Sounds to me like you stopped in time, and nothing to fear. And yes, it's a reminder how easily done it is, plus why I will never use Windows and the fear of '.exe' file havoc!
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at 5:49:31 PM UTC+1, Sagues wrote: > > Many thanks for your comforting message, Jason. > > J > > On 3 Apr 2018, at 17:04, Jason Davies <ophi...@me.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > On 3 Apr 2018, at 14:46, Sagues wrote: > > Very embarrassing what a bit of enthusiasm can do. > > > on the contrary, it shows how easy it is and it's a good reminder to us > all to be careful. > > I once reset my ebay password, went to my email, got the email saying > about resetting my password, went off to fill it in, but when they asked > for my PIN, got suspicious... > > the real reset email came in about 30 seconds after the phishing one. > > You stopped at the right point, I think. It's hard to be absolutely > bullet-proof sure but I imagine the scans would turn up any issues (you > could always google the URL minus the com, with 'scam' to see if anything > turns up?) > > Best not to mess with it to find out more if you ask me! > > cheers > J > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to smug+uns...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send an email to sm...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > Regards > > *Jean* > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
