Re: Oddness on an old email address

[Robin Wood <robin () digininja org>]

On Feb 16, 2013 10:02 AM, "Robin Wood" <robin () digininja org> wrote:
> I've got an old Gmail account that I've set up just to forward to my
current account. I've not used it anywhere for years.
> In the last couple of months it has been used to sign up for a number of
accounts on RPG sites. I know this because I've been getting emails telling
me the address needs confirming before the account is fully opened. I
assumed this was being done because the sites offer free gold to new sign
ups and so the attacker was hoping I'd complete the process so they could
then grab the gold.
> I can understand the logic there so I just ignore it but in the last
couple of days I've also had mails from Lego and the NBA. Could these be
trying to score referrer points? Lego just seems a bit of an odd target.
> They've also set up a match.com account which is active as that didn't
appear to require address confirmation.
> Am I right in thinking gold stealing and referrer points? Could it be
anything else?
> The account itself doesn't appear to be compromised. I've reset the
password and checked for forwarders and things like that.
> Robin

In answer to the various questions people have asked...

I'm pretty sure the emails are legit, the links do go back to the correct
sites. I've not dug to deep into what the registration processes are
through. The RPG sites are smaller, not mainstream ones and I can
understand someone trying to scam therm but the site that throws me is Lego.

Most registrations are using the same username which I've done some
searching for but not come up with anything.

If I were seeing other odd activity from that mail address I would feel it
might be compromised but it isn't getting any spam bounces or mails from
people complaining about it so I'm pretty sure it is still secure.

Robin

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