Thank you to all my good friends who have contacted me concerned about an email received from my Google address this morning.
Apparently I was stuck in a hotel in Malaysia with no passport or credit cards and was contacting you all for some help.
Whilst I have had many expressions of concern today, not one of you has offered me your bank account details, so it looks like I may have to start swimming.
In seriousness, some unknown third party hacked into my Google email account and not only locked me out but also sent out the fraudalent email. I think the Kuala Lumpan hotel was the give-away and hopefully anyone receiving this email has done the sensible thing and deleted it.
Just for information, re-securing the email account was fairly straight forward as Google have an online form which requests proof of ownership. So my advice to others is to always keep a note of your basic security information and dates of when you set up the account, etc.
It is also a warning to treat any email that asks for money with total suspicion. Thankfully I think everyone on my contact list has the common sense to see straight through this sort of sinister nonsense.
As an additional security measure I have set up a new email address using Yahoo to receive articles and press releases for Spaghetti Gazetti. Please use this one from now on:
spaghetti.editorial@yahoo.com
My apologies to anyone who received the Kuala Lumpan email and if anyone still feels inclined to send me a tenner, I am much more likely to be found in sunny Birmingham.
Apparently I was stuck in a hotel in Malaysia with no passport or credit cards and was contacting you all for some help.
Whilst I have had many expressions of concern today, not one of you has offered me your bank account details, so it looks like I may have to start swimming.
In seriousness, some unknown third party hacked into my Google email account and not only locked me out but also sent out the fraudalent email. I think the Kuala Lumpan hotel was the give-away and hopefully anyone receiving this email has done the sensible thing and deleted it.
Just for information, re-securing the email account was fairly straight forward as Google have an online form which requests proof of ownership. So my advice to others is to always keep a note of your basic security information and dates of when you set up the account, etc.
It is also a warning to treat any email that asks for money with total suspicion. Thankfully I think everyone on my contact list has the common sense to see straight through this sort of sinister nonsense.
As an additional security measure I have set up a new email address using Yahoo to receive articles and press releases for Spaghetti Gazetti. Please use this one from now on:
spaghetti.editorial@yahoo.com
My apologies to anyone who received the Kuala Lumpan email and if anyone still feels inclined to send me a tenner, I am much more likely to be found in sunny Birmingham.
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