@salisburync wrote:
Well, it finally happened. I have one email adress and one paypal account that I use for all of my mystery shopping....keeps it separate and far easier to reconcile....but beginning five days ago I started receiving dozens of Chinese scam emails every day,...and...my paypal account was hacked, as well. I don't know which MSC is respsonsible (I am thinking IPSOS: My fake middle initial that I only use for IPSOS is showing up in the Chinese scam emails) but I know it was not Paypal. Fortunately, I have held firm to the IPSOS/Ath demand for a photo ID.. so no one has my photo. I am out about $250.00, but will try to retrieve that via the Paypal system (Yes, I am not holding my breath). Changing everything email and paypal related is a chore!
@sandyf wrote:
I too try to stick to one basic password for places that are not directly related to money access like mystery shop companies and a different email password for places where I have money accts like banks and investment funds and paypal. For years I have read the advice to use different passwords. I use a password manager which would make it easier but still did not make the advised changes. Recently I decided to switch to using Chrome instead of Firefox and my password manager pops up every time telling me my (non bank type)password was compromised. I ran a search and it turned out that linked in was the place where my password was compromised.
In any case I decided it is way past high time to do away with two passwords. It has not been that difficult. Every time i sign on to a site using my passwords in the cloud manager (Last pass) that tells me my pw has been compromised I just change the password on the site i just opened. One by one when I use a site I have quickly changed about 15 pw in just a few days. I use what i hope is an easy to remember formula.
On top of everything else I worry that Last Pass will be hacked someday. I am assured by my not old enough yet to be wary of all things and still trusting everything son who is a computer expert is correct that it can not be hacked. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping a password manager is safer than having only one pw for everything. I hope it is.
@salisburync wrote:
Well, it finally happened. I have one email adress and one paypal account that I use for all of my mystery shopping....keeps it separate and far easier to reconcile....but beginning five days ago I started receiving dozens of Chinese scam emails every day,...and...my paypal account was hacked, as well. I don't know which MSC is respsonsible (I am thinking IPSOS: My fake middle initial that I only use for IPSOS is showing up in the Chinese scam emails) but I know it was not Paypal. Fortunately, I have held firm to the IPSOS/Ath demand for a photo ID.. so no one has my photo. I am out about $250.00, but will try to retrieve that via the Paypal system (Yes, I am not holding my breath). Changing everything email and paypal related is a chore!