[Ansteorra] Fwd: Grouply Warning? -- OT

[Carolyn Young]

I've gotten several of these invites lately from other lists I'm on 
as well as Ansteorra lists.  I haven't been able to find anything 
about whether the warning is true or not.  Does anyone else know 
anything about Grouply?

HL Caitlin nan Cnoc Airgead
Shire of Gate's Edge

denarae at ...> wrote:

I got this from another group and couldn't find anything on Snopes.

Dena
----- Original Message ----- 
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:27 AM
Subject: [Church_Of_Our_Lady] Grouply Warning?


WARNING ABOUT GROUPLY.COM!!! 


Warning about Grouply.Com 

This is a new site which advertises they can make accessing your 
Groups faster and easier. Most of us are too seasoned to fall for 
Something like this, but I am posting this in case anyone here has 
Not already heard the warnings that are being posted around the 
Groups. Just last night I received an invitation in my personal e-
mail 
To join this site. 

This is what happens when you join: 

"First, when a member joins, it AUTOMATICALLY CHANGES THEIR 
PRIMARY E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR THE GROUPS giving them a @grouply.com 
Extension. This is being done UNAWARE TO THOSE WHO ARE JOINING! 

Secondly, members who join the grouply website are having to give 
Their member ID and password. This opens up a security issue for 
Those members. 

Thirdly, once a member joins grouply, IT OPENS ACCESS TO THE 
FILES AND POSTS OF EACH GROUP TO THE GROUPLY WEBSITE. 
Grouply staff can then access these files. If they get hacked, then 
It OPENS THE DOORS TO THE GROUPS GETTING HACKED as well. 
It has also been reported that it's generating a lot of spam 
already." 

In other words, information from a group can be made accessible to 
Everyone, and massive amounts of spam with your email address can be 
Generated. 

The following information tells you the steps which need to be taken 
If someone has joined Grouply..com 


IDENTIFY THEFT AT GROUPLY.COM 

There is a message going out to different Yahoo Groups advertising 
And suggesting that you join a new group called GROUPLY. This group 
Claims to help manage all your Yahoo groups and you will get a 
Summary, at the end of the day, telling you what is going on in all 
Your groups. 

IF YOU JOIN THIS GROUP, they use your Yahoo ID and password to 
Post "mass mailings" (can be junk, can be porno) and send them to 
Anyone, and since it's YOUR ID they are using, others will think it 
Is coming from you. 

For instance, you could get an email CLAIMING that it came 
>From "JohnDoe" Yahoo group and it really is not from this group. I 
Could get an email, with this mass mailing, claiming it came from me, 
And it wouldn't have been from me. 

Again, IF YOU HAVE JOINED THIS GROUP called "GROUPLY" IMMEDIATELY 
Leave Grouply. Then go into your account at: 
http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups and change your password. Some 
Groups have posted that this will help. Unsubscribing from that group 
Won't make a difference (but I think you will want to) so CHANGE YOUR 
YAHOO PASSWORD!! 

BY JOINING GROUPLY.COM YOU HAVE ALSO EXPOSED ALL YOUR GROUPS, GROUP 
MEMBERS AND GROUP LEADERS TO HACKING OF THEIR E-MAILS AND GROUP 
INFORMATION. 

Because of this problem, all members with a email grouply.com are 
Being removed from the affected groups. This is the only way to 
Protect all the members. This is how Identity theft gets going. 
They now have your real email, your yahoo emails, any emails listed 
In your yahoo group and CAN MAIL AS YOU IN AND OUT OF THE 
YAHOO GROUPS. 

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