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Sadika
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  11:52:56 AM  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add Sadika to your friends list Send Sadika a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Just been trying to get some info from ECAHO and the website is down with this explanation - oh dear:

The ECAHO-site has been hacked.
For security reasons we have taken the site offline.

The new site will be built gradually.
During this process certain information will not be available.

If you need anything you cannot find, please contact Viola Speier:

viola.speier@ecaho.org

Thank you for your understanding.

Marilyn


www.sweetphotography.com ** Now available online Our 2016 Galleries **
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SueB
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  12:27:57 PM  Show Profile  Send SueB an AOL message Bookmark this reply Add SueB to your friends list Send SueB a Private Message  Reply with Quote

I don't really understand what these hackers want? I have just had a phone call from a man trying to sell me cheap tickets for a private box at the Epsom Derby or Ascot. I asked where he got my phone number from and he said Arabian Lines.

All I can assume is it's from an old stallion advert. I guess with money tight people are so keen to get a sale they will look anywhere.
As for the hackers, they must be glued to the computer night and day and have little else to do!!
What do they get out of it?
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Jingo
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  12:56:48 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jingo to your friends list Send Jingo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
LOL Sue I have also had same chap - I let him give me the sales pitch but had to pull him up on his maths He seemed to think 50% of £10K was £6k

Re the hackers - luckily all my spam catchers etc seem to get rid of them - for the present!!

Jude
www.auchmillanarabians.org.uk

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Valentine Arabians
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  1:57:33 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Valentine Arabians to your friends list Send Valentine Arabians a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ah ha...I got the same phone call this morning Sue!

I didn't ask where he got our number from, but assumed because Mitraz was racing last year, he had picked our number up from that. Needless to say, we aren't and won't be going to the Epsom Derby.

Is it me or is there an awful of spam being sent through the ether??? I seem to have won millions and people keep trying to sell me watches. Thank God for 'spam controls' and 'virus catchers'.

As for hacking into the ECAHO site....what for and why???

Liz & Walter Downes
www.ValentineArabians.com
Lincolnshire
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Delyth
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  2:19:30 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Delyth to your friends list Send Delyth a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Me too !! It's the bargain price of £249 per person - do we fancy it !!!
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NPA Arabians
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  2:21:34 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add NPA Arabians to your friends list Send NPA Arabians a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Me too!



Jayne Armstrong - NPA Arabians

:-) :-) :-) :-)
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The Arabian Emporium
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  2:23:49 PM  Show Profile  Click to see The Arabian Emporium's MSN Messenger address Bookmark this reply Add The Arabian Emporium to your friends list Send The Arabian Emporium a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Me too!

www.arabianemporium.com
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Delyth
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  2:24:32 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Delyth to your friends list Send Delyth a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ha ha ha ...... horse people are loaded :) Usually with horse manure !!
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Jingo
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  2:48:05 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Jingo to your friends list Send Jingo a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yeah and I was right in the middle of mucking out - just looked at myself and thought Epsom Derby - yeah that'll be right!!!!

Jude
www.auchmillanarabians.org.uk

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pintoarabian
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  2:58:51 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pintoarabian to your friends list Send pintoarabian a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Same call here. I never let him get as far as suggesting £6k. So, if AL has been hacked for private data, where does that sit with the Data Protection Act and what other information are the hackers using and for what intent?

http://www.performancearabians.com
http://performancearabians.blogspot.com/
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SueB
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  3:29:28 PM  Show Profile  Send SueB an AOL message Bookmark this reply Add SueB to your friends list Send SueB a Private Message  Reply with Quote

I reckon we should all get together and have a private 'box'
I didn't get as far as the costs, if he had said 10k I would have thought he meant £10.00 each!!
Do people spend 10k on a private box at Epsom racecourse?? who are they? do they like Arab horses

I used to live near Epsom racecourse, we used to go every year and sit on the 'heath' side where the fairground used to be. It was free!!
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pathannay
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  4:23:56 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pathannay to your friends list Send pathannay a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I got the call too!!!!!!!!! I didn't let him get as far as prices!!!

www.azizaarabians.co.uk
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Admin
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  4:25:10 PM  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage Bookmark this reply Add Admin to your friends list Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Anyone getting calls that are canvassing please quote the below ( we dont do it, nor should they )

PLEASE NOTE
THIS INFORMATION IS FOR PRIVATE USE ONLY.
IT IS NOT TO BE USED FOR CANVASSING, MAILSHOTS OR COMMERCIAL MEANS BY ANY THIRD PARTIES.
ANY SUCH USE IS A BREACH OF COPYRIGHT AND MAY RESULT IN LEGAL ACTION.

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Rui
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  4:26:07 PM  Show Profile  Visit Rui's Homepage Bookmark this reply Add Rui to your friends list Send Rui a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Originally posted by pintoarabian

Same call here. I never let him get as far as suggesting £6k. So, if AL has been hacked for private data, where does that sit with the Data Protection Act and what other information are the hackers using and for what intent?

AL was not hacked. Phone numbers are posted with ads, so anyone who looks at ads will get the phone numbers from there.

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LYNDILOU
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  4:59:58 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add LYNDILOU to your friends list Send LYNDILOU a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Rui, I had a call from him today and I didnt have an Advert on here , or my phone number on anywhere ??? so how are they getting them? I should have asked him but like everyone else I cut him short saying I wasnt interested ! but he had started by saying is that Dreamfield arabians? yes, , then , is that Lynda free? hmmm ! I dont think he is getting his info from here? unless someone is giving it to him?


www.dreamfield-arabians.com
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Rui
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  5:07:20 PM  Show Profile  Visit Rui's Homepage Bookmark this reply Add Rui to your friends list Send Rui a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Lynda, I just googled 'Dreamfield Arabians', got to what I suppose is your website and there is a phone number right on the first page. Also, we don't even have your phone number on your profile, here.

These people will collect phone numbers in all possible manners. Many of you have websites, or have posted ads here and / or elsewhere, and they surely have picked the numbers from one of those sources. I can guarantee member's personal info on here is perfectly safe and hasn't been touched (not that it was needed, but Lynda's number being a perfect example, as we don't even have it on record).

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Sahir
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  5:39:46 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Sahir to your friends list Send Sahir a Private Message  Reply with Quote
We had a call too - I was at work but he knew my husband's name and had quite a chat with him - like they were old mates, Len asked him his name and he said Dick Ritchie he said the deposit had been paid on the box so we assume it must be a cancellation that they were trying to recover the costs. He didn't get a sale from us either
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pintoarabian
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  7:27:51 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add pintoarabian to your friends list Send pintoarabian a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Rui,

We do not have any adverts on AL and our phone number is not on our website. So where did they get it?

http://www.performancearabians.com
http://performancearabians.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/PerformanceArabians
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Chris James
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  7:48:59 PM  Show Profile  Send Chris James an AOL message Bookmark this reply Add Chris James to your friends list Send Chris James a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well, it is on your entry on the stud directory on this site - as I believe the others are too. But they are breaking the rules by useing it otherwise.

So if anyone else is called - can you get their info - so AL can take action maybe??

Chris James
http://home2.btconnect.com/cjames-arabians
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mirage
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  7:51:01 PM  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add mirage to your friends list Send mirage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hi - I googled Picasso Kossack and your advert on a website came up at the top of the page and your advert has your full contact details!
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Rui
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  7:55:39 PM  Show Profile  Visit Rui's Homepage Bookmark this reply Add Rui to your friends list Send Rui a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hi Alan,

Guess Chris and Sally gave possible sources for how they got your phone number. All it takes is one number out there.

It's obvious these people have been to a lot of arab / horse related websites...

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Admin
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Posted - 16 Feb 2010 :  8:17:09 PM  Show Profile  Visit Admin's Homepage Bookmark this reply Add Admin to your friends list Send Admin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Previously an " add horse site " was targeting advertisers on AL and advertisers on other horse sites, we did contact them, point out the terms of site usage ( which applies to the WHOLE site ) and they seem to have ceased this practice for now.

Its a lazy way of people doing business, take from other sites that have taken years to build.. Shows their small mentality me thinks.


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