you have a backup dated before you opened the email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapr ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #11 Posted November 26, 2018 I was on my FIL computer last night printing some stuff. He died last year..his e mail pops up and there is an e mail from his daughter dated last month. I'm like that is odd. Why would she send her dead dad an e mail? The e mail said something like...thought you would enjoy this ....and a helpful link. I put in the spam for lunch folder and called it a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 26, 2018 Share #12 Posted November 26, 2018 After the local security scan, I would change the password at Amazon and the password on your email. I got hit by an Amazon scam a few years ago. I believe they were fishing for my password. Fortunately, you have a couple of the most powerful service companies on the planet on your side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #13 Posted November 26, 2018 36 minutes ago, Kzoo said: I predict ransomware will show it's ugly head within the next 90 days. Would it make sense to take it to a computer shop, and have them go over it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 26, 2018 Share #14 Posted November 26, 2018 If they got your Amazon password, all activities will not be on your computer. They'll just use your id to get stuff off of Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #15 Posted November 26, 2018 You can go to your Amazon home page and check your orders and order history often. The instant you see a bad order you can have them lock down your account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share #16 Posted November 26, 2018 12 minutes ago, maddmaxx said: You can go to your Amazon home page and check your orders and order history often. The instant you see a bad order you can have them lock down your account. Done that 4 times so far, including archived orders (because a crafty crook can hide an order in there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12string Posted November 26, 2018 Share #17 Posted November 26, 2018 If you clicked on a link for a survey that promised you anything in return, it wasn't Amazon or whoever they claimed to be. And they don't need to leave anything a Malware seeker will find to hack you. And your ISP may not know. You may have given up info during the survey that's enough Never, ever EVER click on links you get in an email that asks you to click on the links. And, BTW, get some more money in that bank account so your credit rating goes up. I got turned down for 3 credit cards just in the last 3 hours! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #18 Posted November 26, 2018 Just now, 12string said: If you clicked on a link for a survey that promised you anything in return, it wasn't Amazon or whoever they claimed to be. And they don't need to leave anything a Malware seeker will find to hack you. And your ISP may not know. You may have given up info during the survey that's enough Never, ever EVER click on links you get in an email that asks you to click on the links. And, BTW, get some more money in that bank account so your credit rating goes up. I got turned down for 3 credit cards just in the last 3 hours! I am still waiting on the pics my new russian girlfriend promised to send. How long does that normally take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #19 Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, jsharr said: I am still waiting on the pics my new russian girlfriend promised to send. How long does that normally take? It is not normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groupw Posted November 26, 2018 Share #20 Posted November 26, 2018 4 hours ago, late said: I downloaded Malwarebytes, scanned, restarted the computer, and scanned again. Nada. I just might have dodged the bullet this time. Download ADWCleaner from Malwarebytes as well. Scans quickly and finds thing Malwarebytes doesn't and vice-versa. Anytime I see a link in an email, I remember the bookkeeper who clicked on a link that said her UPS invoice was there. She was busy and didn't think. It encrypted EVERYTHING Office, .pdf or .jpg related. 35 years of records held hostage! Luckily we had convinced them to do an online backup service. We were able to restore all, but the last 2 hours of work before the incident! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted November 26, 2018 Share #21 Posted November 26, 2018 5 hours ago, late said: Yes, kids, I pay top dollar for third rate service. That’ snot top dollar for third rate service. Satellite broadband is. $129.00 for 50 G of barely broadband service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted November 26, 2018 Share #22 Posted November 26, 2018 36 minutes ago, groupw said: She was busy and didn't think. That's the way it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share #23 Posted November 27, 2018 4 hours ago, groupw said: Download ADWCleaner from Malwarebytes as well. Scans quickly and finds thing Malwarebytes doesn't and vice-versa. Anytime I see a link in an email, I remember the bookkeeper who clicked on a link that said her UPS invoice was there. She was busy and didn't think. It encrypted EVERYTHING Office, .pdf or .jpg related. 35 years of records held hostage! Luckily we had convinced them to do an online backup service. We were able to restore all, but the last 2 hours of work before the incident! Thanks, I did that, and ADW found nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted November 27, 2018 Share #24 Posted November 27, 2018 If you didn't open a attachment or give them any passwords or financial info through an email, they didn't get enough to cause you problems. Otherwise check your stuff carefully and change your passwords. There's an article that was originally published on USA Today's website, Secrets of a former Credit Card Thief (https://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/secrets-former-credit-card-thief-dan-defelippi-1282.php), where he advises people to sign up for Intuit's free mint.com: it gives you one site where you can check all your accounts often and it gives you warnings for unusual spending after you set up the parameters. I do not keep my brokerage accounts listed there, but I keep all my credit card and banking info there. Last year, one credit card that I took on vacation with me has a strange charge of around a dollar for "Hulu." The date was on the day we spent in Ft. Lauderdale before going to nearby Miami to board our cruise, so I assumed it was something I charged at some place there with the same name as the video company and forgot about. The next month, on the same day of the month, I had a "Hulu" charge for about $2. I tracked it down and it was the video company. I then called my credit card's company and was told that's how credit card thieves start, putting small, occasionally charges on the card to see if you notice. They refunded the charges and gave me a new card number. I called Hulu and it turns out the "thief" didn't use my name or the right 3-digit code number on the back of the card. I asked how they charged to my card and was told Hulu doesn't check closely and just checks to see if the card number is good and feeds it right through to the card company that way. So, apparently, someone probably entered there card number with a wrong digit that matched my card and I got charged. They should require name and security code at all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onbike1939 Posted November 27, 2018 Share #25 Posted November 27, 2018 This is why I prefer to buy Malwarebytes pro which works in real-time and to also use a password manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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