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ast3r3x
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2005-03-10, 12:04

I received an email from http://www.tyler-eagle.com/ about a user account. Well, I've never seen or heard of this company, so I wouldn't have paid much attention, except that the email had a password I use often.

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Below is your current login name and password:
Password: xxxxxx
Login Name: dsweigart
Please keep this in a safe place for future use.
That is all the email said, and that password (of course I won't share it with you) is one that I use for all my email. I sent the company a message asking when I would have signed up, so we'll see what they say.

I only saw one place to log on to that website and it didn't work. What is up with that? I'm a little freaked out.
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MCQ
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2005-03-10, 13:26

Ouch, that's odd. I was going to say maybe they bought out some other company that you signed up with previously - but I highly doubt you do technology purchasing for county governments
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curiousuburb
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2005-03-10, 13:29

Might be a polite nudge from the universe reminding you to change passwords more often.
(And not use the same one multiple places.)
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Wraven
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2005-03-10, 14:10

Exactly, change ALL of your passwords ASAP (not to state the obvious...).
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curiousuburb
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2005-03-10, 14:17

And in the bizarro world case where you never were associated with said site...
maybe there is an evil twin dsweigart who's inadvertently or Jungian-Achasically picked the same password as you...

Try logging in to some banks or etrade companies with your password to see if you can empty the bastard's accounts and/or steal your evil twin's identity back!
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