EvansLight Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Apparently someone has been trying to use my e-mail address on sites. Recently ive been getting "Reset Password" forms from WindowsLive, which i use for Xbox Live and a few other things of course. At first i dismissed it, thought it was just someone trying to get my xbox live account info. But tonight they registered at Match.com using my e-mail address!! Now there was no "Confirm Your E-mail" just the whole quick and simple "Welcome To Match.com" e-mail. It has me worried as all hell now that someone is trying to fraudulently use that e-mail. I so far have changed my windows live e-mail addy and stopped using that e-mail for everything i can think of. I would cancel the gmail account but i don't know what else i use it for. I have changed all my passwords and made them longer and strong. What else should i do? Or should i stop worrying myself to death over this XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassjaw Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Contact Gmail about the issue, and the sites that they had registered on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 how exactly do i contact gmail? ive looked and cant find anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenSilk Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Dude, i'm getting this same problem, only on Hotmail! I am getting the exact same messages, atleast 1 a day or more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 hmm that makes me wonder if anyone else on the forums has been getting this?Im almost certain they got my e-mail either from using my gamertag, or my windows live/msn messenger id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhishPhood Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Maybe you banned someone and pissed them off?I know one of my friends got banned from a MOH:AA clan we used to play in years ago and then he got the clan leaders e-mail and signed him up for all kinds of awful websites just to spam his mailbox.Maybe its something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeSearchOff Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 EL, arent there always on the bottom of emails like that in small text "didnt sign up for this?" or "want to unsubscribe?"email match.com and other sites youve been getting sign-up notifications from and get them cancelled. then go back to your gmail inbox and mark it as spam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalSoil Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 i got that match thing a long time ago and couldnt find an unsubscribe link either.i wrote them a nice email telling the to take me off their fucking mailing list cause i didnt sign up for whatever shit service they provide!didnt get any more e-mails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted January 7, 2008 Author Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yea i tried contacting match.com and they told me to login and remove the e-mail. So i told em to fuck off.I went ahead and did lots of checking and found i was right, that e-mail was just used for xbox live and a paypal account ive never used that i even forgot why i made. So i went ahead and closed the paypal account, and i had already switched over the xbox live id e-mail, so i just logged into google and close the account So now im not worried about it anymore.It did scare me a bit though. If someone gets into my computer i got a lot of shit i don't want them to have on here. So i went ahead updated all my security software and did some scans. Found the normal spyware/adware shit you normally get, and found a trojan or two, but both had been sitting there doing nothing for ages. I almost bet there remnants of the last major infection i had (browser hijack) but they can't connect out anyways. I got a lock on my connection, and without permission you can't get out As i said i feel better now that the e-mail is histroy. As long as they don't start attacking other ones im fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryantos Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (EvansLight @ Jan 7 2008, 05:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I got a lock on my connection, and without permission you can't get out As i said i feel better now that the e-mail is histroy. As long as they don't start attacking other ones im fine Oh theres a way... *shifty eyes*Theres always a way...MuhahahahaI jk. <3 Edited January 7, 2008 by Bryantos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafeSearchOff Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 anyone know how to encrypt a wireless router so you need a PW to log on...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterboi Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 QUOTE (SafeSearchOff @ Jan 7 2008, 09:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>anyone know how to encrypt a wireless router so you need a PW to log on...?what wireless router do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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