Timeline for How did the spam email sender get my name?
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| Nov 20, 2014 at 2:59 | comment | added | alexyorke | I've had a similar issue happen to me (except I didn't use a credit card); the spammers decomposed my email address into a name (so [email protected] became "Hi First Name13!") so it seems like it derives the name from the email address. | |
| May 5, 2014 at 18:50 | comment | added | Jon | Not to self: Don't use moneybookers. | |
| May 5, 2014 at 18:05 | answer | added | bvb | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 11:56 | comment | added | Hess | Blame Moneybookers. I started to receive spam after I registered there. I did not even manage to register my credit card, I did not even purchase anything. And I know that spammers got that dedicated address through Moneybookers not somewhere else. | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 8:14 | answer | added | Kenzo | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 30, 2013 at 6:55 | answer | added | TheRookierLearner | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 29, 2013 at 0:08 | comment | added | sharp12345 | This appears to be a known issue with MoneyBookers, I am affected by the same problem, I got spam AND scam emails. Googled it and found this: webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-1110225.html Its sad, but what can we do. | |
| Apr 2, 2012 at 16:53 | answer | added | Brad | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 31, 2012 at 19:26 | comment | added | Mark S. | you purchased something using moneybookers but it was not from moneybookers correct? what site is sending you the product? they may have obtained you name from moneybookers and then sold your information is my guess | |
| Mar 31, 2012 at 14:38 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSecurity/status/186100271099805697 | ||
| Mar 31, 2012 at 11:59 | answer | added | Hendrik Brummermann | timeline score: 6 | |
| S Mar 31, 2012 at 11:25 | history | suggested | htoip | CC BY-SA 3.0 | Added spam tag |
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| Mar 31, 2012 at 7:49 | history | edited | user4541 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 127 characters in body |
| Mar 31, 2012 at 7:14 | history | edited | user4541 | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 127 characters in body |
| Mar 31, 2012 at 6:30 | comment | added | Lucas Kauffman | If you feel like sharing, I'm curious about the website. | |
| Mar 31, 2012 at 6:29 | answer | added | Lucas Kauffman | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 31, 2012 at 6:18 | history | asked | user4541 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |