Important Re: Pfishing/Hacking Accounts Via MSN

[ForHisGlory]

To not have to retype this all I'm cut and pasting...
Forgive the choppiness:

meh says:
ok. your account was hacked tonight
ForHisGlory says:
crud
ForHisGlory says:
how?
meh says:
i don't know. it's been banned just until we can get this sorted
meh says:
he/she was posting dirty messages in the CB
ForHisGlory says:
ok...here's what I know
ForHisGlory says:
last night I got a message about having to reactivate my MSN Passport
ForHisGlory says:
I ignored it
ForHisGlory says:
tonight at about 9:30 I got it again
ForHisGlory says:
but it said if I didn;t reactivate it it would be deletd in 7 days
ForHisGlory says:
it said it was an MSN Technical problem
Tommy says:
is it the same password?
ForHisGlory says:
then it asked me to click yes and knows with MSN Links
ForHisGlory says:
it asked for my full name, emai, and password
ForHisGlory says:
the first password I used IS my CF passowrd
ForHisGlory says:
and was my MSN too
ForHisGlory says:
but it said wait while it authorized it
ForHisGlory says:
then said invalid
ForHisGlory says:
so I typed in the only other password I ever use to use and it said the same thing...wait for verification
ForHisGlory says:
then it said ok account authorized
ForHisGlory says:
I was on the phone with my best friend letting her know how agravating it was that I couldn;t remember the password
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ForHisGlory says:
there is no way anyone got my passowrd except that MSN passport thing
ForHisGlory says:
I am so sorry for everyone who had to deal with that
ForHisGlory says:
Tommy...this Shawn... I'm in here with Tammy. The person or whoever itis that caused this has just logged back on
ForHisGlory says:
Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation.

Microsoft Network Messenger Registration Services - Your account requires Activation says:
i hacked ur account
Microsoft Network Messenger Registration Services - Your account requires Activation says:
ur not a mod anymore
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meh says:
tammy, i can see the blessings log. i need to tell you that the person gave out about 170,000 blessings to two people. with dirty messages. i am so sorry.
meh says:
tammy, i'm going to let those two posters know that wasn't you. i think they would already know that, but i'll do that now so you can not worry about it at the moment
ForHisGlory says:
okay...
Tommy says:
Tammy, I want you to start a thread when you come back in announcements, tell everyone you were hacked and for what it's worth, apologize. I will chime in and tell folks I saw the conversation with the hacker on msn (for a bit anyway).
Tommy says:
this is not your fault, so don't fret
Tommy says:
tell everyone in that thread how you were phished and that will give a head's up


Ok.....I have more but will email to Tommy and Susan.
Again, I'm sorry for being stupid and falling for this...and I thank from tthe heart those who helped in the clean up...and I thank my friends for knowing it wasn;t me, and for doing the right thing with reporting and PM'ng me, even though I couldn't get here..so please be careful everyone..this person doesn;t plan on making me the last target as in the chat further he said he had it done to him and is now doing it to others.

We will find out who this is, and they have been reported to MSN already. Never Ever give passwords etc over IM's, MSN will not contact you that way,,,no matter how legit it looks.
's My Friends
Tammy

 

[ravenscape]

Yow. Thanks for sharing this warning Tammie. Pfishers can be very convincing, that's for sure. I hope this pfisher is caught and stopped.

It can be a pain to have a gazillion different passwords, but that's what I do. I never use the same password for my main email accounts, forums, IM, etc. That way, if someone manages to hack one password, they can only do so much damage.

 

[herev]

For the record, I was invited into the msn chat between FHG and the Phisher. I witnessed his/her comments and can confirm that ForHisGlory was not responsible for the blessings pm's or the chat box comments made under her account name.
Thanks for sharing this with us--if there are any other concerns, please pm me or meh
herev, Support Team Admin