[Vwdiesel] anyone else on the AUDIVW diesel list

[Tad]

If you log into the Yahoo Groups site, you can see what groups you are a
member of.  For a while I had a problem where I was repeatedly added to
randomly-named groups by presumable spammers.  If you go to your email
preferences in Yahoo Groups, you can (de)select whether you allow group
owners to add you to their groups.

I too have my doubts about Yahoo security.  A few months ago I received an
email from Yahoo (and it really came from Yahoo servers), asking me to
upgrade to the "new" Yahoo Mail.  Problem was: the email was sent to my
email but the "To" line had HER Yahoo login name AND PASSWORD.  Still
haven't figured out how that one happened, but needless to say we changed
her password!

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite at eoni.com> wrote:

> If this isn't phishing, it certainly does a good job of masquerading as
> it. I deleted the notes. If the Yahoo group goes away, there will be others
> where I have no doubt of their legitimacy.
>
> I also get repeated 'Welcome' messages from groups that I've never heard
> of. If the message was legit, you would receive an invitation or a
> confirmation message (reply to confirm) that would address you individually
> by email address. You would not receive a group mail asking you to join.
>
> Trash it and move on. Eventually, the list owner will do something about
> it else the group will die.
>
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> Jim Arnott
> List Admin
> Diesel-Vanagon at yahoo
> WetWesties at yahoo
> Vanagon at gerry
> vanagon at yahoo
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> On Nov 7, 2011, at 5:29 PM, dieseltdi at verizon.net wrote:
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>  As many of you have experienced, the audivwdiesel list has been taken
>> over by some  spammer, either through someones email or some other way.
>>  Anyway, I discovered in my junk mail box today a couple of emails from
>> Yahoo indicating that I needed to follow a yahoo link to sign up for a
>> different group as they intended to close the audivwdiesel group.  My first
>> response was that this was some kind of phishing email and proceeded to
>> delete them all.  However as I got to thinking about it, I thought that
>> maybe I was a little too fast in the deletion.  Has anyone else gotten this
>> email and have you responded?  Hayden
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>> “I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on
>> every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every
>> social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may
>> absolutely refuse to move at all.”  Alexis de Tocqueville
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>> 1968 Beetle, my latest project, watch for details
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