I just had my Audiogon account hacked . . .



All,

I received the email, supposedly from Audiogon, below. Like an idiot, I clicked the link and signed into a phony webpage that looked exactly like Audiogon's.

This morning there were two phony ads placed on my account, billed and even paid for by someone. A member asked a question about one of the ads and the hacker actually answered him before I could tell the member that it was a phony ad.

I notified Audiogon, who took care of it for me right away. I just want to make all members aware of what and how the hackers are phishing for our infomation.

Chuck

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"Dear user, Due to recent activity on your account, you will require a second confirmation of identity with us in order to enable further investigation of this matter. Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after receiving this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your registration AudiogoN.
To prove your identity, Click here !

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause and we want to thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you for using AudiogoN
www.audiogon.com"
krell_man

Showing 1 response by albertporter


Phishers have run that and other scams on me at least eight times in the last few months.

Most recent appears to be a message from Audiogon telling me a member has started a conversation with me:

New Message from AudiogoN Customer
From:

dblsonds 11/06/2012
dblsonds started a conversion with you.

To see the message click here.

What Now?
View the entire conversation on Audiogon

Regardless of browner or operating system, The first and most basic line of defense, NEVER fill data in via email or click the link.

Open your browser using your verified Audiogon bookmark to access your account. If you cannot find the reported conversation or any problem with your account you just avoided a scam.

Lots of good data here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing