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Since last Friday, for some reason, I stopped receiving emails on my home account (not DS account)
Well, it took until today for my ISP provider to show me that someone hijacked my email by changing a preference on my account to FORWARD all my emails to a different email address.
At the same time, this person tried to by a computer worth over $2000 using my PAYPAL account (I had 0 dollars in my acct.) PAYPAL charged my debit acct. $18 for being overdrawn. We have gone to the back & disputed the charge.
Here's what I'm wondering...we figured out that if you Google your username, DS threads & posts can be seen. Is this the same for our "confidential" info we provided DS when we first signed up?
Not trying to cause a panic...
Has anyone else had anything suspiscious happeneing with their OFF-DS email accounts?
Well, it took until today for my ISP provider to show me that someone hijacked my email by changing a preference on my account to FORWARD all my emails to a different email address.
At the same time, this person tried to by a computer worth over $2000 using my PAYPAL account (I had 0 dollars in my acct.) PAYPAL charged my debit acct. $18 for being overdrawn. We have gone to the back & disputed the charge.
Here's what I'm wondering...we figured out that if you Google your username, DS threads & posts can be seen. Is this the same for our "confidential" info we provided DS when we first signed up?
Not trying to cause a panic...
Has anyone else had anything suspiscious happeneing with their OFF-DS email accounts?
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1. Your email account is NOT shown on DS ever. Nobody has access to it ever. The only way they'd have access to it is if YOU give it to them.
2. Your profile, hugbook, journal, photos and communities you've joined ARE shown. This is not a completely private site.
3. Posts and replies are NOT shown unless you sign in.
4. You can sign up using phony info and anon email accounts such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail etc.
5. eBay and PayPal will NEVER ask you for you to do a password renewal, VISA update, account update etc. NEVER click on ANY emails that are requesting this info. Chances are, this is how they got access to your computer. It's also illegal and should be reported as Phishing to both companies, the police etc.
Things to do to be more secure.....
1. get a free Gmail account and use it to sign up to everything.
2. Get an antivirus and keep it updated.
3. Keep journal entries private and don't give out your personal email.
4. NEVER click on any attachment from someone you don't know. It could be a virus. If you don't have an antivirus installed, you could run into all kinds of malware, viruses etc.
Any other questions or concerns, please ask. I don't mind.
Good luck getting your stuff squared away. Identity theft is truly scary.
Your email IS shown on DS. You can edit your account and put someone@anywhere.com or an anon email account. I have Gmail.