Been contacted by 3rd party

[molly11]

I've just received a private email off someone who says they are a bereavement service. Although I'd like to say I'm touched, I'm not, I'm quite neurotic about stuff like this. They've found me through TP. Anyone ever heard of them?
www.bereavementuk.co.uk.

 

[jenniferpa]

Molly - I'm appalled. I'm sending you a PM.

 

[beech mount]

Just watched the link, yuck.
John

 

[beech mount]

Am bumping this up, this is serious, using this site for buisness?
John.

 

[jenniferpa]

Hi John - we're trying to track this down. What I can say is this group absolutely didn't get an email address from this forum. No way, no how. Someone might have sent a PM with the link intending to be helpful, but as a moderator, I have no way of checking that.

 

[lin1]

How awful Molly. Scary too

I hope you don't mind me asking, was this via a PM on this site.

 

[jenniferpa]

If anyone (not just Molly but anyone) has been contacted in this way (either via PM or email) by this group or similar, please report such contacts to the moderating team. You can contact me using this link http://forum.alzheimers.org.uk/private.php?do=newpm&u=2362 or you can contact any other moderator.

I'm closing this thread now.

 

[KatherineW]

Hi everyone,

Just to confirm that we now know that this message was sent via PM (Private Message) on Talking Point. It was sent by a genuine member of this forum and would appear to have been well-intentioned. I'm sorry molly that the message unsettled you.

I'd like to reassure members that your email addresses and personal data are safe on Talking Point: we would never share members' data with external organisations.

I'd also like to remind everyone that if you ever have any concerns about Private Messages you have received, the best thing to do is click on the 'Report Post' button at the bottom of the message. That will alert the TP staff and moderating team, who will be able to take appropriate action.

If anyone has any concerns about this, or about privacy and security in general on TP, you are very welcome to contact me via email or PM.

Thanks,