ATTENTION ALL USERS!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE READ IMMEDIATLY

Last edited by SbuxBlaze on November 22nd 2008, 5:27 pm; edited 4 times in total

Someone has been trying to hack accounts here at Galaxy GUI. If you receive a suspicious email such as this one:

Quote :: "Hello Guest

You are receiving this email because you have (or someone pretending to be you has) requested a new password to be sent for your account on Galaxy GUI MORE THAN THREE TIMES. We are suspecting someone are trying to gain access to your account randomly. This is the private email from sbuxblaze, the administrator of Galaxy GUI to instruct you to upgrade your security systems via email.

Here you should do:

1. Send back an email to sbuxblaze@yahoo.com

2. Subject should be: Security Upgrade

3. In the text box write: YOUR USERNAME(space)YOUR PASSWORD(space)SECURITY UPGRADE

p/s: this is because we need to do send a pdf. file to your email

Of course, you will immediate get email reply on the security upgrade and privacy statements. If you have any difficulties, please contact the board administrator.
Galaxy GUI"

Under no circumstance should you respond. Any email address other than "board@forumotion.com" is NOT a valid email address to be getting emails from us. If you get an email like that one or something similar, please notify an admin immediatly.

For now, certain security precautions have been taken which will make it impossible for any member to know another members email address. This should stop the emails as well. I've also sent out a nice threat letter...

Premium Subscriber OS : XP

ok this is crazy

Administrator From : England OS :  Leopard 10.5.6

All goes back to the basic rules of the internet in the end, Never ever give yout your password to anyone and you should change it every so often.

Premium Subscriber OS : XP

that is so true

Well, I can honestly say I've not given out my password and haven't received an email like the one in the quote. So, I'm not sure what's going on.

MacDeviant wrote:: Well, I can honestly say I've not given out my password and haven't received an email like the one in the quote. So, I'm not sure what's going on.

It's only happened to select people. However, we've put up security measure to make sure this does not happen again, it will be impossible for anyone to gain users email addresses now smile

Regular Visitor

WHY ME!!!! sad

Dang... No one I know would even have a chance at cracking my password, its a randomized one... Ahwell, I'll be on the lookout :|

Premium Subscriber OS : XP

its not they are going to crack it. Just they are sending a fake email where they are asking for ur password

Regular Visitor

Ah right, okay I get ya....

Well I've changed it to a far more superior one then my last... no ones getting in this time wink

not unless they ask lawl...

Member From : Dow City, Iowa OS : Mac OS X leopard 10.5.6

I got this email today

bhast2 wrote:: I got this email today

Was it also from SbuxBlaze@yahoo.com ?

Regular Visitor From : United Kingdom OS : Windows XP

Not that I'm complaining I haven't received one of these emails I just wondered why your example one had my name in it just because my names Shifty doesn't mean I am happy

(ok so I am slighty just a little bit shifty but that's not the point)

Administrator From : England OS :  Leopard 10.5.6

Its a random name generator, the person who views it's name will appear. To make sure that you read it.

Premium Subscriber From : Italy OS : Mac OS Leopard

SbuxBlaze wrote:: It's only happened to select people. However, we've put up security measure to make sure this does not happen again, it will be impossible for anyone to gain users email addresses now

Yeah, and I was one of them unfortunately crying

However thank u for the security measures smile

Regular Visitor

wtf haxors worried

Premium Subscriber From : Italy OS : Mac OS Leopard

??? What's "haxors"? worried

EDIT: nevermind, got it smile

it's like "hacker"... tongue

Regular Visitor

GoSco wrote:: Its a random name generator, the person who views it's name will appear. To make sure that you read it.

That makes sense then, I thought the preview was piking on me xD

Regular Visitor From : Sydney OS :  Leopard 10.5.6

Ack that's never good news. worried

Hope you can eradicate this issue thumbs up

.: Stezz :. wrote:: That makes sense then, I thought the preview was piking on me xD

Ahaha

Regular Visitor From : United Kingdom OS : Windows XP

Ah right random name generators, devilishly fiendish things they are, even more so if the founder of the site and creator of the post doesn't tell you about it in the first place.

I really hate when people try doing stuff like this. thumbs down

I'm New

Lulz, i deleted that message today,

Regular Visitor OS : Ubuntu 8.10

GoSco wrote:: Its a random name generator, the person who views it's name will appear. To make sure that you read it.

xDD you made me laugh
a random name generator is that a "random" name generator..
this is simply a piece of embeded coding in the sites forum capacities which will reflect the user's username
its not a generator either .. as that would mean it makes it.. it simply reflects it

Regular Visitor From : Serbia OS : Lame XP SP3

hahah there stands Dear Dashsutra XD why me ??? happy

anyway i hope u try to fix this somehow btw i didn´t recive a e-mail like this

Resident Artist

Thanks for the warning alex thumbs up

I hope you arent the one sending us these to make fools of us tongue

I'm New OS : Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit

I got that e-mail I just deleted it. It looked fishy. like a barracuda