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Ok, so I have been a PERB member for 5+ years, but keep a very low online profile. This is my first post ever…so figure how seriously I am taking this.
I’m hoping that there may be an IT expert out in PERBert land that may offer up an idea or two, but I suspect I am out of luck in any case.
So… this morning I respond to a craigslist add on a bit of a whim….looked good…but not much info. http://edmonton.en.craigslist.ca/ers/1360889113.html
Get a response and she (assuming it’s a she) adds me to MSN chat. One or two brief exchanges…. She wants prepayment via Interact because “too many guys not showing up or not bringing enough money”. Ok….I have been around for a while….don’t see this happening any time soon. Not giving banking info of any kind. Well “she” gets a little upset…. I sent you pictures and you are not going to book. She then says we have a problem here. “She” then proceeds to say “Well I am going to log you out now!” at which point my MSN Messenger closes! I’m like what the….! I try logging in again and it says that I am already logged in….nope not me. Try again and then it says password is not recognized!! This all happens in the order of 2 or 3 minutes. I’ve never even heard of this happening before or that it was even possible.
I happened to be chatting with another person at the same time who I knew quite well. Well this craigslist person has now hijacked the conversation with my other friend… I get a text message from my friend….they were immediately aware it was not me. But here is the person from craigslist conversing with my friend using my account telling my friend that I had better email them with some money or I am in deep SHIT! WTF! They obviously have access to all of my email and account information….they have changed my password and login information, etc. Telling my friend things I know that even my friend don’t know. Nothing super sensitive on the account, but could be rather embarrassing with some friends. I do have some information from other SP’s that I have contacted in the past…probably a few phone numbers and such. But what a piss-off.
Is there anything I can do? The craigslist person originally contacted me using email Jolene_peterson@live.com and is trying to blackmail me, for lack of a better term. So watch out guys. If anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate a PM.
Ok, so I have been a PERB member for 5+ years, but keep a very low online profile. This is my first post ever…so figure how seriously I am taking this.
I’m hoping that there may be an IT expert out in PERBert land that may offer up an idea or two, but I suspect I am out of luck in any case.
So… this morning I respond to a craigslist add on a bit of a whim….looked good…but not much info. http://edmonton.en.craigslist.ca/ers/1360889113.html
Get a response and she (assuming it’s a she) adds me to MSN chat. One or two brief exchanges…. She wants prepayment via Interact because “too many guys not showing up or not bringing enough money”. Ok….I have been around for a while….don’t see this happening any time soon. Not giving banking info of any kind. Well “she” gets a little upset…. I sent you pictures and you are not going to book. She then says we have a problem here. “She” then proceeds to say “Well I am going to log you out now!” at which point my MSN Messenger closes! I’m like what the….! I try logging in again and it says that I am already logged in….nope not me. Try again and then it says password is not recognized!! This all happens in the order of 2 or 3 minutes. I’ve never even heard of this happening before or that it was even possible.
I happened to be chatting with another person at the same time who I knew quite well. Well this craigslist person has now hijacked the conversation with my other friend… I get a text message from my friend….they were immediately aware it was not me. But here is the person from craigslist conversing with my friend using my account telling my friend that I had better email them with some money or I am in deep SHIT! WTF! They obviously have access to all of my email and account information….they have changed my password and login information, etc. Telling my friend things I know that even my friend don’t know. Nothing super sensitive on the account, but could be rather embarrassing with some friends. I do have some information from other SP’s that I have contacted in the past…probably a few phone numbers and such. But what a piss-off.
Is there anything I can do? The craigslist person originally contacted me using email Jolene_peterson@live.com and is trying to blackmail me, for lack of a better term. So watch out guys. If anyone has any suggestions I’d appreciate a PM.





