I woke this morning to a stray email in my inbox…
Oh!
Why do I need to reset my password?
I checked the senders email address.
I even looked at this Shining Theory website.
But I wasn’t convinced… no one else has contacted me from this blog… no one else follows me from them…
So I replied to the email.
To get this…
Hmmm……
Dodgy!
Beware Peeps. Don’t go changing passwords if you haven’t requested a new one.
This is rather strange.
However, if I’m being stupid,do let me know and I’ll click on the link …
But I Smile Anyway... 
Jan 12, 2017 @ 18:32:36
Thanks for the warning email. I have had the Amazon scam email but Amazon never sends attachments so I knew it was fishy.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 18:35:14
No worries! Actually I Need to retract this post!!! I have found out since posting that it is from.someone genuine who was setting up self hosted site. But the password thing was a mistake!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 18:06:15
Thank you for the warning. 😇
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 18:24:51
You’re welcome!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:45:21
The spammers are very good at making their emails look legit. I just ignore them!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:48:10
Thankfully this time it wasn’t a spammer!!! I need to post again lol!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 18:04:45
LOL!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:33:16
I regret the inconvenience caused and I am sorry for the same.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:35:55
No worries… but this was too unusual so I was wary….especially as I had tried to email back!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:37:56
I had changed my email address which is theoryshining@gmail.com .
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:39:46
Ok
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:41:42
All well that ends well, but please inform everyone that I am not a scam.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:47:21
I will. When I get home I’ll post again. 😊
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:50:18
Thanks for accepting my apology.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 17:53:46
No worries 😊
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:52:12
The above comments have errors.
Ignore them and please give a reply.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:55:13
I have replied… why did I get a password reset password
Message?
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:38:39
For more details visit MyTheory.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:49:52
I don’t understand why I was sent a password reset from you though?
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:56:44
I tried to shift my followers that’s the reason you had recieved this message.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:37:04
Please follow me again. I have migrated to a self-hosted site and had earlier informed my followers that I will transfer the existing followers regarding the same. .
From My Theory.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:46:06
I had earlierinformed earlier about the change.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 15:40:44
scary !! Need to be more alert now
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:48:02
Totally😊
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 15:37:19
If you ever have a password change request, never click the link in the email. Always type the website into your browser. And if you didn’t request a password change, hit the trash icon 😊
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:47:52
Yup that’s what I did. Never trust these links!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 14:43:12
IT’s a SCAM – Notify WP about it Ritu!
There are a LOT of other emails going around, supposedly from Amazon, iTunes, etc, advising of purchases – THEY ARE ALSO SCAMS, PHISHING and DANGEROUS – DELETE IMMEDIATELY…
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:46:57
Total scam I know! I got it early this morning but not able to contact them emrhen. I shall email tonight x
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 14:33:24
Nope… not stupid. Common sense/logic should always prevail. I keep getting requests from banks I don’t deal with to go to their site and re-enter all my personal info! Then there are the multi millions just waiting to be transferred from Nigeria into Canada which, with my help, will net me just over a million! There are some very sad examples of human beings “out there”!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 20:06:41
So True… These scams are so stupid, yet if someone was unaware, they could get fully taken advantage of… But this mystery is now solved… I have posted about it this evening!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 14:02:05
Changing passwords might be a good idea, but never do it from a link someone sends you unless, as you said, you’ve requested the link. Login to the Admin page the way you normally do and change it from there.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 16:45:54
Thanks Dan I will do that.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 12:54:18
What Hugh said….Be careful out there.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:11:58
I will Van, thank you!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 12:48:18
Hmmm, definitely sounds fishy!
I have had spoof emails from Papal and Amazon as well as my bank. It is worrying they are getting so sophisticated
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:11:30
Indeed sis it is pretty scary!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 11:41:27
If you’re not sure, never click on any links in an email, Ritu. They often contain a virus and once it gets into your computer it can lock everything up, threaten to delete your files (unless you pay a ransom) or whoever sent it can then access your computer and get passwords. My recommendation is to always contact whoever sent the email and ask them if it is genuine. WordPress can do this (they can even tell you what time they sent it) as it happened to me a few months ago. It turned out to be a genuine email from them but I wasn’t sure about it.
I get lots of spoof emails from PayPal, Amazon, iTunes, my bank, and now even BT which often end up in my spam folder, but some can get through. These people are getting better and better at making these emails look good, but if you have the tiniest of suspicions then contact the provider first.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:10:50
Oh I know Hugh…. I looked up the blog via my browser search engine instead of clicking the link. Then emailed them directly back. Had there been any issue I wouldn’t have had access to anything WP related… if I’d blocked myself!
I always compare emails that I question with genuine ones that I have to make sure they are real!
Thank you 😊 xxx
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:29:56
Good to hear, Ritu, but, they are getting more and more sophisticated. The top three things to look out for to know if it’s a scam or not is –
Have they addressed you by name in the email? If they haven’t, then it’s more likely to be a scam.
Are there any simple spelling mistakes, missing words, or strange characters such as 0,%, *, $, in the subject line? If there is, then it’s likely to be a scam.
Does the message in the subject line contain ‘FW’ at the beginning? If it does, then it’s an email the sender may have forwarded to hundreds of other people and could be a scam.
I’m sure you’re very careful and will know these tricks that scammers use, Ritu, but I hope they’ll help others who may read this comment.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:35:02
All important pointers to look out for Hugh, you’re right! Thank you again!!!! Xxx
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 11:11:20
Now that’s one of the messages that cause all the red lights in my system to go crazy…
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:08:30
I know!!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:50:50
Sorry, I just couldn´t resist….it was me!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 09:09:40
Oh you Charly!!! Actually… you never know !!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 09:42:37
😉 love ya
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 09:43:53
😙
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 09:45:53
Don´t laugh at me!!! And put the phone down, since at this hour you probably take the kids to school, so no driving while texting…..although we have to admit I Am sex-ings
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:32:04
Hi Ritu, just yesterday evening I received a confirmation order from Amazon. As it definitely wasn’t something I ordered I tried the link and it asked for my password so I closed it down and rang Amazon. They were helpful, told me it hadn’t come from them and asked me to forward it. As they used to say on ‘Hill Street Blues’ ( but you are far too young to remember! ) – ‘Be careful out there!’
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:36:09
Yes exactly, we have to bee really careful! It is strange!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:24:22
You’re right to be cautious. Everything seems like it’s booby trapped in my inbox lately with mails purporting to be from iTunes or Netflix all over the place. My dad and his friends are also besieged by things like this lately.
It really worries me that his suddenly internet enabled generation (who are often just muddling through technically) gets older and often more vulnerable that it’s a ticking time bomb for fraud and identity theft.
I never follow any links like the one you received. I go direct to the source.
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:35:41
I have apparently been buying Beyonce albuns worth £52 from The ITunes store… too. i keep getting receipts, but I don’t even use ITunes!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 11:54:39
There are some scumbags out there.
Although I probably shouldn’t be so rude about Beyoncé’s music 😏😂
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 13:11:09
😂😂😂💪
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:20:20
Thank you for this, Sis! I experienced the same…. and ignored it! I don’t know what this is about but it looks strange!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 08:34:42
Yup.. Odd, I know!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 18:44:51
Yes, it is. It was the same site as you posted here. Did you also experience getting an email where any Facebook “friend” asks if you are just online? And a bit later you get another email where you are asked if someone hacked your Facebook account? I get so mad about that!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 19:02:23
I have since found that it is a genuine blogger who we both follow but has gone from.wp free to self hosted. Not sure why the password thing came though!. I’ll. Post later trying to explain!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 19:14:02
I don’t even follow that blogger. But I know he or she follows me. So it is even more strange! Looking forward to your post. Strange!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 19:15:41
It is strange!!!
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Jan 12, 2017 @ 19:20:21
Yep!!
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