Fraudulent FishLore Technical Support Email

[Mike]

Just a heads up - I got one of those emails today but this time it was from FishLore Technical Support. It's like the paypal and <insert bankname here> emails to click here to update your account. It's easy to spoof a link and if you hover over the link you can see where the link is pointing and it most definitely was not fishlore.com. So, if you get one of these emails please don't click on any links or update any account info.

I will never ever ever ever ever send out an email asking anyone to do that. Banks and other places where you have an account most likely would not do that either. Be very careful before clicking links in emails!

Thanks,
Mike

[Butterfly]

Thanks for the heads up Mike.
Carol

[Lucy]

Yikes, thanks for the warning Mike.

[bolivianbaby]

Mike, you know you're getting popular when the spammers start using Fishlore to get information on it's members

Seriously, thanks for the heads up! We appreciate you keeping an eye out for us

[Gouramiguy17]

Boy do I feel special, I get mail! Jk thx 4 the heads up but I have no need to worry, I don't have a bank account

[Robin4]

Thank you Mike....

[Red1313]

Thanks for the heads up

[sirdarksol]

Thanks for the heads up, Mike. I agree that this is a sign of how popular the site is.

Originally Posted by Gouramiguy17

Boy do I feel special, I get mail! Jk thx 4 the heads up but I have no need to worry, I don't have a bank account

This has nothing to do with a bank. This has to do with your Fishlore account. This is a phishing scam trying to get your password for the site. They won't get any money out of the deal, but they sure could cause problems.

[Gouramiguy17]

I know but just in case they downloaded any password hacking technology when you click on the link and later when you go on to go to an online bank they record you password and username and steal all you money

[Tony G.]

Thanks for the heads up mike! Im the kind of person who opens those kinds of emails..
is that why there´s been alot of spam lately? people getting their paswords stolen or something?

[Amanda]

Thanks for the heads up!!

[sirdarksol]

Originally Posted by Tony G.

is that why there´s been alot of spam lately? people getting their paswords stolen or something?

I'd guess no connection. The spam thing seems to happen in cycles (probably when someone comes up with a new spam technique)

[Tony G.]

ah! good to know

[Borisbbadd]

We got a real interesting one the other day. Claimed to be a survey from Paypal.

The first part was just regular questions, no big deal.

The second part started out " now lets pretend to place an order ", with spaces for

name, address, phone, credit card & number.......... ect.

Nowdays you really have to be careful, the bad guys are getting smarter and more inventive.

[Red1313]

Have to say the mods do an awsome job with the spam (I never notice any)... I almost wouldn't have believe we had a problem, until I checked my blog a couple seconds ago, I've never had any comments on it but suddenly I've got more then 48 spammers... oyi.

A round of applause to mike and the mods.

[aquarist48]

Thanks MIke!
Ken

[Melissawater]

Thanks Mike

[suemvb]

Originally Posted by Gouramiguy17

I know but just in case they downloaded any password hacking technology when you click on the link and later when you go on to go to an online bank they record you password and username and steal all you money

OK that makes sense. I've had the bogus ebay and paypal emails before and it was obvious what they were looking for. I was sitting here thinking what would anyone gain by getting my fishlore password?