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[Closed] Is there an upsurge in Gmail accounts being compromised?

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In the last 24hrs I have had to sort my Dad's email account out, as it was spewing out spam/phishing mails to all his contacts, and just now I got some spam/phishing mails from some guy I dealt with on here back in 2012.


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 2:09 pm
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Dunno but am getting loads of spam about willy extending pills. ๐Ÿ˜

Edit: in the last week I've been getting loads of these e-mails, probably around 6 daily, whereas normally it's a couple per week.

Either my gmail account has been compromised or someone's been selling mailing lists.


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 2:23 pm
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If anyone is worried about their gmail being hacked, Google's two factor authentication works very well


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 3:30 pm
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Probably just the faked sender field in the email.
Happens from time to time, where you get a batch from yourself or someone you know or have communicated with.

I get both willy extending and tit cupsize enhancing emails in the same batch.
Oh, and Adriana sends me a facebook message every day too.


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 4:46 pm
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If anyone has a Gmail willy extending invite going spare, I could do with one ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 10:10 pm
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I have but sadly it says 50% off. Sounds a bad deal. I can't afford tweezers....


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 10:15 pm
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Mil had the same, she still won't do 2 step verification though... Happens much less than other mail provides from my experience.


 
Posted : 21/07/2014 11:07 pm