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TheBurnz Pillar of the Community Canada 586 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 10:01 am Hello all, Just wanted to report that one of our members may have been hacked or our email system has been hacked. I received a email from: Coin Community Forum by NumisRob (Luill Cole <lj.cole@hotmail.co.uk>) It asked you to download the message, and then sign in to another MSN forum. I would just delete the message as it may be a virus. Just thought I should share. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 11:01 am Thanks for the heads-up. Report this Post to the Staff
silverwolf Pillar of the Community Canada 3733 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 11:03 am have you sent him, a message to confirm.. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17979 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 11:25 am That is not my e-mail address and never has been. My name is not Luill Cole and my own e-mail is behaving quite normally. The e-mail certainly did not come from me. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Coconutjoe Pillar of the Community United States 1475 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 11:52 am I got the email too. It did not have any content except for a link, which is no no. At least SPAM and at worst virus/spyware. Do not click the link because just by doing that you can have something downloaded to your computer. If you clicked, then a good virus/spyware program to run is Malwarebutes. It's free (paid version available) and can be downloaded at below link. https://www.malwarebytes.com/mwb-download/ Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24173 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 7:27 pm Whoevers email got hacked had emails FROM Numisrob in their inbox. The hackers forward emails already there because the odds are better the recipient will feel it's familiar and trust it. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
BStrauss3 Pillar of the Community United States 4593 Posts	Posted 01/20/2019 10:01 pm Doesn't have to be hacked - there is a lot of simple spoofing of the from name. The Internet email protocol dates from a kindler, gentler time and just accepts whatever you give it with no validation. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24173 Posts	Posted 01/21/2019 08:51 am You're right. spoofing is easy, but bet the house, these are from someone's hacked account. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9165 Posts	Posted 01/21/2019 09:00 am Ok mine is alright BUT if it was mine account that got hacked what would I have to do to fix it? Report this Post to the Staff
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