Compromised password alert

[gduke2010]

My pelican parts password has been compromised. Is this a scam or a scam alert. Afraid to click the link because it could be a scam.

[DerkPerk]

Never click a link!!! Open pelican in a new browser and change your password.


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[Zeke]

Unless Pelican sent you that message, spam it.
What I do is copy the raw email and send it back. Every IP is shown. Seems to work. IDK anything about VPN's so I'm not sure how deep the raw thing goes. I guess it stops at the server IP.

All I know is I never answer my phone and never look at emails I didn't expect. I got one from our member masraum and it went to spam.

[berettafan]

doesn't matter who sent it don't click on it.

if you want to change your bird pw then just do it.

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by berettafan

doesn't matter who sent it don't click on it.
if you want to change your bird pw then just do it.

I don't have a bird...but I do have a few turtles.
Do I need to change their passwords?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by gduke2010

My pelican parts password has been compromised. Is this a scam or a scam alert. Afraid to click the link because it could be a scam.

You don't mention how you've heard that it was compromised. Was it an email, and if so where does it look like it came from?

It's probably a scam, but if you're concerned, login to the forum on their website (same as you posted) and change your password from there.

[gduke2010]

It popped on my home page. Not going to open it.

[berettafan]

Originally Posted by stevej37

I don't have a bird...but I do have a few turtles.
Do I need to change their passwords?

Pelican (a type of bird)

[masraum]

Originally Posted by gduke2010

It popped on my home page. Not going to open it.

A pop-up message on a website, no, I wouldn't bother. Although, I can say that some browsers/systems if you save your password, do check that against passwords found in the wild to tell you if yous has been compromised. The following article has a list of some of the systems which can tell you that. If you save your passwords on an Apple device or in Chrome/Google or someplace else that's probably fine. If you go to a site that wants you to enter info to then check, I'd avoid that like the plague.
https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-check-compromised-passwords

[wdfifteen]

My Pelican identity was stolen. It was a HUGE pain. Some guy was using my ID to list a bunch of 911 parts. Once I got my account back my PM "in" box was stuffed with PMs from people wanting to buy and a lot of hate mail from people wondering where the parts they bought were.

Get a Moderator to send you a new password, then change it immediately. Don't do anything using your current password.

BTW the only way I got this resolved was because I had a friend here who knows my email address. He saw the ads and emailed me, asking if my ID had been stolen. He contacted Eric on my behalf. Eric sent me a secure password. It's good to have a way to contact a Pelican friend outside of the Pelican portal.