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maxime_vhw
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So yeah. I didnt know where to post this and idk why im posting this since the ltt team cant really do anything about it but someone is sending out scam mails pretending to be a ltt forum notification. Screenshot_20191008-171721__01.thumb.jpg.82da710da59ae5b6e651f2bc07bc7ab8.jpg

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Are you sure you don't just have email notifications for PM's active?

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https://linustechtips.com/main/notifications/options/

 

Either way, this bot sent a lot of community the same message.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1111643-not-so-inoccent-random-pms-from-emma-?-plz-read-its-a-real-issue/

 

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2 minutes ago, iPOSEiDON said:

I have recieved the same one today.....

The funny thing is, i got redirected to the official https://www.linustechtips.com website. not like a scam physhing site

Wait so you clicked the link? Hhah

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2 minutes ago, minibois said:

Are you sure you don't just have email notifications for PM's active?

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https://linustechtips.com/main/notifications/options/

 

Either way, this bot sent a lot of community the same message.

https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1111643-not-so-inoccent-random-pms-from-emma-?-plz-read-its-a-real-issue/

 

Could be. But i have no dm on the forum. Unless the ltt team has a way of just deleting that dm pretty Quickly

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3 minutes ago, maxime_vhw said:

Could be. But i have no dm on the forum. Unless the ltt team has a way of just deleting that dm pretty Quickly

As you can see, the PM was sent to you and 31 others. If one of these 31 people reported it, the staff here can see the PM and remove it. That is probably what happened (because it is not in my past PM's either)

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mini eLiXiVy: my open source 65% mechanical PCB, a build log, PCB anatomy and discussing open source licenses: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366493-elixivy-a-65-mechanical-keyboard-build-log-pcb-anatomy-and-how-i-open-sourced-this-project/

 

mini_cardboard: a 4% keyboard build log and how keyboards work: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1328547-mini_cardboard-a-4-keyboard-build-log-and-how-keyboards-work/

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Yeah this started yesterday as far as I'm aware. Got a message from Emas595. Seems to be clearing up fine though as far as I can tell by the Status Updates. Everyone was blowing up about it.

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1 minute ago, VegetableStu said:

wait, you got one? o_o my theory on them going alphabetically is bunk then

My theory was them going by account number. (ie. Me: #313534, You: #486687) then counting either +1 or -1 but checking accounts #313533 & #313535 neither were on my list of 31 other recipients.

 

It's possible via a script it created a table of all the existing user accounts then randomized recipients. That's a possibility.

 

I didn't check the acc #'s of the other people so I can't say for sure if they didn't just use a value other that +1/-1 for my first theory.

 

And now the message is gone (probably cause I reported it) so I can't test it.

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PROXMOX - Rebuilding ZFS RAID rpool After Disk Failure

Mass Deploying Customized Windows 10/11 Installs

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How to: Use (i)PXE to Install Windows from a Network

Why Memorize IP's When You Can Self-Host DNS Instead?

Ventoy - The USB Multi-Boot Utility!

Introduction to PXE/iPXE Network Boot Featuring FreeBSD & Ubuntu Server

 

Don't see what you need? Check the Full List or *PM me, if I haven't made it I'll add it to the list.

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You probably had an email notification for private messages enabled, and the message may not be visible because the spam accounts and their contents were removed as quickly as we could.

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*** Thread locked ***

 

This issue has been resolved. For now at least. You can continue discussion about the incident in linked thread.

 

We apologize for inconvenience. Besides the attack itself, this has shown there's issues with PM email notifications. I would highly recommend that you unsubscribe or turn off any such notification here and everywhere else. Or create local filter to keep them away from your main inbox.

 

If you encounter any other spam, please report it as soon as possible so we can deal with it.

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