Author:  randyf  Posted:  Mar 21, 2024 13:46  Subject:  Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai  Viewed:  86 times  Topic:  Problem Cancel Reply

BrickLink ID Card randyf (442) Location:  USA, Ohio Member Since Contact Type Status Sep 16, 2009 Seller  Store: The Bricking Spectre BrickLink Catalog Administrator (?)

In Problem, chetzler writes:    I don’t know why BrickLink has suddenly become such a juicy target. All of it started fairly shortly after all of the extremely unpopular part merges started to actually occur. I have a strong feeling that a user here that was very upset about the decisions made is having some "fun" at BrickLink's expense. And judging from the people who are receiving phishing emails (e.g I'm not), the phisher is probably part of an online BrickLink group somewhere else (Facebook? Discord?) that all of you are also part of or maybe they ordered from all of the phishees in the past and already have all of your contact information to use.

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WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - chetzler (2351)

I had a couple of these this in my inbox this morning. They looked completely legitimate. I did login in to BL from my work computer yesterday. When I have logged in from [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

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Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - yorbrick (1185)

[...] I checked earlier, the .net site is about two months old and the bricklink-com.co just two weeks. Whether it is linked to merges, I don't know. Haven't some people [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - chetzler (2351)

[...] That feels like a stretch. The people that tend to get upset about some of BL’s unpopular decisions (myself included) get upset because they love BrickLink. [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - 1001bricks (52503)

[...] Coincidence != causality. There has been attempts before this, and probably hundreds we don't know about, or thousands during those 24 yrs of BrickLink. Apart this, [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - Admin_Russell

[...] Interesting theory. But the scammers that caused the November 3 incident are the same ones that caused the problems last night, and the variant merge project was not [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - cosmicray (3498)

[...] I have not received these phishing emails. That said, I am not a member of any online BL groups, other than reddit, where I visit infrequently. So there may be something [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

Re: WARNING! Login from new device phishing emai - waltzking (8751)

As someone not in any LEGO groups (or at least not using my BL email address), and am still getting the scam emails, I am certain it related to either the hack or fake [...] (3 months ago, Mar 21, 2024, to Problem)

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