BS: Next door

Subject: BS: Next door
From: kendall
Date: 11 Oct 16 - 12:07 PM

I have a proble3m. there is something called Next door. it is sending invitations all over the place with my name attached. It looks innocent, the idea is sort of a neighborhood info center that tells of closed streets, , in other words, gossip. a couple of people have complained that they have gotten the same invitation twice. How do I kill this damn thing?

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: gnu
Date: 11 Oct 16 - 02:16 PM

I have received two emails from Kendall re the invite. Kendall did not send the second email.

Hacked? What is the procedure to get rid of this?

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: maeve
Date: 11 Oct 16 - 02:37 PM

If the emails are truly from "Nextdoor":

"How do I unsubscribe?
To unsubscribe from Nextdoor emails, please click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the email invitation you received, and we will not email you again.. "

Here's the Help/Privacy page

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Oct 16 - 07:55 PM

I belonged to Next Door for a while, but it is the lowest common denominator of email posts. Even if you set it up for the daily digest instead of receiving mail any time someone posts, you'll soon be tired of the narrow-minded pettiness of your neighbors. At least I was. And if you dare post a snarky response to stupidity, one of them will "report" you. Best not to get involved with them at all.

The site is now making money by posting sponsored posts, so those always are at the top. Another reason why they're a pain in the backside.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: keberoxu
Date: 12 Oct 16 - 05:06 PM

Is this anything like Constant Contact?   I never joined, but someone else did, and the thing was like tentacles everywhere....scared the heck out of my acquaintance.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 12 Oct 16 - 10:14 PM

Constant Contact is an email managing software. Next Door is supposed to create a network of neighbors watching out for each other, sharing events, news, and reports of crime, etc. What I typically saw was some Yimyat would post "I saw a collie in my yard at such and such time today" but wouldn't have made any effort to actually DETAIN said dog. The owners, hours later, would see a post and nothing useful was learned because the dog ran off. If I pointed out that you might as well not report it if you aren't going to help, they would get all hot and bothered.

And then there are the racists who would describe people coming into the neighborhood who they didn't trust. They were always Black or Hispanic - but I have news for them - this is a largely Black and Hispanic area so it's stupid to act like anyone who isn't White isn't trustworthy. Again, they don't respond well to that observation.

Next Door is the lowest common denominator. Anyone can write; many of them are barely literate - that is fine, if what they have to say matters and I can figure it out, no problem. It's the bigots who spend way too much time there who rub me the wrong way.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: Mr Red
Date: 13 Oct 16 - 06:15 AM

My solution to these is to be very wary, and if I dare join - I use an email address that I can safely kill. They get the message. And I rarely use my own name - it is too obvious, and never my own birthdate (29 since you ask).
Mind you with 9 domains, I have 9 billion permutations on that.
Just saying ...........

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: gnu
Date: 13 Oct 16 - 11:58 PM

Ahhhh... Kendall asked for help in the OP... "How do I kill this damn thing?" I followed up on his request in the second post to this thread. Can anyone help him get his email UNhacked? This thread is about him asking for help. maeve tried and I hope it works (thanks). I feel bad now because I was the one that suggested to him that he seek help at Mudcat.

Can anyone else help him out with the actual problem?

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: DaveRo
Date: 14 Oct 16 - 02:50 AM

People think that because emails are sent with their name and email address in the 'From' box that they've been 'hacked'. It's rarely true. Malware - and real people, but it's usually malware - can use any address to disguise the origin of spam and they just use one off the infected computer. If that's the case there is nothing much you can do to stop it. Scan your own computer to ensure your own machine is not infected.

This sounds a bit different - the emails pretend to be 'next door' messages, IIUC. Somebody must run that - complain to them.

People who hack email accounts usually set up some sort of scam: Help! I've had my passport stolen. Send money! They usually set your account to automatically redirect your mail so they can intercept all replies, so that's the first thing to look for. (Which is hard because most people don't know you can do that.)

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: gnu
Date: 14 Oct 16 - 03:31 PM

Oh dear...

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: gnu - PM
Date: 11 Oct 16 - 02:16 PM

I have received two emails from Kendall re the invite. Kendall did not send the second email.

Hacked? What is the procedure to get rid of this?

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: leeneia
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 01:10 AM

Gnu, I have received e-mails that purported to be from friends of mine but were not. I've read that it doesn't do to get worried about this, because in a short time, the ruse will die out.

I've watched, and it's true. (This is not the same as being hacked, which is more serious.)

Meanwhile, Kendall should unsubscribe, as Maeve suggested above.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 09:28 AM

While I pretty well ignore any email when I don't know the sender, I am likely to open them when I do, though I'm careful about attachments. That's the trouble when someone gets to send these phony emails, God knows might they might contain.

My wife is constantly changing her email password because friends are getting emails from her that she didn't send. For some reason that doesn't seem to happen with me (touch wood) - probably because I don't send so many emails.

What I'm not clear about is whether it's possible to pick up a virus just by opening a dodgy email - there seems to be disagreement as to whether it is or not.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 10:17 AM

The problem is two-fold, gnu. Next Door is obnoxious and email is often obnoxious.

Unsubscribe Next Door, and your email provider should have a spam filter. Mark the offending emails as spam and let the system snag any more.

Mischief managed.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: gnu
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 01:15 PM

I do not subscribe to Next Door. I got an email from Kendall. I emailed him about it. He said it was sent by mistake and that I should ignore it. I got a second email from Kendall. Kendall did not send the second email. The OP asks for help.

I cannot make it any more clear in this, the fourth, and final post.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: DaveRo
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 01:17 PM

McGrath of Harlow wrote: What I'm not clear about is whether it's possible to pick up a virus just by opening a dodgy email

Yes, it is - if you run Windows. But any decent anti-virus program, including the the one that comes with Windows, should catch it - unless it's a novel threat.

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: maeve
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 01:20 PM

Hi there, gnu. If Kendall would like me to drive down and see what is going on I will do that. He and Jacqui have our number.

Maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Next door
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 01:30 PM

"Unless it's a novel threat" - and that is the worry. Which is one reason I mostly use my ipad for email, accepting reassurances that that's a lot safer than Windows.