Has anyone else received an email allegedly from Familysearch
congratulating them on being promoted to Level1?
On 5/13/2023 10:10 AM, Ian Goddard wrote:
Has anyone else received an email allegedly from FamilysearchNOT IN OVER ELEVEN YEARS OF USING FAMILY SEARCH
congratulating them on being promoted to Level1?
Has anyone else received an email allegedly from Familysearch
congratulating them on being promoted to Level1?
On Sat, 13 May 2023 15:10:02 +0100, Ian Goddard
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
Has anyone else received an email allegedly from Familysearch
congratulating them on being promoted to Level1?
Any idea about what would mean "Level 1" ? Sounds like malware.
Denis
On 5/13/2023 6:32 PM, Denis Beauregard wrote:
On Sat, 13 May 2023 15:10:02 +0100, Ian GoddardI suspect that if you answered that email, you would get a "Level 1" rip off. And if you cooperate, they could take you for much more.
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
Has anyone else received an email allegedly from Familysearch
congratulating them on being promoted to Level1?
Any idea about what would mean "Level 1" ? Sounds like malware.
Denis
Searching for the text online indicates that others have received them
as well bu no explanation on a look.
On Sun, 14 May 2023 10:06:25 +0100, Ian Goddard
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
Searching for the text online indicates that others have received them
as well bu no explanation on a look.
Perhaps this ?
https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/145181/what-does-notification-promoted-to-level-1-mean
This sounds like a mistake when testing some new feature !
If every company responded when someone sent an email under their name
they would be have to have a permanent staff to handle the volume
I don't know how many times have received email and phone calls that
were masquerade as someone or something else.
While Ideally we should eliminate it, it is like chuck holes in the
street you drive on, something to watch out for and avoid.
knuttle wrote:
If every company responded when someone sent an email under their name
they would be have to have a permanent staff to handle the volume
If a company sends me an email expecting me to read it they should be prepared to receive andy reply I might send. That's just good manners.
If that would place too great a strain on them it tells them one thing:
their email isn't really that important so they shouldn't send it.
I suspect that all too often the reason they won't look at replies is
that the feedback they'd get about their spam would be too upsetting for
the precious little marketroids who'd have to read it.
In any case, it was a support email I queried it with, not the noreply
that sent it. I expect support desks to respond - it's their job.
I don't know how many times have received email and phone calls that
were masquerade as someone or something else.
While Ideally we should eliminate it, it is like chuck holes in the
street you drive on, something to watch out for and avoid.
On Sun, 14 May 2023 10:06:25 +0100, Ian Goddard
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
Searching for the text online indicates that others have received them
as well bu no explanation on a look.
Perhaps this ?
https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/145181/what-does-notification-promoted-to-level-1-mean
This sounds like a mistake when testing some new feature !
Op 15-05-2023 om 03:53 schreef Denis Beauregard:
On Sun, 14 May 2023 10:06:25 +0100, Ian Goddard
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
Searching for the text online indicates that others have received them
as well bu no explanation on a look.
Perhaps this ?
https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/145181/what-does-notification-promoted-to-level-1-mean
This sounds like a mistake when testing some new feature !
I don't think so.
in with my existing FamilySearch account. I did that, because I felt
safe enough to do so, because it looked like a legitimate page in the FamilySearch domain,
Enno Borgsteede wrote:
Op 15-05-2023 om 03:53 schreef Denis Beauregard:
On Sun, 14 May 2023 10:06:25 +0100, Ian Goddard
<ian_ng@austonley.org.uk> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing:
Searching for the text online indicates that others have received them >>>> as well bu no explanation on a look.
Perhaps this ?
https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/145181/what-does-notification-promoted-to-level-1-mean
This sounds like a mistake when testing some new feature !
I don't think so.
It was. familysearch.org have confirmed that to me:
"Last week we changed one of the settings in the Beta Community, which
is a testing site that we use before anything gets launched here in this Community. That change triggered a mass email that we did not know was
going to be sent. We are still exploring why the email was sent and who
got it. We are so sorry for the confusion.
Please disregard these emails or any others that direct you to the Beta Community."
I followed the link to the beta community, and signed
in with my existing FamilySearch account. I did that, because I felt
safe enough to do so, because it looked like a legitimate page in the
FamilySearch domain,
Thousands of people have done similar things because they felt safe
because it looked like a legitimate page in a legitimate domain.
You were lucky this time. It was a legitimate domain, only the email
was an error.
What has happened is that familysearch.org have now trained you to be accepting of emails which look as if they've come from a trusted source
and to click on and log into what looks like a trusted site. And next
time you do that it might be a scammer. You might get your bank account emptied. If you do that on a work computer your company might get taken down with ransomware.
This time you were lucky. Next time you might not be. I repeat, this
time you were lucky. Please don't push your luck.
Yes but it doesn't say much apart from the fact that there are a lot of >people out there who will click on links in an unsolicited email and
even try to log in when those links offer a login page.
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