Hamish Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Hope you have had a super birthday weekend John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Indeed! Many happy returns John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaeljf Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Hello John, Also from this side of the world! Regards, Michael. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Happy Birthday John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Thank you Hamish, Nick, Michael and Mark, ad the many other people who sent their good wishes! I had a happy time with some of my family, who narrowly have escaped being April Fools by birth! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Belated greetings John. I forgot it was April Fools day - I trust through your life you lived up to expectation. I used to go to some powerful meetings at British Airway Engineering and although I am a December baby I could not resist being on the verge of comedy all the time. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Another belated birthday greeting, John! My tachometer clicked over the 60 mark a couple of weeks ago, which my colleagues took full advantage of, to my detriment. At least Roger has the advantage of opting towards comedy - for some of us, it seems that being the fool is genetically pre-destined, hoho... Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 John, Pretty sure your email has been hacked. I’m getting hit with requests to send Apple gift cards on your behalf. Might want to check (oh, and happy belated birthday.) C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Very belated greetings, and yes I received as well some gift card requests from John‘s e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetecspit Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 2 hours ago, Martin said: Very belated greetings, and yes I received as well some gift card requests from John‘s e-mail. So have I. Mine went to junk mail, which was odd. Or so I thought. (I wasn't asked for anything, except if I was free atm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerguzzi Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 3 hours ago, Martin said: Very belated greetings, and yes I received as well some gift card requests from John‘s e-mail. Hello All Me to I sent John a PM to warn him Roger ps mine came in at 11.19 I responded at 12.03 and the request came at 12.07 I asked for proof at 12.20 and nothing since(low life SCUM?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Yup, sorry John but someone has accessed your PC! @GT6MK3 can you lock down his sideways account as well (I'll message you separately) as they have access to that also. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Same here - a request to contact him at 12.27 this afternoon, which went into in spam. He may not have access to his computer profile - has anybody sent him a text/WhatsApp message? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 I see on the TRR site he has struggled to download GoPro related software. That went to his phone . Wonder if there is a link/coincidence ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve 13-60 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I also had an email from him around midday, asking if we could chat via email as he couldn't talk. Deffo been hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just spoken to John on the phone. His email (BT) had been hacked. This is now resolved with BT. His Sideways account is also hacked. So he can see posts, but not login to respond. He thanks you all for alerting him! You should also ignore emails from John-r-davies@hotmail.com as this is a creation of the hackers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 16 minutes ago, Nick Jones said: Just spoken to John on the phone. His email (BT) had been hacked. This is now resolved with BT. His Sideways account is also hacked. So he can see posts, but not login to respond. He thanks you all for alerting him! You should also ignore emails from John-r-davies@hotmail.com as this is a creation of the hackers. Excellent Nick, I'm glad someone managed to speak with him. Hopefully all gets fixed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 39 minutes ago, Nick Jones said: Just spoken to John on the phone. His email (BT) had been hacked. This is now resolved with BT. Good man. Does he know how - something he did or was he taken by surprise? Good for him to know and prevent it happening again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I don't think the entry point is known. He's busy changing all his passwords I think I've sorted his Sideways issue...... If so I learned a new skill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 (edited) Teeth of the Gods! This has been an apocalyptic day! First, my thanks to all who contacted me by other means, to warn me of the hack, especially Craig in Oz, who contacted Nick Jones to ask him to ring me, as Craig knew I had been hacked! Wow! The man's a divinator, or else a very savvy computerologist! Yes, I was hacked. They had got into my account at BT, changed the recorded email address to one at Hotmail, AND the mobile number in the file, so I wasn't able to get into my emails and could not receive the security checks they send you, either by email or text, so couldn't reset my password. THEN, they had set the account to email everyone on my list with scamming messages, AND to forward any messages to them! Frightening! After what seemed like hours texting 'experts' on the BT webpage, I persuaded them to give me the BT Email Team's phone number. What a difference! These people know what they are doing, and what the scammers had done, but most importantly how to fix it. Which is now done, and I have my own email address back, with a new password, of course. If this ever happens to you, do not bother with the webpage 'advisors', go straight to 0808 100 6778! But the damage wasn't limited to that. The scammers or some handshaking with BT had changed my email address here on Sideways to the Hotmail one, so I couldn't get in, but Nick has reversed that, and he or Craig sent me a "Change your Password" link, so that I'm back, Brothers and Sisters! Hallelujah! Facebook still is a closed book to me, but that is probably a blessing! But I must now change ALL my passwords! Keyboard cramp looms! My deep thanks to everyone in Triumph and especially here, who contacted me out of concern and helped me out of the hole. John Edited April 7 by JohnD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 John Do you know how they hacked your email in the first place - did you get caught by a scam or download something untoward? Just so that you know which door to keep closed in the future... Do you have malwarebytes installed? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Thank you, Paul! I was calling down the Wrath of the Gods on BT for having let their system be hacked. But another computer wrangler has told me that almost certainly the scammers got my details from me, and then went into BT's system in pursuit of their prey. But I have no idea. I'm not a bottom feeder on the 'Net and can't imagine where I might have let them in. I run Norton Ultimate as my firewall, but will let something else loose in my PC as well. I've used "Cr*pCleaner" before in a similar situatuion. Any recommendations? JOhn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6MK3 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Glad got it sorted John. I managed to stretch out my conversation with scammers to about 15 emails over 6 hours. They we're after a 200 quid Applgift card to pass onto "a friends wife who baling leukemia". They seemed quite frustrated with my photo taking skills Try as I could, I just didn't seem to be able to get it right for them... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 1 hour ago, GT6MK3 said: Glad got it sorted John. I managed to stretch out my conversation with scammers to about 15 emails over 6 hours. They we're after a 200 quid Applgift card to pass onto "a friends wife who baling leukemia". They seemed quite frustrated with my photo taking skills Try as I could, I just didn't seem to be able to get it right for them... It wasn't just me that did that, then In my case it was a £200 Amazon voucher, but I claimed it made Amazon shut down my account. Had to call it quits due to being on discharge watches in US, so it only lasted a couple of hours. It was the same leukemia sob story though........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Just in case anyone is wondering, John still doesn't have access to his Facebook, and the scammer/hacker is still at it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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