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I just had my Audiogon account hacked . . .


All,

I received the email, supposedly from Audiogon, below. Like an idiot, I clicked the link and signed into a phony webpage that looked exactly like Audiogon's.

This morning there were two phony ads placed on my account, billed and even paid for by someone. A member asked a question about one of the ads and the hacker actually answered him before I could tell the member that it was a phony ad.

I notified Audiogon, who took care of it for me right away. I just want to make all members aware of what and how the hackers are phishing for our infomation.

Chuck

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"Dear user, Due to recent activity on your account, you will require a second confirmation of identity with us in order to enable further investigation of this matter. Your account is not suspended, but if in 48 hours after receiving this message your account is not confirmed we reserve the right to suspend your registration AudiogoN.
To prove your identity, Click here !

We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause and we want to thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you for using AudiogoN
www.audiogon.com"
krell_man

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roxy54
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Krell Man,
You are not alone. A couple of months ago, I got an email from Audiogon, or so I thought. It said that they were updating their database, and would be removing the members who had not been active for a year or more. Since I am always on the site, I didn't even click on the link, but just ignored it.
A few days later, the real Audiogon home page said "your account has been suspended" when I signed on. Sure enough, a woman I had never heard of had hacked me, and her name was in my personal info, along with her email address. I sent her an email threatening legal action, and of course, she didn't respond.
Anyway, Audiogon fixed it for me in a couple of days, and no real harm was done. I did, however, have to change my password.
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