Tuesday Tip : I've received a message from Forumotion, is it true ?

In which case you receive an email from Forumotion :

Reason :	Must I answer ?
New message in a topic you watch (*)	No
New private message in your inbox (*)	No
New registration on your forum (*)	No
New warning report on your forum (*)	No
Your forum creation	No
Your forum deletion	No
Sent litigation	No
Reception of a litigation	No

In conclusion: do not respond to these emails, and generally Forumotion will not contact you by mail. If you have a doubt, you can always ask for confirmation to a staff member on the support forum.

Beware fake mails :

Dear Founder,
My name is ----, Forumotion Adminstrator.
A hacker is causing us problems lately, and is threatening to attack your forum.
So we can protect you as best as we can, I will need admin rights on your forum, so I can patch it and avoid you being hacked.
Please give me your login as soon as possible, so I can protect you from his hacking attempts.

Please also see an example link of how he proceeds : http://www.----.com

We count on your fast collaboration, this is a serious threat.

Best regards,
Forumotion Administrator.

- Do not answer nor click any link !
- Copy / paste the mail and send it to a staff member of this forum if you want to be sure it's a fake.

NOBODY
will ever ask you your password within the staff of Forumotion. We do
not need this information to ensure the security of your forum!

OK for mails, but I've got a PM from Forumotion ... ? ?

- Do not answer nor click any link !
- Save the mail account he used,
- Copy / paste the PM and send it to a staff member of this forum if you want to be sure it's a fake.

- Do not answer nor click any link !
- Save the mail account he used,
- Copy / paste the message and send it to a staff member of this forum if you want to be sure it's a fake.

Obviously, Forumotion never uses private messages to contact a forum administrator.