Word to the Wise
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Sorry you all, just my two cents...
There was a recent poster on here posting multiple threads with links to you tube videos.
Hopefully its all legit and the person is a new eager addition to the hobby.
However, since I am an auditor when I'm not enjoying our amazing hobby, I have to point out some red flags I noticed in this person's posts. I have always been trained to never ever click on links if I didn't know the source. Links can SEEM harmless on the surface, while they are giving access to your laptop, data, and on-line stuff to an individual in Eastern Europe or China who does not have the best intentions.
Red flags would be misspellings in the content and poor grammar as English is not their original language. These folks use social engineering tricks to appeal to your interests, lower your guard, and get you to click away. By reading the reply posts (I did not click on the videos), it seemed like the videos were not the type you would expect from one of us in the hobby...i.e fabricated to serve an alternate purpose.
The sheer volume of posts seemed like spam on a fishing expedition.
Anyway, I pray I am wrong, and if I am, I truly apologize to the original poster. However, in the times we are currently in, I felt responsible to at least throw out a warning to my fellow beloved hobbyists.
Our IT guy once told me, it's not a matter of if you get hacked, but when
There was a recent poster on here posting multiple threads with links to you tube videos.
Hopefully its all legit and the person is a new eager addition to the hobby.
However, since I am an auditor when I'm not enjoying our amazing hobby, I have to point out some red flags I noticed in this person's posts. I have always been trained to never ever click on links if I didn't know the source. Links can SEEM harmless on the surface, while they are giving access to your laptop, data, and on-line stuff to an individual in Eastern Europe or China who does not have the best intentions.
Red flags would be misspellings in the content and poor grammar as English is not their original language. These folks use social engineering tricks to appeal to your interests, lower your guard, and get you to click away. By reading the reply posts (I did not click on the videos), it seemed like the videos were not the type you would expect from one of us in the hobby...i.e fabricated to serve an alternate purpose.
The sheer volume of posts seemed like spam on a fishing expedition.
Anyway, I pray I am wrong, and if I am, I truly apologize to the original poster. However, in the times we are currently in, I felt responsible to at least throw out a warning to my fellow beloved hobbyists.
Our IT guy once told me, it's not a matter of if you get hacked, but when
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All good points here....thanks!
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I almost never click on links in emails, especially when not expected.
the recent onslaught of youtu.be links are legit youtube links. the url looks like that because it's been shortened by youtube.
I've never had an issue with any link from this site - that I know of.
ok lets assume you receive the following email from, what appears to be a known to you person with whom you regularly correspond.
"good morning dave (***your name). You just simply have to see what my boss proposed to me. this am he sent me this letter to my email. I am very pleased... we have to celebrate.
read it and call me , tell me what you think.
there is the following MS office attachment with the email titled
JackspromotionandInvitation.doc
would you open it or not? It is sent from your friend Jacks internal company email. this is the promotion you have been waiting for for a long time....
Where the hell were you before everyone clicked? You're the one yelling fire in the theatre.
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ok lets assume you receive the following email from, what appears to be a known to you person with whom you regularly correspond.
[snip]
would you open it or not? It is sent from your friend Jacks internal company email. this is the promotion you have been waiting for for a long time....
You check the complete headers, not just the from address. Anyone can fake up a from address.
From the header (which should be over 10 lines, if you only see three, you are not seeing the entire header), you can see where the message originated from, as well as the path that it took to get to you. (If you don't know how to do this, you should probably learn.)
If you're unsure, check one of his old e-mail to you and compare the e-mail path. Failing that, CALL THE PERSON ON THE PHONE!
Just clicking on links today is the easiest way to get compromised.
Edited to fix format problem
wonder why?
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Many pray the scammers fall, too.
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And wouldn't this be a fortuitous place to find people of above average net worth? It's called placing the bait correctly.
Above average net worth combined with poor impulse control in many cases
who are).... I worry particularly about links in emails or unfamiliar websites... Cheers, RickO
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Something to think about since we all want to help and educate new people but the sheer amount of continuous "HEY! LOOK AT THIS RARE/ERROR COIN" posts linking to a video of a generic date coin while ignoring suggestions to post pictures and consolidate posts practically screams "WARNING" to me but probably sounds really inviting to the more trusting/helpful people in our community. At best, he's a total newbie who needs the help. More likely, he's increasing his revenue through clicks (since he doesn't seem to contribute elsewhere). At worst, well - that's just been pointed out.
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ever try and see it from that person's point of view or did we not take that into account?
maybe video in their opinion is the best idea to get their point across
and guessing isn't going to help knowing the facts will
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