Recent Fraudulent PM - PLEASE READ

We recently had a new account that sent out a fraudulent PM (private message) claiming to have detected a virus "on your computer". The PM came from a username of "Forumteam".

Please note that there was no virus detected on your computer and this was what is known as a "Phishing" attempt - a ploy to get you to click on a link and try to get information from you or send you to a site that may pose a virus threat.

As a rule of thumb, NEVER click on a link sent to you by a person/persons unknown!!

The account that did this has been removed from here, but this could happen again. The forum area is open to anyone to join, and short of manually running all membership sign-ups, there is no way to prevent abuse by a few. In this case an alert member quickly reported this to me. If you see a questionable account or post please feel free to bring it to my attention so that it can be investigated.

Thanks!!