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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 12:41 AM
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Exclamation An apology, and warning!

My personal e-mail account was hacked, and unfortunately it did affect those members here whom I have communicated with via e-mail.

The Spam-Bot that grabbed my account sent out a mass mailing concerning a "Raspberry Weight Loss Scheme". If you have received that e-mail, delete it immediately and do not open it.

The affected e-mail account has been locked down by Yahoo. To those affected I offer my sincerest apologies, I'm more than a little pissed off and embarrassed.
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 12:46 AM
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There is also another with your full name as the subject line & a load of email addresses from here..
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 12:51 AM
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What time was it sent out, I need to communicate that to Yahoo and Internet Brands.
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 01:03 AM
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IDK, had to be Feb.23 & since it hit my spambox, I just DELETED it when I saw a link.
But there were a LOAD of e-addys from here.
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 01:04 AM
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OK, disregard the last post, Yahoo was able to provide me with a list of the recipients via fax. Since the account is now locked down, no further mailngs should occur.

Again, to those members who received it, my utmost apologies.

And how very nice of it to send one to my late Father.
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 01:14 AM
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Hey You sure I could send you a copy, I don't know how to delete nothing.
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 01:16 AM
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If you could forward me a copy without opening it, that would be great. That account can still receive incoming mail, but it cannot send anything until its security is verified.
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 04:02 AM
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What? the email was bogus - actually I'm glad cause I HATE raspberry and their damn little seeds.

(Seriously though - I checked my emails - nothing received here).
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 04:46 AM
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Hey whopper,
Is this the same type of email thing that you and I have been talking about?
Old Feb 24, 2014 | 05:24 AM
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I got one. it comes from mikes full name and is a link of some kind. The firewall here at work stops me from opening it

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