Mom told me she was getting several emails from a site called mylife.com. This was through the latest version of Firefox at her account at gmail.com

She doesn't belong to the site. I'm nearly certain she doesn't belong to any social sites, excerpt perhaps for Pinterest because under "Social" in Gmail there are also emails about pins from my sister which would be legitimate.

The emails from mylife.com, also under the "Social" tab, go back to Dec 2014, then increase dramatically in Jan and Feb 2015. I wish she had told me that sooner. The email subject headings say things like "Protect Your Exposed Info Including xxx-xxxxz" and lists her real phone number. Also: "Anthem Insurance Breached--Your data exposed" "New Identity Update Available" and "Remove Private info."

Clicking on the link takes you to mylife.com, which of course asks you to "re-enter your name and password" in order to increase your security and protect your data.

I'm certainly not going to give them any information. Does anyone have any ideas about what to do?

I found the following links. Note the dates.

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/online/mylife.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mylifecom-people-search-website-sued-scam/story?id=14335481

http://www.brighthub.com/internet/security-privacy/articles/110978.aspx

Addendum: Last month Mom had fake charges on her credit card. I don't know if that's related.

Last edited by deniro; 03/19/15 10:14 PM.