It appears that Mike G8KMP has had his email hacked, as several members have received dodgy emails asking for a 'little help' with an Amazon purchase. These are fake and if you engage with the scammer directly, they are likely to ask you to purchase amazon vouchers or similar on their behalf. You will lose your money and worse still be added to a list of soft targets which itself will be sold on the grubbiest part of the internet.
I would encourage all members to regularly review your basic security protocols when using online services. You've heard it all before, but please use unique passwords for all important websites and services, or consider using a password manager like Proton Pass, Nordpass, Bitwarden or 1Password.
I'm personally not a fan of password managers, but instead use long passphrases (16 characters or longer). It's more important that your password or passphrase is long rather than just containing mixed-case letters, numbers and special characters - plus a passphrase is easier for you to remember. Feel free to chuck in a few %4#@J~^s though if you're feeling particularly Blue Team - it will level-up your security even more.
Berni M0XYF
