Account got hacked

[Boxman91]

Dear moderators / whomever may read this,

My account (Boxman90) apparently got hacked not too long ago. At about 8:14:00 PM it got hacked, and I would much like to know how this could have happened.

I never reached an email regarding my password being changed. I tried a reset, but my email address got erased from the account apparently.

The password I use is a unique one that is not used elsewhere.

I can provide my email address and previous password to prove ownership. Please, would a moderator contact me about this.

[WikileaksDude]

contact theymos, and give all the details.

[Boxman91]

Well I found out the cause, i fell for a phishing site. Stupid, I know.

I contacted Theymos and another mod, hopefully I'll hear from them pretty soon.

[BitPappa]

Well I found out the cause, i fell for a phishing site. Stupid, I know.

I contacted Theymos and another mod, hopefully I'll hear from them pretty soon.

Can you say more about the fishing site, so we'll know what to look out for?

[marcovaldo]

I don't know if they give back the accounts.
How can they know that you are the real owner of the account and not someone else?

[Boxman91]

They have not even replied to my PM's. Do PM's from newbies even arrive in the inbox of these moderators?

Does theymos have an email address or something?

[Galahad]

I don't know if they give back the accounts.
How can they know that you are the real owner of the account and not someone else?

They should just be able to send out a password change email if the forum software supports that to the registered email address for the account.

Has the user account been used for anything such as advertising on the website?

[Anillos2]

Dear moderators / whomever may read this,

My account (Boxman90) apparently got hacked not too long ago. At about 8:14:00 PM it got hacked, and I would much like to know how this could have happened.

I never reached an email regarding my password being changed. I tried a reset, but my email address got erased from the account apparently.

The password I use is a unique one that is not used elsewhere.

I can provide my email address and previous password to prove ownership. Please, would a moderator contact me about this.

Me too.

I don't know if I was hacked, because I used to have the same password in different forums.

[Boxman91]

Well as I said, mine got phished. I can prove ownership of my account, if only the mods would just reply to my PM's :/ The guy who logged into my account, also changed my email address, so there's no way to recover it from my side.

[Anillos2]

Well as I said, mine got phished. I can prove ownership of my account, if only the mods would just reply to my PM's :/ The guy who logged into my account, also changed my email address, so there's no way to recover it from my side.

Email address should need a email confirmation for replacement.

Also, It could be interesting to have two or more email addresses, because the email account could be suspended.

This could prevent email replacements.

[Boxman91]

I do agree that the changing of your email address should yield an email to the owner of the account, asking for confirmation.

It was really easy to completely botch my account if you have my password. Change my pass, change email, throw it all away - presto. The email address yields no extra layer of security this way. Once I have access to the other subfora, I'll make note of this with the moderators.

[ReBoRn]

mostly mods never reply now try to create another account and do you stuff and don't think about old account I also have same problem now have new account and reborn here

[Anillos2]

mostly mods never reply now try to create another account and do you stuff and don't think about old account I also have same problem now have new account and reborn here

Not, You should warn other users, because they can user your old good reputation and try to scam other users.

[scarsbergholden]

What was the phishing site? Do you know?