Russell12 was hacked! and the hacker is scamming people!
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The account @Russell12 has been hacked. Same type of hack as BAJJERFAN. Everyone should take extra precautions.
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Just as a general rule of thumb, if people list stuff for crazy deals than it most likely is a scam.
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is he a hacker or your title is wrong?
Someone hacked his account and is selling gold coins. https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1114908/6-gold-coins-spot-price#latest
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so
...is he a hacker and a scammer ... or your title is wrong?
Both
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you need to change the title from "Russell12 is a hacker and scammer"
to
"Russell12 was hacked! and the hacker is scamming people!"
big differece
done deal thanks
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I just saw this, I'm "russell12" and I am not a scammer. How can I get my old account back?
you have to prove you're you and the rightful owner and not the hacker trying another trick
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https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1114908/6-gold-coins-spot-price#latest
sure, how do I go about that and contact the proper people?
The hacker does not have my email assigned to that account, I can provide my {CGS registry name (it's different). Hopefully that are ways to do this?
the way things are hand written, they are by someone from the other side of the atlantic
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they changed the email address on the account?
Would the moderators have access to what my original email was?
you can try sending a pm to pcgs_moderator and be sure to include the link to the scam bst post
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did the hacker change your email yes or no?
did you also change the registry acct password? if not, do it now
until this is settled, the original account will be banned once the mods start work
I have a different name and password for my registry set, thanks
Russell messaged me on Facebook from a legitimate, aged account so that should be enough in addition to his ip address they should be able to see. Last name and pic concealed for privacy.
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He won’t be able to know if his email on the original account was changed because he’s locked out, though I would assume that it was.
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Since he asked for password help and never got an email, I think it was definitely changed.
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Few more of these hacks and people will learn why paying the 3.5% PayPal fee is so valuable. The FF and Venmo nonsense just guarantees that you can't get your money back if anything goes wrong. It doesn't even have to be a scam. Could be any problem.
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This scam reminds me of the one that was showing up on eBay not too long ago. The scammers would get access to legitimate and well established accounts, then make bogus listings urging buyers to do business outside eBay via some link or email associated with the scammer.
Selling gold at spot wasn’t too crazy, until you saw the scammer was savvy enough to bait the deal with a few Classic head gold coins.
I'm baffled. Hackers even come here to try and screw us.
Just crazy.
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The thing is, even if the PCGS team was able to pinpoint the scams to a centralized IP, the scammers would most likely have used a VPN or other tool to conceal their true origin.
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I wonder if hacking is of CollectorsUniverse website, smart phone, individual's computer, or lucky password guess?
Coordinated hack
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Potentially another one here (can’t confirm though)….
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1114930/fs-under-spot-great-lot-of-6-ases-5-2024-bu-and-1-2014-toned-215-dlvd
That member hasn't posted on the forum for the past year and a half until yesterday, so beware.
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It's all good. I PM'ed this member and asked if he was a fraudster and he told me, no.
(Kidding. Let's be careful out there...)
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How do you know it was the actual member?
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It seems prudent at this point to change passwords and any other websites that use the same password (best practice anyway)! This is a pattern!
how could the hacker change my password with out access to my email?
They logged in than reset all information most likely. When were you last able to log in?
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Don’t need email access to change password on this site.
You just need to access the account
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I also don't like that they don't send you an email after any information is changed on your profile.
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They should enable 2-step verification such as a extra security question. Lots of sites have this feature and it works to great effect.
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i'm guessing they tried a bunch of passwords until their program eventually got it right and was logged in. then they changed the email and password
or
if you are russell12 on another site, and you use the same password, once that other site is compromised they can try "credential stuffing" by using the compromised password on other sites
Changed my password on other sites now and i dont have the same handle which is good
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