ATTENTION: Some people may have received an e-mail from [email protected]

The e-mail contained a threat related to a recent topic on the forum this weekend.

I did not send it. It contained a return address that mad it appear as though I sent it.

I'm sorry for the confusion.

While it's up in the air... When are we going to get our own @abovetopsecret.com email addresses?

thanks for rclearing up the air. I got that bullsh*t. I'm glad to hear it's not you. Hopwever someone is breaking into your account or something william

Yeah I got one too, some threat about how I'm going to feel like I should have never registered here or something. The problem with immature kids these days....

No, the e-mail was sent from another server, using my address as the return address, it's very easy to do.

I got 2 emails today (although not from that return address), and both of them made my virus scan light up (first time it ever did that).

Wonder if its related?

...on that note...just to be safe, let me point out that I don't send any email from my abovetopsecret.com addy...its only for email reception...

...so if anyone receives anything from my ATS addy...it ain't me...


Peace,
ALIEN

what was contained int he email

Originally posted by Quicksilver
what was contained int he email

it was a threat to not bring up 'Jessup'

My emails? Im not sure, I just clicked on it, and my virus protection screen popped up. I immediately deleted them.

Is there any chance this is related to my Norton Internet security warnings that go off so often? It has only happened in the last few days, says a remote computer is trying to access mine. Just wondering if its linked, thats all.

probably not, we are only talking about one screwy individual, not an army of hackers as he wants us to believe

Originally posted by who
Is there any chance this is related to my Norton Internet security warnings that go off so often? It has only happened in the last few days, says a remote computer is trying to access mine. Just wondering if its linked, thats all.

Probably not. If you're on DSL, it may be your ISP pinging you to see if your connection is still active. This will trigger alarms if your security level is set high.

As for the forging emails, it's terribly easy to do. Here's the "Old GeEzErZ" guide to tracking down forged email and spam. Warning: it looks long and complicated. It's not terribly hard. The important part is learning to read the headers:

www.claws-and-paws.com...

An easier version is at Internet Privacy For Dummies site:

www.internetprivacyfordu... mmies.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=index&req=listarticles&secid=3

Got that one this morning about Jessup and ####!!!!

William.....you'll have an apology in your emails today....damn...scared the # out of me this morning!

Grovel.....grovel.....

yeah i thought all members with 4 or more stars were gonna get @abovetopsecret.com e-mail addy's, what happened?

why can't i log in? i can post to a topic, but it always says not logged in? what is up with that?

Originally posted by phoenix_cross
why can't i log in? i can post to a topic, but it always says not logged in? what is up with that?

I don't know... why don't you start a new topic in the XMB forum and give me a better description of your problem.