Fake emails from TheSamba.com / Fake Samba login pages

[Jennepher]

[EverettB]

[EverettB]

I got a notification of another fake email today.

[EverettB]

A few people told me tonight they got an email from the site saying they had a Private Message.

The link in that email directs to another site with a fake login screen.

DO NOT LOGIN THERE.

Scammers are trying to steal your login info so they can login here and post scam ads.

If you logged in there you need to immediately change your password on this site.

Samples:
Fake PM email:

You can see it's NOT from my email, it's from thesamba at email.com
Also - the site does not send you a PM message with a logo in it
Also - When the site sends you a PM, it has your user name in it (see screen capture below)

Fake login screen - note the web address is NOT thesamba.com, it's some fake site they made elsewhere to try and steal your login info:

Thanks to the members that sent me screen captures so I could post them above.


Here is a real PM notification, notice my username is in there and the link goes directly to your PM box:

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[EverettB]

I was notified by a member this is happening again today.

This same web site with a fake login page:

Sample email from today (Thanks to a user for forwarding it to me)

[Vanagon Nut]

[EverettB]

[Vanagon Nut]

apologies.

Yes. I was referring to doing a mouse over in URL field in web browser.

e.g. thesamba.com is all I see doing a mouse over but if I click once,
I see the full address.

Neil.
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[john4surf]

Whenever one gets an email from an unknown sender, a business you have dealt with in the past, etc., do NOT open any attachment nor go to a link.

If the sender does not address you by your name (if the sender writes 'dear member, dear customer, etc) delete the email as it is either a SPAM or a phishing attempt.

Go to their link or, open their attachment and you are +99% exposed to a 'Trojan horse' take over of your system... 'Horse' code changes faster than a 2 year olds new under pants and your anti-piracy s/w will likely not catch it until the code is researched by the anti-piracy s/w gurus.

Be Safe! John4surf

[Vito85]

[nathansnathan]

Your browser should tell you in the lower left what javascript will run if you click a link. Also you can right click and copy the link url and paste it into an address bar. If it looks fishy then just close the browser instead of hitting enter to go to the url. These are ways to see what is actually being linked to.

[vamram]

[DONGKG]

Thanks for the infer, Ev. These hackers are really doing their thing without regard to our privacy.. Be careful buddies.
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[TheDon]

I knew it was fishy.
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Stay safe! It's a jungle out there

[pepsiguy78]

I just received an e-mail informing me that a new forum site had formed "SBO!" - for super beetles only. Is this a fake or the real deal? It stated that the previous forum site ( I am assuming Samba) would no longer be a site for supers. Sounds fishy to me. I have not clicked on it and wanted to ask someone who might know. Help.

[EverettB]

[Jennepher]

A scammer (phone # 330-356-7160) pretending to be Everett Barnes is texting site members and demanding their usernames and passwords. The scammer threatens to deactivate Samba accounts if the password isn't provided. Obviously, this is a scam and those texts should be ignored.

If you gave your information away, please contact Everett Barnes directly at [email protected].

I started a separate thread here:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=677091
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