Author:  CE_Tanja  Posted:  Mar 4, 2024 15:25  Subject:  Phishing email  Viewed:  598 times  Topic:  Administrative Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card CE_Tanja Location:  USA, California Member Since Contact Type Status Feb 17, 2021 Admin BrickLink Administrator

Dear all, We have been made aware that phishing emails have been sent to some of our members, asking them to log in to "Bricklinks.net" (note the s in the name) This is an attempt to get people to share their BrickLink login information. Please do not try to log on as there is a risk that the information will be used to illegally access your BrickLink account. We would like to remind you that we have implemented OTP (One-Time PIN) which is an additional security that even if they have gotten access to your username and password, they will not be able to access your account if you have turned on OTP. If you have not chosen to use OTP, we advise that you consider doing so in the future. You can read more about how to turn on OTP here: https://www.bricklink.com/help.asp?helpID=2615&q=OTP Please update your BrickLink password regularly and make sure to use different passwords for different platforms. The BrickLink Team

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Re: Phishing email - BricksThatStick (6364)

[...] Thanks for this Tanja... Is this information also being sent as a genuine email to the whole userbase? (the 99.9% of members who won't see this forum message) (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - ErwinNL (622)

I have seen it on Facebook and some Discord groups, be careful. (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - The_Boyz_Bricks (113)

[...] Thanks for the heads up! (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - Nubs_Select (3776)

suspicious indeed! (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - Bricklone (8)

[...] Enabling OTP with a phone number could eventually be great! (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - Leonardo_S (23)

Thank you for the info Tanja. Leo (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - Saitobricks.ca (37)

Thanks for the heads up!:) We wouldn't want another hacking. (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - BrickDeals (2800)

[...] Why doesn't a multi-billion dollar company buy up all domains similar to Bricklink and then just redirect them all to Bricklink.com? (2 months ago, Mar 4, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - Peter711 (16)

[...] Will this option (OTP) be available to sellers only? (2 months ago, Mar 5, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - theoryzero (596)

I got the phishing email yesterday and it was within 60 seconds of a brand new user placing an order. I’m guessing they do this to get your email address to send the phishing [...] (2 months ago, Mar 5, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email UPDATE March 5 - Admin_Russell

Hello again everyone, Our security team was able to get the original bricklinks.net site taken down, but we got reports this morning of a new bricklinks.org site and evidence [...] (2 months ago, Mar 5, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - dartiss (0)

You really need to add OTP for all users, not just sellers, for better security. You sent me the email to tell me about this, despite me not having a seller account, and finding [...] (2 months ago, Mar 6, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - chriselliottart (563)

[...] I also got one of these today from policyking dot net. Besides that, the links go to a wix site. But the email at a glance without hovering the links or checking the [...] (2 months ago, Mar 20, 2024, to Administrative)

Re: Phishing email - yorbrick (1184)

The OTP codes are going to be useless to combat scammers. The current phishing scam is asking people to sign in with their user name and password. Once those are entered, on [...] (2 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Administrative)

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 Msg 1 « - CE_Tanja 2 months ago Mar 4, 2024 to Administrative
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