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insidetheeye New user 84 Posts |
Can someone please get a hold of Bob Sanders he is a victim of fraud.. I wonder if other names or emails have been harvested from here..
I really like Bob.. He was very nice to me when I purchased his eggs and silks.. Bob Sanders (amazedwiz@yahoo.com) Add to contacts 12:43 PM [Flag this message] Picture of Bob Sanders Good Morning Sorry to bother you with this, my family and I came down here to Lozova, Ukraine for a short vacation to visit a resort and we got mugged at gun point last night at the park of the hotel where we lodged.All cash,credit cards and mobile phone were stolen from us. thank God we still have our passport ID with us, We've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not helping issues at all,our flight leaves today and We're having problems settling the hotel bills, we still have some money in our account but we don't have access to it right from here. The hotel manager won't let us leave until we settle the hotel bills am freaked out, I need a loan of $2000 USD from you. I will refund the money back to you once we get home. Please do not hesitate to e-mail me back and I'll advise on how to transfer it via (Money Gram Or Western Union Money Transfer). Thanks so much. Looking forward to hearing from you. Bob Sanders Magic Valley Ranch |
Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
I also got this. I suspect his email was hacked. I've sent him a PM about it on the Café, as well as a message on Facebook.
- Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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insidetheeye New user 84 Posts |
Maybe Steve should do a mass email to everyone in the forum.. So we can all watch each others backs..
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
I would hope that most magicians are saavy enough not to fall for tricks like this.
BTW, this has happened before with another magician friend, Kyle Peron (Magic4U02). - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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insidetheeye New user 84 Posts |
I just phoned him at home.. he is really having a bad time.. everyone needs to return the email they got to abuse@yahoo.com and abuse@live.com in the subject line write 419 SCAM.. We have to try and get the email closed down .
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magic4u02 Eternal Order Philadelphia, PA 15110 Posts |
Yes it did happen to me and not sure exactly how. I immediately changed my passwords and checked everything and it stopped. I also ran all virus software and applications to clean out anything it found.
Kyle
Kyle Peron
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insidetheeye New user 84 Posts |
He got an email from yahoo days ago telling him to reset his account .. that was a scam email.. so facebook and yahoo and live have been compramised.
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
Never follow a link in an email, asking you to reset.
He is still posting his political stuff on Facebook, so I assumed that was working fine. - Donald P.S. If you aren't very internet saavy, then it might be helpful to spend some time on Facecrooks or Bit Defender.
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts |
Bob told me he can not get in at all.
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
I just got a PM from Bob, here on the Café. And yes, one of his email addresses was hacked. And because he has it linked to another email address, that means 2 of his email addresses were hacked.
- Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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insidetheeye New user 84 Posts |
@ Donald what I don't understand is where is the scammer getting our emails from.. Is it from this forum or is it Bob's personal email address book.
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
If the person hacked into Bob's email account(s), then they got our email addresses from there. I gave Bob my email address at one time, and I've exchanged emails with him. It makes sense that he would have emails for quite a few magicians, because of selling the silk products.
- Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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John Long Inner circle New Jersey 2826 Posts |
A few years ago someone started sending out spam from/or spoofing my yahoo email. Yahoo's suggestions were to change passwords, bla, bla, bla. The problem most likely existed on Yahoo's side, and I found just one thing that stopped the emails - wipe out my address book on yahoo. I don't know the mechanics of what these people do, but it was clear that once "in", they gather/use names from the address book. I've since put contact information in other locations (e.g.; the self created email "folders", or separate text files). Its not as convenient, but it seemed to stop the problem for me.
By the way, I was on vacation in Negeria, and got mugged a gun point and had everything taken from me, if you could just sent $1 it would help alot.. John
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
A North American going to Ukraine for a "short vacation" - clue #1
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Donald Dunphy Inner circle Victoria, BC, Canada 7563 Posts |
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On 2013-11-12 13:52, insidetheeye wrote: From this description, it sounds like he was phished, and then hacked with the info he gave to the phishers. If people don't know what "phishing" is, here's some info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing - Donald
Donald Dunphy is a Victoria Magician, British Columbia, Canada.
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Dynamike Eternal Order FullTimer 24148 Posts |
Another way they go about it is through Facebook.
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latentimage Elite user No More Room In Hell.. 440 Posts |
Yea, I got this too. Hope nobody fell for it...
"Come to the edge," he said, They Said "We Are Afraid," "Come to the edge," he said, They Came, He Pushed Them...And They Flew. -Apollinaire
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
Thanks guys for seeing the attempted fraud by Amazedwiz@LIVE.com. I think the weak link was Yahoo during their change over dropping Yahoo Classic
Things are up and working again. Thanks to all! Bob |
Ray Bertrand Inner circle Ottawa, Ontario 1452 Posts |
I'm happy to see that you are alive and well. Scammers are everywhere and I've had my yahoo email compromised before. Everyone was getting 'Trojan horse' emails from my account. I finally got it fixed but it is a royal pain in the a**.
Ray
Mentalism in Ontario.
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
Agreed!
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