hogne_b_pettersen Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I can never in my entire life remember ever registering for this site. Yet, today I received a message telling me that my account will be automatically be changed to Premium membership from Oct 1st, and that I will be billed. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN! I've desperately tried to delete my account, after logging on to it to see what the hell was going on. I can't find anywhere to delete it. If any admins read this: Delete my account immediately, or tell me how I can do this. And DO NOT send me any bills from Oct 1st. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postkat Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Same for me. If it is true that my account will be automatically changed to a premium membership, please delete my account! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postkat Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I believe the photo.net database has been hacked. I received two emails from two different email addresses and not from photo.net Hope You didn't follow the link or open the zip file.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penmar Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Don't follow the links in those emails, they are phishing emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogne_b_pettersen Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 I believe the photo.net database has been hacked. I received two emails from two different email addresses and not from photo.net Hope You didn't follow the link or open the zip file.. No, when I realised that they were pointing to a zip-file, I did NOT download it. I never ever download zip files from organisations or people I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardMiller Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Folks, it's not from photo.net. It's a scam--I've reported it to abuse@photo.net, and if you ever get anything suspicious like this again, you should do the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laure01 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) Same here. I don't want a premium membership. The e-mail is from [photo @ sudjam .com ]. Sudjam is a software developer. And than the link; [https: //www . udeth . c om/ PhotoNet _ Membeship _ Premium _ Info _ Html . zip? Udeth . com] is a Chinese site. Uncertain WTH that is. So Admin, let us know what in blue blazes this is. Edited September 21, 2017 by William Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_michael_lopez Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I can never in my entire life remember ever registering for this site. Yet, today I received a message telling me that my account will be automatically be changed to Premium membership from Oct 1st, and that I will be billed. THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN! I've desperately tried to delete my account, after logging on to it to see what the hell was going on. I can't find anywhere to delete it. If any admins read this: Delete my account immediately, or tell me how I can do this. And DO NOT send me any bills from Oct 1st. I don't think you'd have too much to worry about. Unless you gave your credit/debit card details to anyone claiming to be Photo.net, there's not much they can do to get your money. Personally, I'm going to 'ride out the wave' and stay with Photo.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kjellberg Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 There really needs to be a way of erasing accounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kjellberg Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Please, admin, delete my account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelkh Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Oh dear. Photo.net has been hacked, yes? You actually did have a paypal subscription from me, back in the mists of 2004. I guess that means very little, but I would like to say, if your Chinese hackers find a way to take money from me via Paypal, I will be coming to you for a refund. In the meantime, please delete my account. Sorry, I don't know "please delete my account" in Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcelo_salup1 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I am not going to pay $29.95 per year for Photo.net. I also don't see where to delete my account. Administrator: please delete my account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulholbrook Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I am not going to pay $29.95 per year for Photo.net. I also don't see where to delete my account. Administrator: please delete my account You found this thread. If you read it, you see that it's a scam attempt. Of course you're not going to pay $30 a year, and photo.net isn't asking you to. (But I sure was taken in and thinking WTF just like everyone else. Then my suspicion kicked in, and I found this thread, which confirmed that it's a scam. Thank goodness!) Second: why would one ever believe that posting "please delete my account" in a post would ever result in any action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joo_chung Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 While it may be a scam... this is a valid issue with account management on photo.net. How does on delete their account here? anyone know ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn_dixon Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I'm not sure if this was a hack or not, but it's definitely a phishing email. I came back here and logged on, mainly for kicks. I first joined 19 years ago. My entire contribution to the site is FIVE MESSAGES. Those were done about ten versions of forums ago, so old that they are no longer accessible through the current forum database. No photos, no reviews. So obviously there is no current, valid billing information on file. Unless you have given photo.net your credit card or debit card, there simply isn't any way for them to bill you, even if they wanted to. So there. Now I have *six* messages. LOL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laure01 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Oh dear. Photo.net has been hacked, yes? You actually did have a paypal subscription from me, back in the mists of 2004. I guess that means very little, but I would like to say, if your Chinese hackers find a way to take money from me via Paypal, I will be coming to you for a refund. In the meantime, please delete my account. Sorry, I don't know "please delete my account" in Chinese. According to Google translate (Traditional Chinese); 請刪除我的帳號 ;-)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trigger_Happy Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Just got the same email. But since I've never shared my billing information I checked the email and the links in the email (never clicking on them though). It seems to be a phishing expedition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndesq Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 How can I mail Photo.netr. Anyone have an E-mail address> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj_squared Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 (edited) How can I mail Photo.netr. Anyone have an E-mail address> Yes: contact@photo.net I sent them a copy of the obviously scam-email and am awaiting their reply to learn just how their system was compromised to allow unauthorized access to our/my info. I will share any response here. Edited September 21, 2017 by jmj_squared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj_squared Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 ...forgot to watch this thread o_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth_drake Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I had to reset password this morning because my email was valid but even in my old password books, there was never any account. Strange stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-P Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I'm not sure if this was a hack or not, but it's definitely a phishing email. I came back here and logged on, mainly for kicks. I first joined 19 years ago. My entire contribution to the site is FIVE MESSAGES. Those were done about ten versions of forums ago, so old that they are no longer accessible through the current forum database. No photos, no reviews. So obviously there is no current, valid billing information on file. Unless you have given photo.net your credit card or debit card, there simply isn't any way for them to bill you, even if they wanted to. So there. Now I have *six* messages. LOL Agreed. We do not store or keep any credit card information - even for those that have subscriptions all transactions are handled through encrypted tokens which are handled by PayPal and Stripe - so there is absolutely no way any subscriptions will be charged. This is a Chinese phishing expedition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmj_squared Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Agreed. We do not store or keep any credit card information - even for those that have subscriptions all transactions are handled through encrypted tokens which are handled by PayPal and Stripe - so there is absolutely no way any subscriptions will be charged. This is a Chinese phishing expedition. [uSER=6309921]@GPalm[/uSER] - Yes, of course, this is a poorly crafted "phishing expedition" but how did the perpetrator know to associate our particular email address with Photo.net, in the first place? Your member-database was compromised, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Michael Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I have edited some comments in this thread: the edit comprised re-arranging the email addresses and/or url such that they are no longer LIVE LINKS. I suggest that future respondents do the same if they wish to provide that type of information about SPAM. Please see {HERE} which is The Sticky Thread on this topic. WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallymack Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 (edited) Just received a different, but similar, e-mail from address [info @ vallasvuo . fi] --Sally Edited September 22, 2017 by William Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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