I'VE BEEN HACKED!!!
drei3ree
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Someone is posting in the BUY/SELL using the name "Alivina John" and this email: makwakhati@yahoo.com
DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY OR COINS!!!
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Got taken. Trying to resolve with PayPal.
Avoid this email as well: alivinacece@yahoo.com
Collector
75 Positive BST transactions buying and selling with 45 members and counting!
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There goes my rep on the BST! I'm just glad I came on here tonight and caught it early.
Sorry everyone.
Wow sorry that this happened to you.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Is there a link to the thread you might provide? It could help us understand your post more clearly.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Don’t worry no one liked you anyway 😉
There are three threads in the US Coins BST. I deleted all the bogus info.
Just went over the the BST and it is more clear now.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
You didn’t get suspicious buying a $470 melt $5 for $350. Greed bit you in the ass.
It's a good thing that I'm a crusty old man and don't give a $h.t about being liked!!!
I agree I’m older and crustier and no one likes me.
It just gets worse and worse........................
Pete
Got pretty good deals from the BST before and the guy has good history on the BST. How was I supposed to know the account got hacked? Red flags really started getting raised when they were sending pictures of more stuff to sell but the pics were stolen from ebay.
Live and learn. I should get my money back from PP as their PP account was new and PP is currently holding the funds. CS was closed for today so will have to wait till tomorrow to call.
Collector
75 Positive BST transactions buying and selling with 45 members and counting!
instagram.com/klnumismatics
Could you go into more detail?
your account on these boards? your computer? your phone?
There a good deal and there's a fleecing. You can melt anything at 98%. Why would anyone ever sell for 25% below melt?
i just checked by changing my password to the full alphabet, so we can have AT LEAST 26 character passwords. my previous was only around 15 characters. i am now going to attempt to double that length.
probably not a bad idea in this hacking age to change ALL important passwords to insanely long/complex ones. i keep an xls backup on thumb drive and printed out.
the age of keys, passphrases, 2fa etc is nice BUT the drawback is, if you lose access. YOU ARE TOAST.
edited to add, 31 character alpha, numberic, symbol password active.
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Just my account on the CU Boards.
Did you have an easy password ( words, names, etc) or complex ( random computer generated). Was it shared with other accounts you have? I’m only trying to gauge the expertise of the bad actors that we all need to be concerned about.
Sorry to hear this news
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
watched a couple GREAT hacking vids (mostly white-hat but is VERY unfortunate how easily it can slide to the dark side) and it is nauseating just how easy it is to brute force with the efficiency of a few programs and even a half-decent device.
of course and thankfully, doing it and getting away with it (NOT leaving a trail) are NOT synonymous. (some great white-hat hacking vids as well where the ethos is more about understanding how things work, getting under/inside them and improving than anything. (there are/were some great conventions for such)
the power of cheap/free mass-information bites us as much as helps. just depends which way it is nudged.
Random letters & numbers. Not shared.
How did you get back in? didn't they change your password to lock you out?
what makes you think they do not have access to your email account and can get to many things?
or keylogger on your computer?
Maybe it’s the hacker pretending to be the hackee! 😎
Thanks for the alert.... This sort of information can help to minimize the damage to other members. Cheers, RickO
I wasn't locked out. I immediately changed my PCGS sign-in info. When I signed in it was about an hour after they started posting--caught it early purely by luck. So far I haven't had a problem anywhere else.
No, I'm not the hackee playing some twisted game or after suddenly finding remorse.