Fake emails from TheSamba.com / Fake Samba login pages

[Engeldingle]

Watch out for this scam! Our friend Andrew wants to buy your vehicle so he says, but in reality this slime ball will steal your $!
Here is his text number:

603 413-3718

A Word of wisdom..Always do your homework!

[EverettB]

Update: I reported that site to webhostapp and they said they shut it down
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[riverrat45]

Yes and this is the phone #
+1 (406) 838-6178 in case you can do anything with it.
It’s a real # not some robo phone.

:fist: :fist: :fist:

This is the text I got
Is this your ad? https://thesamba-vw-classifieds-detail-id-22259215.000webhostapp.com/TheSamba.htm

[EverettB]

The scammers have been texting people with a message and website link that leads to a fake Samba login page:
Text message with a link to a "free" website:

Fake login page on that website

If you look at the address line at the top, this website is NOT from TheSamba.com

It's from "webhostapp.com"

If you enter your username/password on that page, they will steal your account information and use it to post scam ads here.
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"Water is the only drink for a wise man" | "Communication prevents complaints"
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!

[EverettB]

[mufchuck]

i had one today saying my ad had expired

[E1]

[M. Notary]

[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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[EverettB]

[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.

[Energy Concepts]

Stay safe! It's a jungle out there

[TheDon]

I knew it was fishy.
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[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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[vamram]

[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.

[Vito85]

[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

[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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[EverettB]