| TodCreasey | 27 Feb 2014 12:49 p.m. PST |
Today I got this email. There is a link to zalil.ru/34987182 which is pretty clearly not from HMGS. I thought the dress code part was pretty funny but I am wondering how they are getting these email addresses Dear Valued Member, You have been invited to the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society Shows for February 27 2014. Please, download your invitation letter Click HERE Please note that download is set to automatic. Please open letter to view Dress code, Your access code, Venue and directions. Your presence is highly appreciated Thank you Tom Dolmes Secretary Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Inc. 2014 |
| Regards | 27 Feb 2014 1:07 p.m. PST |
Yes, I too have been getting the same messages. Erik |
| Mako11 | 27 Feb 2014 1:37 p.m. PST |
"Dress code"! A sure tipoff that the message is fake. |
| Zargon | 27 Feb 2014 1:45 p.m. PST |
LOL Did they say camouflage for dress code? Jeez these guys a shelacking is too good for them. |
| The Tin Dictator | 27 Feb 2014 2:05 p.m. PST |
Yes, I got that email too.
I didn't click on the link because I figured it was probably a really bad idea. And I knew that HMGS would never be so polite.
None of us are "valued members". They won't admit it, but this is not the first time the HMGS member list has been leaked out. |
| hzcmcpheron | 27 Feb 2014 2:16 p.m. PST |
Dress code = "no gang colors", they've probably had some trouble in the past…lol |
| 45thdiv | 27 Feb 2014 4:05 p.m. PST |
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| nazrat | 28 Feb 2014 8:03 a.m. PST |
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| OSchmidt | 28 Feb 2014 8:17 a.m. PST |
I didn't click on it. I don't click on any link I don't know the person personally. All others are deleted. |
| ViscountEric | 28 Feb 2014 11:26 a.m. PST |
It they wanted the scam to work, they would have mentioned HMGS' new Fastpass(tm) to return to the registration line at a certain time without waiting in line. Any Mickey Mouse organization has them nowadays. |
| Larry R | 28 Feb 2014 11:43 a.m. PST |
Anything with a .ru comes from Russia. Some of the best hackers in the business. |
| historygamer | 28 Feb 2014 11:47 a.m. PST |
We should do a "Russia" theme so we can get back at them.
:-) |
 Bobgnar  | 28 Feb 2014 7:16 p.m. PST |
Yes indeed it's a big pfishing expedition especially since I doubt there's any H MGS meeting on February 27, let alone one with the dress code. What I find fascinating is the fact that they have somehow latched on to H MGS. Such a lowly organization within the total framework of organizations in the United States. And how would they know which people to reach. are both of those people who got messages from the same area or organization? I get hundreds of messages every week from all over the world's for all sorts of things but I've never gotten this one. I can imagine that an organization that deals with a war although it's not in the title of the organization, would be in the crosshairs of the NSA. But how does the Russian mafia or whoever controls activities like this in the Russia know about us? |
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