Competition shenanigans / spam!

I_luv_cats

(1) Are many people getting bogus FB you won replies. I've had a few and just delete them / don't go any further.
What's their game??


(2) Is anybody getting loads of emails from .club?
Don't know if my email address was harvested from a competition or auto generated?

sheils6

Not getting anything like that I’m pleased to say.

mumto2boys

I had a few bogus you won messages yesterday as comments directing me to their website. I just ignored it. It's annoying though.

mjm3346

Are many people getting bogus FB you won replies

I haven't but it seemed to pick up steam a few weeks ago with a proper comp post that was targeted (and initially pulled) and has now become a "thing" to do for the scammers.

(2) Is anybody getting loads of emails from .club?
Don't know if my email address was harvested from a competition or auto generated?

Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

dlpfan2019

Yes I have been on FB

Reported them but each time FB says its not against there guidelines which I find very odd so no real way of getting rid of them

Ashgate

I've had the Kwik Fit one as mentioned on its advent thread, but thankfully nothing else.

I_luv_cats

mjm3346 wrote: »

I haven't but it seemed to pick up steam a few weeks ago with a proper comp post that was targeted (and initially pulled) and has now become a "thing" to do for the scammers.




Check if you have an account that has been compromised in a data breach

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Oh no — pwned!
Pwned on 1 breached site and found no pastes (subscribe to search sensitive breaches)


Onliner Spambot (spam list): In August 2017, a spambot by the name of Onliner Spambot was identified by security researcher Benkow moʞuƎq. The malicious software contained a server-based component located on an IP address in the Netherlands which exposed a large number of files containing personal information. In total, there were 711 million unique email addresses, many of which were also accompanied by corresponding passwords. A full write-up on what data was found is in the blog post titled Inside the Massive 711 Million Record Onliner Spambot Dump.

Compromised data: Email addresses, Passwords




Must be a harvested competition email or computer generated. They use supermarket names, diet, online shopping, love, bit coin etc. I guess to get a response. Had 12 this afternoon!!

mjm3346

I_luv_cats wrote: »

Must be a harvested competition email or computer generated. They use supermarket names, diet, online shopping, love, bit coin etc. I guess to get a response. Had 12 this afternoon!!

An old e-mail address I already knew had been pwned (not used for comping) has been getting lots of spam in the last few weeks and just looked at one and it does end .club

Zanzib

My current comping email address hasn't been compromised, but my standard one- which is rarely used for comping, has been compromised several times in the last few years, and has been getting lots of spam this month.

dontone

I think I've been picked to win at least £10k's worth of supermarket vouchers this month.
Not to mention the trip for two to Lapland, and some 'Medium' called Amanda who keeps wanting to get in touch.
Also lots of 'Russian Babes' and 'Bitcoin' rubbish too.
It is quite comical that the vast majority of the emithers are riddled with spelling mistakes though.
Seems to be the norm at this time of year to get pestered by them.
Be Lucky

priorslee

dlpfan2019 wrote: »

Yes I have been on FB

Reported them but each time FB says its not against there guidelines which I find very odd so no real way of getting rid of them

Same here - I've had 3 of these in the last month or so.
Also reported to FB with similar response, but the offending FB profiles have disappeared a day or two after reporting.