Question Re: My primary address had been changed in Member To Member Support DO NOT DELETE

My primary address had been changed

rjgibson — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:33:09 GMT

My primary address had been changed! Who should I report this to?

Re: My primary address had been changed

*vyolla* — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:38:07 GMT

Change it back, change your password, then take a look at your online security.

You need to work out how your account was compromised in the first place. Presumably you have up to date security on all of the devices you use? You should be aware of how to stay online, and each site that you use (particularly financial ones) MUST have a password that is unique to that site. Your most important account is actually your email, because once somebody has access to that, it's a gateway to every other account you own.

Most accounts are compromised because you've logged on on an unsecure wifi connection (perhaps when out and about), or left yourself logged in somewhere, or via a phishing email. An innocuous looking email pretending to be from PayPal or eBay arrives, it features a link which, when clicked on, leads to a spoof log in, where your password is captured. The golden rule is never to click on any link in an email, but to straight to the site in question to see if there really is an issue there.

Re: My primary address had been changed

rjgibson — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:40:31 GMT

Thank you, helpful, think I have done all of the above. Should I report the address ‘they’ changed it to?

Re: My primary address had been changed

*vyolla* — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 00:46:02 GMT

You can report it to Action Fraud, they'll log it for future reference.

Re: My primary address had been changed

rjgibson — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 06:55:41 GMT

Thank you, that’s the sort of thing I feel ought to be done. Can you send a link please. Thanks R

Re: My primary address had been changed

*vyolla* — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 10:18:57 GMT

Google it.