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Subject: Gadzooks, you bounder! You've stolen my email address!

bitplayer opened this issue on Sep 20, 2007 · 3 posts


bitplayer posted Thu, 20 September 2007 at 8:16 AM

Has anyone besides me had their Renderosity email address compromised?  For my member profile I used to use an email address that was common to several 3D art communities (Rendo, DAZ, etc.).  But recently it was compromised: I started to receive email from spammers.  For example: 

Hello,
 
This letter may come to you as a surprise, but I plead with you to patiently read through it before deciding whether to
assist me or not.
 
I am DR. YEMI OLABISI of Julad International Medical Hosiptal. I wish to solicit for your assistance in this transaction,
which I strongly believe will be of mutual benefit to both of us if treated with trust and confidentiality it deserves.
 
I have in my possession complete document that covers a huge amount of money belonging to late Mrs. Lisa Musa who died of cancer last month.
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But, since the address was used at several sites, I didn't know where the leak occurred.  So, I changed my email address at each site to be unique.  Now, my email address at Rendo is used ONLY at Rendo.  Well, after only about a week with the new Rendo email address, it has once again "fallen" into the hands of spammers.  I, personally, have NEVER used this new Rendo email address to communicate with anyone.  

So what's the story?  Has Renderosity sprung a leak?????