On Feb 16, 2013 2:00 PM, "Dancing Dan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Robin, > > They could be testing the authentication of those sites and trying to point the blame at your email address.
If I were getting lots then maybe but this is the odd three or four a month so not enough to be attack traffic. Robin > Bart > > On Feb 16, 2013 6:59 AM, "Robin Wood" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've got an old Gmail account that I've set up just to forward to my current account. I've not used it anywhere for years. >> >> In the last couple of months it has been used to sign up for a number of accounts on RPG sites. I know this because I've been getting emails telling me the address needs confirming before the account is fully opened. I assumed this was being done because the sites offer free gold to new sign ups and so the attacker was hoping I'd complete the process so they could then grab the gold. >> >> I can understand the logic there so I just ignore it but in the last couple of days I've also had mails from Lego and the NBA. Could these be trying to score referrer points? Lego just seems a bit of an odd target. >> >> They've also set up a match.com account which is active as that didn't appear to require address confirmation. >> >> Am I right in thinking gold stealing and referrer points? Could it be anything else? >> >> The account itself doesn't appear to be compromised. I've reset the password and checked for forwarders and things like that. >> >> Robin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com
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