Someone using my account

I got an email from the forums saying that someone was trying to log into my account, and the IP wasn't mine...that's not good...does it happen often?

Why would someone do that? Weird. All I know is that some spammer was typing almost as fast as I was yesterday and boy, was I mad. I hope a Mod really zapped him.

That's never happened to me. I'm glad you got a message that warned you. Someone could be typing their name wrong? Maybe.

seanm wrote:
I got an email from the forums saying that someone was trying to log into my account, and the IP wasn't mine...that's not good...does it happen often?

If You send me the IP in PM I can check to see if it is a registered usere here. Maybe its a typo, maybe a user with a similar name have forgotten the exact id. Maybe it is a spammer that is trying to guess passwords at random.

SuzyView wrote:
Why would someone do that? Weird. All I know is that some spammer was typing almost as fast as I was yesterday and boy, was I mad. I hope a Mod really zapped him.

Yep we zap the spammers as soon as we see them. It is good that you report spammers but if it is the same spammer you only need to report it once. We allways check the post history so we should get all of it.

Thanks, Tommy. Those guys are just so well, disgusting. I wish they'd get a life!

I agree. It is amazing that they keep coming back. They surely must know they get zapped quickly.

seanm wrote:
I got an email from the forums saying that someone was trying to log into my account, and the IP wasn't mine...that's not good...does it happen often?

Well I log in from several locations, with different IP addresses, and have never got a message like that. Maybe you need to check the email is authentic and from POTN and not a means of getting you reveal your user details.

Good idea. I'm on the road a lot, and frequently check in from multiple locations in a single day, and have never received a notice like that.

Me neither and thinking about it I accidently forgot to logout of the computer I used at drill this last weekend with the national guard. I know no one would log into my account here and post absurd things... And that computer is really only used by me anyhow unless they take it somewhere for a class.

Other than that, I login at various places as well... Not one message like you received.

I also log on from different IP's & PC's, but have never recieved that message. Beware.

Actually, We give them a virtual Death (on POTN) as soon as they are discovered.
-Bruce

I noted on the member list that there are several "sean" with "m" as the last name initial incl;uding one "Sean M" ...

It's possible that a legitimate member simply forgot the space or password etc, and was trying many variations to get logged on.

I think You'd only get the message if the attempts were several and failed. (try logging on to your own account several times with the wrong passwoprd and you'll eventually get a notice, and no more tries.. )

Either that or some people are getting pretty old pretty fast and forgetting their own login names and passwords

well...the average age on POTN is probably 20 more than the average age on the rest of the internet

Hi, guys this was the exact message, I may have been unclear earlier.

"Your account on Canon Digital Photography Forums has been locked because someone
has tried to log into the account with the wrong password more than 5 times. You
will be able to attempt to log in again in another 15 minutes.

The person trying to log into your account had the following IP address:
**************
"

Better hope you didn't just give up your IP. That'd suck.