Okay anons. I was going through my spam folder and I saw a weird email. It looked like it was from my mom but the domain was some weird clown shit website. As far as I know, my mom isn't a clown.
But the email was sent to several people my mom has contacted before. Some are her contacts but some aren't. How would someone gain access to this? Why wouldn't they use all of her contacts?
>>61667912
Gain access to what retard
>>61668024
To her contact list
>>61667912
See if your mom's computer has a virus. This is common sense.
she probably got phished or something old people are dumb
>>61668080
True it might be but why would certain contacts be chosen?
>>61668101
this is a possibility
Okay so this is getting spooky.
The recipients were all people that she emailed within the year.
Her chromebook was stolen. But the only recipients were the ones contacted before it was stolen.
I just checked her account access page, and it was accessed by a chromebook on the day the spam email was sent. It just logged in an hour ago.
WTF is going on
>>61668101
More accurately it is 'spear phishing' where some cunt pretends to be related to/know you in a personal way.
Either that or your moms into kinky clown shit.
any indication what the emails about?
>>61668701
Sadly, the link in the email was dead. It was just a link. All I have to go by is the domain name right now. The IP address didn't show up on the yahoo account access
>>61668415
Have your mom change her fuckin password.
>>61667912
you're retarded
your mom got phished for her email info and she gave it away
they used her email and contacts to phish more people and get more info
simple basic (((hacking))) 101
make your mom change her email password and probably her security questions too
then have her send an email to all contacts explaining that that particular email is not to be trusted
>>61668415
it's also possible her info was accessed through the chromebook because the email can be linked to it
just don't reply to the email, click any links, or provide any information and you'll be fine 8 times out of 10 people get your info because you gave it them yourself
>>61671290
>>>61667912 (OP)
>you're retarded
>your mom got phished for her email info and she gave it away
>they used her email and contacts to phish more people and get more info
>simple basic (((hacking))) 101
>make your mom change her email password and probably her security questions too
>then have her send an email to all contacts explaining that that particular email is not to be trusted
>>>61668415
>it's also possible her info was accessed through the chromebook because the email can be linked to it
>just don't reply to the email, click any links, or provide any information and you'll be fine 8 times out of 10 people get your info because you gave it them yourself
Use two factor authentication in your Google account, op...