I'VE BEEN MUGGED!

Cyber-mugged that is.

It is frightening to think someone is wearing my face across the internet.

I was checking my emails this morning after a draining weekend of blood runs 

to find this email from Createspace:

"This is an automated message confirming that royalty payment information has been updated in your CreateSpace account. 

 

If you did not make any changes to this information, please use the Contact Support feature in your account to reach our Customer Service team."

I had done no such thing!

I checked my account settings to find that instead of the Send Check option, 

 

the direct deposit option was now chosen with a name that was not mine!

Payment Type

Direct Deposit

Bank Account Location

United States

Bank Account Number

*********2662

Bank Routing Number

*****0084

Bank Account Type

Checking

Name on Bank Account

MAXIM KISLYI

Who the blazes is MAXIM KISLYI?  

Of course, I contacted Createspace and took the appropriate measures.

Now, few are buying my print books, but I would like to get the few royalties from them!

What is scary is that this is the SECOND time in ONE week this has happened to me.

On September fourth, I received an email from eBay

Your item has been listed!

Innosilicon A9 ZMaster 50ksols/s Zcash Miner w/PSU Limited Qty Price: $2,500.00 Item #: 292712215395 End Date: 10/04/18

 

I never list items to sell on eBay.

 

Wow!  $2500 is felony territory.

Of course, I phoned eBay Support and got things straightened out, quickly changing as many passwords as I could remember.

It never occurred to me to change my password to Createspace.

MAXIM KISLYI, pick on somebody with more money than me!

Has anything like this 

ever happened to any of you?