Zenez Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 I don't know if you've heard, but with googlemail accounts, it is possible to trace the flow of knowledge of your e-mail address.I'll elaborate.A while ago, I noticed that my e-mail- let's say it's [email protected], could be sent to via any version of the zenez part, split by any number of full-stops (periods), for example, the e-mail would still be caught if it was to [email protected] or even [email protected].Once I noticed this, I decided that so I could identify who leaked my e-mail, I would sign up for each website I ever did with a different combination of periods. For TheNexus forums, lets say it was [email protected]. Sometimes, when I'm anticipating an e-mail, I check my spam folder. Ordinarily, I have about 2 pieces in there, from stupid 'newsletters' I signed up for, but this time there was thirty-three! I checked the recipient e-mail, and indeed, it was [email protected]. I made a search for [email protected] in my e-mails and it matched only one non-spam e-mail, my sign-up e-mail for TheNexus forums.Concluding, with no doubt that my e-mail had been leaked.How? For anyone else who might be affected, the e-mails have very short subjects, mostly in broken english, sometimes with spaces replaced by odd characters. For example "It's#time#to#buy#gifts!" and "It's*time*to*buy*gifts!", "You'll need! Soon Holidays!". Then they all have one link to websites of various iptrace origin, including turkey and russia. Anyway, anyone else had similar e-mails or similar experiences with spam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub3rman123 Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 Nexus Hacking. It was a while ago, but e-mails were stolen from the database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenez Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 Nexus Hacking. It was a while ago, but e-mails were stolen from the database.Oh, I remember that! Thanks for clearing that up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor. Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 (edited) Good thing i only use a hotmail account for registering to sites like this. Edited December 31, 2010 by Thor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balagor Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 One more thing, don´t forget that Google Mail reads your mails, in order to pinpoint ads for you, perhaps also spam. http://ask-leo.com/does_google_read_my_email.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCalliton Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 i have a seperate email adress for signing up for stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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