GROUPLY- NO!!

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I have looked this up and SNOPES says it is a legitimate concern.

They are banning members who have Grouply, until they unsub. Liora

Moderator,

WARNING ABOUT GROUPLY.COM

This is a new site which advertises they can make accessing your

groups faster and easier. Most of us are too seasoned to fall for

something like this, but I am posting this as a warning.

This is what happens when you join:'First, when a member joins, it

automatically changes their primary email address for the groups,

giving them a @grouply.com extension. This is being done unaware to

those who are joining.

Secondly, members who join the grouply website are having to give

their member ID and password. This opens up a security issue for

those members.

Thirdly, once a member joins grouply, it opens access to the files

and posts of each group to the grouply website. Grouply staff can

then access these files. If they get hacked, then it opens the doors

to the groups getting hacked as well. It has also been reported that

it's generating a lot of spam already.

'In other words, information from a group can be made accessible to

everyone, and massive amounts of spam with your email address can be

generated.

The following information tells you the steps which need to be

taken if someone has joined Grouply.com

IDENTIFY THEFT AT GROUPLY.COM

There is a message going out to different advertising

and suggesting that you join a new group called GROUPLY. This group

claims to help manage all your and you will get a

summary, at the end of the day, telling you what is going on in all

your groups.

IF YOU JOIN THIS GROUP, they use your ID and password to

post'mass mailings' (can be junk, can be porno) and send them to

anyone, and since it's YOUR ID they are using, others will think it

is coming from you. For instance, you could get an email CLAIMING

that it came from 'emagic2' group and it really is not from

this group. I could get an email, with this mass mailing, claiming it

came from me, and it wouldn't have been from me.

Again, IF YOU HAVE JOINED THIS GROUP called 'GROUPLY' IMMEDIATELY

leave Grouply. Then go into your account at:

http://groups. / mygroups and change your password. Some

groups have posted that this will help. Unsubbing from that group

won't make a difference (but I think you will want to) so change your

Password. By joining this group you have also exposed all your

groups, group members and group leaders to

hacking of their emails and group information. Because of this

problem, all members with a email grouply.com are being removed from

the affected groups. This is the only way to protect all the members.

This is how Identity theft gets going. They now have your real email,

your emails, any emails listed in your group and can mail

as you in and out of the .

I hope you understand what is happening and will take precautions to

protect your ID.

Thanks;The Team