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sindersoot
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I recently received an email addressed to "sindersoot". This is the only site I use that username on. They obviously had my correct email address.
The email was from a person in Russia wanting to be my "friend", stating they had found my name on some Friends for Life site or something similar! Total rubbish and untrue, never been on any site or similar!
Anyone any idea how they would have been able to access my details?
Just wondering if I don't have privacy settings set correctly???
The email was from a person in Russia wanting to be my "friend", stating they had found my name on some Friends for Life site or something similar! Total rubbish and untrue, never been on any site or similar!
Anyone any idea how they would have been able to access my details?
Just wondering if I don't have privacy settings set correctly???
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See here
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=23711861&postcount=70
here
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2773792
and here
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2779452"Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100 -
Thanks Premier, there is a lot of useful information in the links.0
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