G-mail been hacked!!

[Dougs Third Go]

if anyone gets an email from me (bonnytiler..... ) it's not me that's sent it. My account has been hacked

 

[Dan]

I'd doubt it's been hacked mate. I'd bet you a fiver that it's just a email spam using your email address as a mask. It'll send it to thousands of email addresses and every now and again, your mate will get one that looks as if it's come from you and report it to you.

Obviously I don't know the full details here; but I bet that's the case?

If your email account has been hacked, chances are Google would clock it and lock it down pretty quickly.

And also, just in case, enable two-step verification so nobody can use a different computer to login. I think it texts you a one-time-use code when you use a different computer before allowing you to login even if you've used your password.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

it's sent an email from my account to all my contacts Dan, I've changed my password on all sites that require one and obviously on my gmail account. Apparently it's for slimming pills, bit ironic really. The only connection I can see is that I banned a spammer from the vizsla forum that was advertising them.

 

[peteablard]

Not been using your email address to gain access to dodgy sites have you Doug:yikes:

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Not been using your email address to gain access to dodgy sites have you Doug:yikes:

doggy sites:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Alan M]

i went to log into my g mail one day and it went all funny and i had to redo all my info ect . basically reset the whole lot (didnt loose anything thow)
they said my account was hacked and they stoped it . someone from some god forsaken toilet bowl tried to log in.