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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
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stereo5
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Almost the same thing happened to me on Sunday. Last week I got an email from Audiogon to say I had a message. Stupidly, I clicked the link in the email. On Sunday, I started getting messages for an EMM Labs $10,000.00 cd player. I was lucky that I notified the 2 interested parties that it was a scam and I removed the listing. I then changed my password. I notified Audiogon who warned me not to click on any links in my email.

I guess this is getting to be a big problem here.
rloggie
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Thanks for posting!
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ozzy
7,239 posts
 
I have recieved many emails that are similair to what you recieved. Most of them start out with "your account will be suspended" if i do not sign in and do...whatever.
I NEVER respond to them. But really Audiogon with all the crap there new site has put us through should correct this.
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marakanetz
5,473 posts
 
I think it has nothing to do with your -gon account. It's simply spam e-mail directing you to the similarly looking website so you give your personal information.
carefully looking at the URL will prevent you from being skimmed.

Thanks for the warnings
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albertporter
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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
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