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robschieren
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

CRITICAL SPAM from Dropbox***

All our contacts are receiving the below message from Dropbox.  We had one of our user's email inbox hacked and contacts harvested.  The hacker then created a Dropbox account in the name of [personal...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    5 years ago
    robschieren wrote:

    Is there a way to contact Dropbox fraud/security to stop these emails from being sent from Dropbox or on behalf of Dropbox as the attachment is fraudulent and possibly a virus?

    Forward all details to abuse@dropbox.com.

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Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
5 years ago
robschieren wrote:

Is there a way to contact Dropbox fraud/security to stop these emails from being sent from Dropbox or on behalf of Dropbox as the attachment is fraudulent and possibly a virus?

Forward all details to abuse@dropbox.com.

  • robschieren's avatar
    robschieren
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    Thanks Rich.

  • HelenMcGowan's avatar
    HelenMcGowan
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago

    ....and what action does 'abuse@dropbox.com' take to assist?

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      HelenMcGowan
      New member | Level 2
      5 years ago

      Why is this marked as 'solved'? What is the 'fix'?

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