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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian22 Jan 2019 6:27 p.m. PST

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The link goes to some website in Russia…

darthfozzywig22 Jan 2019 8:10 p.m. PST

Better give them your passwords, Comrade. :p

Winston Smith22 Jan 2019 10:02 p.m. PST

Don't forget to include your bank data and SSN.

Ed Mohrmann Supporting Member of TMP23 Jan 2019 6:15 a.m. PST

This is a pretty common scam. I usually get a version
of this 3-4 times/month.

Andrew Walters23 Jan 2019 8:38 a.m. PST

To bad counter-hacking takes so much work. I wonder if we'll be able to rid ourselves of this or if it's just a new fact of life.

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP23 Jan 2019 10:07 a.m. PST

Could be legit. Check your outbox to make sure you didn't send it to yourself.

Andrew Walters23 Jan 2019 12:27 p.m. PST

I often send myself emails with links to web servers in Russia.

Gerard Leman25 Jan 2019 2:52 p.m. PST

No Nigerian princesses where harmed in the transmittal of this e-mail.

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