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KunoK · 11-12-2010, 04:30 PM

Thanks for the reply. I know, that "My BEBOOK shopmanager" is only the display name. I know, i have no chance of finding out who did this, and I also know that I could do nothing about it, if I could identify who did it.

It was implied in my post that the sender was someone imposing as BEBOOK. Personally, I did not click the link. My reasons for posting were these. 1) Trying to find out who else got it. 2)Warn people who might otherwise have clicked it.

I am also not trying to put blame on anyone (except people trying to trick other people).

But I do think it is interesting to know, where the bad guy got the email addresses from. Did he get them from bebook, from this forum, from another dealer? Did I, and the other recipients, expose our email addresses linked together with an interest in ebooks?

There might a hole that could be closed somewhere.

11-12-2010, 04:30 PM	#7
KunoK Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 558 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Device: Gen3, Boox 60, K3, Sony T1, Sandra has a Sony505, 650, K3	Thanks for the reply. I know, that "My BEBOOK shopmanager" is only the display name. I know, i have no chance of finding out who did this, and I also know that I could do nothing about it, if I could identify who did it. It was implied in my post that the sender was someone imposing as BEBOOK. Personally, I did not click the link. My reasons for posting were these. 1) Trying to find out who else got it. 2)Warn people who might otherwise have clicked it. I am also not trying to put blame on anyone (except people trying to trick other people). But I do think it is interesting to know, where the bad guy got the email addresses from. Did he get them from bebook, from this forum, from another dealer? Did I, and the other recipients, expose our email addresses linked together with an interest in ebooks? There might a hole that could be closed somewhere.