Beware of Summer Wine Net spam

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Garrett

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Greetings all, Terry has reinstated me as a member after suffering from server problems for quite a while, and after being re-established, I got a strange message, which other members may also have experience with.

This morning (Aug. 26th) I got an email from "Summer Wine Net" (actually sent from tony@cornishman.net), saying:

You have been added as a User to Summer Wine Net by an Administrator.
This email contains your username and password to log in to (http)://server-four.com/

It had my username but not my password. I foolishly clicked on that link without really thinking, and it gave me the message that the address doesn't exist. So I expect I have notified some spambot that my email address is active and I can now expect more spam emails in future.

Just thought I would pass that on to everyone in case you happen to receive a message from Summer Wine Net. Don't bother opening it.
 
Garrett said:
Greetings all, Terry has reinstated me as a member after suffering from server problems for quite a while, and after being re-established, I got a strange message, which other members may also have experience with.

This morning (Aug. 26th) I got an email from "Summer Wine Net" (actually sent from tony@cornishman.net), saying:

You have been added as a User to Summer Wine Net by an Administrator.
This email contains your username and password to log in to (http)://server-four.com/

It had my username but not my password. I foolishly clicked on that link without really thinking, and it gave me the message that the address doesn't exist. So I expect I have notified some spambot that my email address is active and I can now expect more spam emails in future.

Just thought I would pass that on to everyone in case you happen to receive a message from Summer Wine Net. Don't bother opening it.
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It is OK Garrett,Darren told me about this message earlier and after some investigation,I found that the back room lads had clicked the wrong button this morning when doing a backup,your right the link does not work and is not supposed to,but there is no danger
 
Glad to hear there's no danger. Like I said, I was just afraid that I'd verified a working email address to some spambot. I didn't follow my own rule of thumb - always check the sender's address to see if it's a legitimate email before clicking on any links.
 
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