Comments on: Wikipedia e-mail address confirmation scam

By: kim

kim — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:03:23 +0000

has anyone else gotten a message on top of wikipedia saying that you have new messages? I got a mesage from cresix (I have never signed up for an account with wikipedia) saying my ip address (not even my address) was detected making changes to a website I have never been on (and a topic I have no interest in). I have tried contacting wikipedia to find out what’s on the go. anyone else have this problem? is this a scam or spam or spyware or what? I haven’t received that one myself, Kim, but if the email asked you to follow a link, open a file, or reply with information, it’s probably some kind of spyware/malware/phish. It could simply be an error, either way, why worry about it and waste time trying to get to the bottom of it. Simply delete it and move on with your day. BM

By: anshul

anshul — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:21:30 +0000

i want to confirm my mail address. Why?

By: shahrzad

shahrzad — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 21:45:07 +0000

i want confirm my mail address This is either very funny, or very sad. BM

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:23:32 +0000

Thanks - I did wonder when I saw the IP address was Eastern Europe!

You confirmed it’s a scam. Thanks for this.

By: Jan Sassmannshausen

Jan Sassmannshausen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:53:06 +0000

Thank you, we also received a mail like this…

By: me

me — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:29:53 +0000

Crap, I clicked on it without thinking. Now what? Have a look at this:

Did you click on the link on the site, or just clicked on the link on the email? BM

By: Dale

Dale — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:20:57 +0000

Yep, just got the same. Exchange caught it and junked it.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:45:16 +0000

Thanks! Thought it was a scam, but was worth checking