Hey Michael,

just got a weird PM from "you":

"Hallo,
This is Michael, this message was sent to all active users.

I perform security check to see how many users on this forum use licensed software.
Pleas confirm that you use licensed software by sending me back your license key.
I made this process fully automated, so you have to reply to this message only with you license key without any other words.

Thanks
-Michael"

Is that a genuine request or is somebody trying to get all our serials the easy way.
If it is really from you, I think it is not a good idea doing it this way.

Cheers,

Tom

There are way too many typos for that to be from Michael, and considering everyone's license comes from Michael i would hazard a guess he already knows all the members that are truly licensed

Martin Spencer-Ford

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Yeah that's a real give away too !!

Martin Spencer-Ford

Yes that one too is the giveaway

i mean, even the 2nd mail seems quite strange, doesn't it..hmm..

That wasn't from me! Someone made a fake account and is sending those PMs out, please don't respond to them.

I guess I need to tune up the forum to make sure no one can make a user name that looks like mine.

- Michael

Well here's hoping that no one responded to it Michael - Personally my idea of fishing is done at the side of some water known to have some big sporty quarry - each to their own i guess

Martin Spencer-Ford

No one responded to it (one person did respond but only to my real account), so no damage done...

- Michael

Good to know.

Isn't it funny how trained we are nowadays to spot such stuff?

Also funny how simple a "hack" can be... :-)

Cheers,

Tom

Hi Michael,

Sorry but I'v been caught by faked Michael Gibson and I sent him my genuine number from moi3d 2.0.The message appeared in front of me when I entered in to the forum.I'm very sorry,but I didn't realized it is a fake.Most of the posts I'v been reading here were honest and userfrendly.

Best Regards from Nikola

Hi Nikola,

> Sorry but I'v been caught by faked Michael Gibson

I saw that you replied, but it turned out that your reply went to my actual account and not the fake one, so there's no problem and nothing to worry about.


> Most of the posts I'v been reading here were honest and userfrendly.

Yes, fortunately this kind of thing is quite rare here.

- Michael

Hi Michael,

It's great that my reply finished at your email box Michael.I know this kind of fraud posts are rear,that's why I sent him my number.In the future I will wait longer,if something similar happends.Thanx for your quick reply,and keep up the good work with moi3d.It is very honest and user friendly community forum,and I'm visiting everyday and reading even older posts to get more knowledge and replies about awesome and user friendly nurbs software moi3d.Thank you all.

Best Regards from Nikola

I'm going for a walk. My blood is boiling................

did he/she/it address everyone or just random users?..

Got it but didn't replied :)

Hi Marco,

> did he/she/it address everyone or just random users?..

Just random individual users.

- Michael