I'm suddenly buried under spam asking me about about the video I posted to Vimeo (I've never posted a video anywhere). It's being addressed to every address on my account, including a couple I don't think I have ever actually used. Does this mean I've been hacked? Is there soemthing in particular I should do (e.g., virus check, etc.)
Thank you!!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
You have not been hacked, nor do you have malware. I've just started receiving a bunch of those as well, on a rather obscure old e-mail address. Who knows where they got their list from, but it must be a fairly outdated source! đ The address in question was an old throwaway that never got used much, and hasn't been used at all in a couple years. They haven't targetted any of my other addresses.
It is possible that a Windows user who has your address in their contact list has gotten malware of some kind, or perhaps their e-mail account has been hacked. Those things happen all the time.
Thank you. As long as it's just an annoyance, an extra "delete" keystroke, I'm far less concerned.
- Michael D.
I've also recived today more than 10 of that (supost) Vimeo e-mails.
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That is annoyance having to delete then.
What??? You're telling me that "Gwyneth Carter" doesn't actually work for the Washington Post? And isn't interested in the video that I (didn't) post on vimeo? I'm so disappointed.
I'm sure that in a day or two you'll have gotten over it đ (I had 8 of the darn things this morning and I don't even have a Vimeo account. Love to know where the scum spammers got the email addresses.)
Well, actually she works for the Washington Times. : )
Actually, I have gotten 13 of them in the last two days;and I haven't even heard from Gwenyth yet!
Thanks for your reply. I've received 3 of these in the past 24 hours. I actually have posted on Vimeo, so I clicked on the link as it seemed authentic (call me naive).
It just brought me to a pill site. Hope that didn't add anything harmful to my cpu.
In terms of malware, no, it probably didn't do anything, though you should make sure all system updates are installed (Java updates in particular) to prevent possible drive-by downloads.
Most likely, it was just either an attempt to generate sales from really gullible people or a phishing attempt. Probably not the latter, since it would have tried to get your Vimeo login if that's what it was.
I, too, have received many (about ten) of these messages today. Verry frustrating! Sure, they're filed away as Junk by the Mail application, but that means I do still receive them. Where the fsck did these people get our addresses from? Yeah, I'd like to know that too.
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