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I got my account back!!
Russell12
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My account was hacked a few weeks ago and I finally got it back. I want to thanks @pcgs_social for all of the help! It's good to be back!
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Nice!
God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️
I was wondering where you've been , are you going to ship that $6,000 order of gold I paid you for soon?
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Welcome back 👍
Ha, this would be funny if it weren't so sad that crap like this happens.
Here's the problem. How do we know it's you?
Just sayin'.
A reasonable question. Well two ways . . . hopefully @pcgs_social can vouch for me and since I have NEVER sold anything on here and do not intend to, I guess it does not really matter if it's me or not!
I got an email with an unsolicited link to reset my password. Link had expired. Asked for another email and presto it worked. The tird did leave a "draft" calling people suckers tho. When someone else asked for a tracking # they sent them a link to a porn site.
Yay! Glad to see you are back. Russell's account is back to his OG email, he showed us previous emails from his account that prove it is his, and he even sent us a picture of the slabbed coin in his profile picture. Hopefully that gives you all some more peace of mind moving forward!
Isa Zavala
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oh man. i'm not sure i can get billy mumy slabbed
Typical hacker behavior
God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️
THANK YOU
Which is likely how Bajjerfan himself got hacked. Never click on unsolicited links
Prior to that email I don't recall ever clicking on unsolicited links. Besides it looked exactly like the other 99 password reset emails that I got from PCGS.
how did they get your email to send it to you?
I don't mean it to be critical. Just a warning to others.
Weren't prior password reset emails solicited?
I can think of at least one way someone can get your email from this site. If you choose to make your email visible in your profile then anyone who is logged in can see it. So, if someone wants to hack your account they can set up a valid PCGS account on these boards and then surf through everyone's homepages looking for those folks who have their email posted.
Another way is to go through the private message (PM) history of a hacked account before taking over the account. How many PCGS members have shared their personal email addresses, phone numbers or home addresses in PMs with other members? If you have done so, and if the recipient member has not deleted the PM, then if the account is hacked the hacker need only look through old PMs to find private information on folks who have not yet been hacked.
Everyone should delete old private messages in order to protect one another, but few do so.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
I wouldn't worry, you can just send those hackers to the cornfield.
I had been working with Isa to get my account ba yesterday if my email had been hacked and I replied no. After first contact I asked her to change it back to the one I always use.
Yes they were, The one I got late last nite was not tho.
He was asking how the PCGS mod got my email addy. I don't think it matters really. He got into my account somehow and that's all he needed in order to do his dirty deeds. I see only a way to change mine, but not delete it. AFAIK one cannot delete their PMs.
Of course you can delete your PMs! PCGS does not make it intuitively obvious, but just go to any PM you have and click the large, red "Leave Conversation" button on the right side and the PM will disappear from your account.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
But your messages still reside on the recipients end until he/she also decides to leave conversation.
Of course they do, but at least they won't appear on your own side, as well. This is why I wrote earlier that everyone should delete old PMs.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
Every site where I've seen that feature if someone left you could still see all messages.
I personally won’t delete PM’s but wish I could redact personal info without leaving the conversation entirely
The messages disappear here on your end if you leave the conversation. I will send you a PM right now and you can try it. Just choose the "Leave Conversation" button and refresh your PM history. It will be gone.
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
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I was looking forward to PeakRarities retort to blitzdude's senseless comment.
He didn't disappoint.
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Great tip. Thanks for sharing it.
peacockcoins
Woah now, I guess you got me there, I cant argue with the fact that I'm small timer. Small list of inventory, small office, small number of employees, and small client list. In fact it's so small that we end up spending all this extra time and attention on each individual customer's needs & requests. Clearly we should be setting our sites on automation and growth, scaling and maximizing profits as they say.
Now that you mention it, even our advertisements are small....
. Who knew a full page in the 2026 rebook was only half the size of a magazine page, we really need to get it together here. In light of your duly noted retirement , perhaps you could show us a few of of the ways of the boomin big time players, if you could spare some? I only wish that my life can be an illustrious and successful as yours, thank you for shining a light of wisdom and reflection on our obviously flawed model.
Would you even believe this?! "Full page".....yeah right, maybe for garden gnomes!
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@PeakRarities you got some beastly pretty coins on that cover.
God comes first in everything I do. I’m dedicated to serving Him with my whole life. Coin collecting is just a hobby—but even in that, I seek to honor Him. ✝️
Thanks you my friend, 6 remain in the core collection. The rest are gone, but not forgotten.
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A legend in your own mind. CNGRTS! ROFL!!
Actually, it's now 23 forum members that LOLed your joke.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
even @pcgs_social LOLed at the joke
Collector of Capped Bust Halves, SLQ's, Commems, and random cool stuff! @davidv_numismatics on Instagram
i would like it on the record the PeakRarities used "RTRD" first in another thread but all traces seem to be removed
There is no record. There is no court reporter.
This is a public coin forum.
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I always thought you could edit a PM but I was wrong. Never thought I would need to edit a PM.
Some places you can, but not here.