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Originally Posted by Teseo
And why they want an account on a forum?
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Originally Posted by Chris135
Your account leads to your email addy and you probably use the same password for everything maybe even your email so once one account is hacked it leads to others.. paypal, banks etc.
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LOL no. It's for spam.
If a new user account is created and used immediately for spam, it's easy for an admin to identify it and immediately kill it. The Chinese spammers have therefore started trying to hack real user accounts to use instead. If it's an established forum member with a lengthy posting history, other users will not report it as spam as quickly, and admins will not delete it as quickly. The spam stays up longer and is seen by more people.
If the idiot had succeeded in hacking your account, you would have started posting here about Chinese product offerings. Had that happen on another message board I used to read. Suddenly a forum veteran started posting nonsense posts about #1 Best Chinese Shoe!