# Was Car Talk hacked? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 16, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105 "2021-02-16T12:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/1 "2021-02-16T12:56:29Z")
I received the following email, sent via Car Talk. Did anyone else receive something similar? [**susanaevlyn19\_173976**](https://community.cartalk.com/u/susanaevlyn19_173976) February 16 Do you know with an investment of $300 you could earn $3600 weekly from the comfort of your home without sending your money to me or anyone by investing on Mr Lucas Oliver trading platform if interested click on the link below to contact Mr Lucas for assistance and start your investment today @cdaquila: I strongly suggest that **susanaevlyn19\_173976** be blocked from this forum. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/2 "2021-02-16T13:11:53Z")
You might want to edit out the link, don’t want folks clicking it. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/3 "2021-02-16T13:22:49Z")
I got one, too. This poster clearly has an agenda to drive traffic to this website and should be ignored. Didn’t take any hacking… Just create a login and post and send messages to the regulars. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/4 "2021-02-16T13:27:44Z")
Morning. I deleted Ms Susana about an hour or two ago. Were you emailed (from an @cartalk.com mailing address) or was it a notification of a private message that was also sent to your email? May seem I’m splitting hairs, but sending private messages vs actually managing to get a cartalk email would require two different responses. Sorry for the trouble. Remember the Korean ad days? That was wild. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/5 "2021-02-16T13:44:02Z")
@cdaquila This was the header on the email that I received: Susanaevlyn19 via Car Talk Community [cartalk@discoursemail.com](mailto:cartalk@discoursemail.com) Interestingly, it only appeared in my home email, and not as a notification on the Car Talk page. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/6 "2021-02-16T14:01:57Z")
I actuallly got both… a green dot on the CarTalk site letting.know rhere was a message and an email as well. That may be my settings doing the email. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/7 "2021-02-16T14:15:03Z")
OK, thanks @VDCdriver and @Mustangman. That does make sense. When it’s coming via discoursemail, it’s a notification of a private message or tagging. Her account has been deleted, so there should be nothing more from her. If she has any colleagues who decide to show up, we will deal with them accordingly. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/8 "2021-02-16T14:16:35Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > a green dot on the CarTalk site letting.know rhere was a message and an email as well. That may be my settings doing the email. Normally, I get both, but in this case there was no “green dot” on the Car Talk page. Only an email to my home email address. ---
**Author:** ![Dakotaboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dakotaboy/32/21842_2.png) [@Dakotaboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dakotaboy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/9 "2021-02-16T14:21:18Z")
I received this via e-mail. I wanted to check the topic but got a header that stated “Oop’s, this page doesn’t exist or is private.” At the bottom of the e-mail it states: "Visit message (instead of topic) _(in red box, like most e-mails from Car Talk)_ or reply to _(and listed 5 users on the Car Talk forums, including myself and several others, including this Susana person)_ A agree that this Susana person should be blocked from this forum, although that won’t stop he/she/it from creating another username and continuing to do this sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/10 "2021-02-16T15:21:25Z")
Thanks. If you got the Oops! message that shows her account and posts are gone. Yes, @VDCdriver , I find that the notifications aren’t foolproof and at times I have not gotten the dot and missed a PM, which is embarrassing when I do catch it. And so on, with emails. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/11 "2021-02-16T15:28:52Z")
I too received an email through the site from the spammer, but ignored it once I saw the content. Thank you @cdaquila for keeping the site running and keeping us “safe.” ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/12 "2021-02-16T16:15:39Z")
You guys have all they luck. I didn’t get it here or at home. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/13 "2021-02-16T22:03:45Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Mr Lucas Oliver trading platform Must be one sleazy company to advertise this way. Companies that advertise this way are either desperate or a total scam or both. No legitimate company advertises this way. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/was-car-talk-hacked/175105/14 "2021-02-16T22:28:09Z")
Spammed, not hacked. People earn money by getting clicks.