Anyone else getting bogus emails from forum members with an invitation to view an item on DropBox.

I have not gotten any.

I have not so far. I do get some similar scams from other sources in my corporate email. I just delete them.

I haven't got any yet.

Alex and Greg just posted that they've been hacked, those are two of the guys I got the email from.  That answered my question.  Link to Alex's notification about his email being hacked: My email has been hacked

I've gotten  a couple today.  One from Alex M, one from Greg Houser.  Identical wording.  Don't open any of these.  

@sinclair posted:

I have not gotten any.

Same here.

My office has an email system that will not let any unknown emails thru. Even with that, I never open anything from anyone  I dont know and am not expecting.

Got one from Dotty P.....did not open

Thanks for the heads up

Yes.  Checked with the sender that was listed in the from address using a different email, and he stated he did not send it.

I have on two occasions gotten emails saying that Dotty Perry had sent a Dropbox link to a document.  The last was only several weeks ago.   I deleted both as spam.  While I did in fact correspond with her years ago regarding some For Sale forum items, I haven't had reason to be in touch with her since.  

Jim

I got one from Dotty over a year ago and one two weeks ago. They went in the circular file. 

I just checked and I got one from Alex. I deleted it. 

Thanks Gunrunner,

Got one from Alex M. today. Thanks to you its gone.

Grateful Ed Boyle

Short answer, this happens all the time from a variety of different friend groups of mine.  Usual come-on is something like "Did you see this..." or "Do you know what so-and-so is doing..." with the dangerous link included.  After reading the line, if it doesn't seem like something they normally send, just delete it and move on.

Unfortunately, my brother-in-law likes to use lines like that to send me funny stuff.  Then, I have to hold my breath and click.  That's when I'm glad I regularly back-up my data, update my anti-virus and firewall, and have an updated operating system. 

Chuck

I haven't gotten any.

Just got one from Greg Houser. Deleted and deleted.

Yes, got one from Alex.

Funny, i just got one from Alex M. in my spam. i couldn't open it, so I sent it back to him.

Now everyone has to watch for emails from eddie g.  LOL!

@eddie g posted:

Funny, i just got one from Alex M. in my spam. i couldn't open it, so I sent it back to him.

Beautiful!  Spreading spam.

I get these sorts of messages regularly - Dropbox, 1Drive, and all sorts of similar stuff.  If your e-mail address is published on the web, and at least 3 of mine are, then you're just going to get all sorts of loveliness. It's what the delete key is for and it's a way of life.

@AlanRail posted:

My office has an email system that will not let any unknown emails thru. Even with that, I never open anything from anyone  I dont know and am not expecting.

Alan, I know Alex and Greg quite well, so that's probably not a single good criteria.

Be careful HOT WATER.

I’ve been waiting for something like that from Wayne PA.  We exchanged emails a few weeks ago.  He posted here about getting his email hijacked and all his emails deleted.  Maybe if I wasn’t in his address book, I won’t get any.

@Hot Water posted:

Beautiful!  Spreading spam.

Mmmmm...

I received one the other day and I didn't respond to the note as it looked like a fake message.  Beside why do I need "Dropbox"?  So I simply deleted it. 

Sorry Marty, Sometimes I get important emails in my spam. it's not always spam. I didn't know what a drop box was.

@CAPPilot posted:

Yes.  Checked with the sender that was listed in the from address using a different email, and he stated he did not send it.

In the case of the two I got, the from address was valid and the same as the real address.  It was not until I expanded the headers to view more detail that I could see that it was from a totally different email server.  It's very easy to make the normally visible header fields all look correct, you need to look closer.  When I check the from and reply to actual contents, they are Alex's real email address.  However, some of the other fields that you can expand and view make it obvious this is probably a bogus email.

The crooks are pretty devious.

i got one from dotty perry, this week i emailed her about it , she told me it is a sham that originated from MARTY F. LAWYER TO DELETE IT , IT APPEARS THAT EVERY ONE WHO EVER EMAILED MARTY IS NOW SUSCEPTIBLE TO GETTING THIS SHAM BEWARE , TECHMAN  

Gee, I've emailed Marty tons of times, I better put a padlock on my inbox!

BTW, who's MARTY F. LAWYER, are you talking about Marty Fitzhenry?

yes i am that is what dotty replied to me on separate email , it originated from his lawyer , they want your email address and password to open the drop box , this is second one i received , it appears that every who emailed marty or dotty is now in the loop , just delete it techman

I got one from Alex yesterday and opened it,then deleted it.This morning I got one from Greg and turned it to spam.

Mikey

Spammers get a hold of your email program address list and use that to send bogus emails.

yep---gota a couple  

Been getting these kinds of emails for several years....never on any of my OGR accounts but certainly on my personal email accounts which is what is happening to most of you guys.  Once someone's email has been hacked, their address book is also compromised and you may have been in their address book....