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Old 21-12-2010, 03:33 PM   #1
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Today in my hotmail, I get this:

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Your account on Australian Ford Forums has been locked because someone has tried to log into the account with the wrong password more than 5 times. You will be able to attempt to log in again in another 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address: xxxxxx


I can give you the offending IP address if you like, I really don't think it's my own. Can any mods shed some light on this? Is it common? It apparently happened at about 4:30am 21-12-10. The strangest bit is that I'm automatically logged on when I open Ford Forums and never really even need to enter my password. My concern is that it's some bug in my own computer which I'll have to hunt down, but I was hoping for a bit of a clue that I might be looking in the right spot.

Thanks in advance, and if this is common and I've created some duplicate feel free to delete this and point me to the right place

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Old 21-12-2010, 04:17 PM   #2
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Can you pm me the IP address, I'll run it through the IP data base and see if the culprit is already a member.
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:37 PM   #3
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no worries. It happened to me from another forum, turned out to be a bug on their server trying to milk members bank details out. PM coming.
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:43 PM   #4
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Well it may be a bug here too, that or said person is not a member.
The I.P address came up clean.
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:47 PM   #5
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i got the same email. Didnt notice any changes though i was able to log on as usual (stay logged in anyway)
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:48 PM   #6
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www.whatsmyip.org

Compare yours to the one in your email (assuming your not on dial-up and dont turn off your modem at night).
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:48 PM   #7
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see if it's your own all the same...

go to command prompt type ipconfig
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:49 PM   #8
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see if it's your own all the same...

go to command prompt type ipconfig
This will give him his internal IP, not his public one. The one in the email will be public IP.
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:50 PM   #9
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So that's three reporting the same now, maybe Admin can shed some light.
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Its a different IP to both my computer and Iphone and both arent accessing the net at the time.
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my IP looks nothing like the one in the email.. and if Coupe has checked all members IP addy's i think we can assume it's not our own as we're members??
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Old 21-12-2010, 04:57 PM   #12
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my IP looks nothing like the one in the email.. and if Coupe has checked all members IP addy's i think we can assume it's not our own as we're members??
Correct......unless it was Coupe!!!!





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Correct......unless it was Coupe!!!!





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Old 21-12-2010, 05:02 PM   #14
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Correct......unless it was Coupe!!!!



Curses, my cunning plan has backfired..... *Runs off to delete thread and ban everyone who posted in here*
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clevo mafia hit no doubt! hehehe
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Old 21-12-2010, 05:33 PM   #16
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I copped it too this morning. So thats another one.
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Old 21-12-2010, 06:26 PM   #17
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The offending IP has been blocked - it looks as if several attempts were made but none successful.

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Old 21-12-2010, 08:28 PM   #18
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it looks as if several attempts were made but none successful.

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Old 21-12-2010, 10:32 PM   #19
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I received the exact same email at 5.30AM this morning. I highly doubt my AFF acc was trying to be 'hacked'. Damm scammers.

Doing a Malware/Spybot scan anyways just to make sure. Peace of mind never hurts.

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Old 22-12-2010, 12:45 AM   #20
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This is just like that movie Swordfish.
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Old 22-12-2010, 12:33 PM   #21
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Inregards to tracking the public Ip address, if you have a dynamic ip address provided by your ISP then it is possible that your IP address has changed since the attempted hack. Your ISP may keep a history of IP addresses but this is usally for tracking things like credit card fraud and not typically availble to the ISP customer service rep.

I prefer dynamic ip's as it is a little harder to tack a user's activities. i see the only real benefit of a static ip is for hosting websites.


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This is just like that movie Swordfish.
...without the girl on your lap and a gun to your head...
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Old 22-12-2010, 12:36 PM   #22
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...without the girl on your lap and a gun to your head...
Hey, speak for yourself buddy

Actually, I had forgot all about that scene. Might be time for a re-watch
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Old 29-12-2010, 07:38 PM   #23
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Even though this has been resolved, this happened to me too about a week or so ago.
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