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December 03, 2013, 02:54:58 PM
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Hello, since I don't know exactly how to report any private messages, I'm making a thread on a fishing attempt by a user of the forums:

Here is a personal message I got from JarlMezentius:

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Hi I saw a thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=276623.0
  about giving 0.002 btc (2$) just to get your signature
Do you know if it is real or it is just scam ?

Now, it might not seem suspicious, BUT the link doesn't route you to bitcointalk.org, it takes me to:  http://bitcointalk.yzi.me/indexphp%3Ftopic%3D276623.0/index.html <------ DO NOT GO HERE

As can be seen, it's a fishing site.

His username profile is:  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=146923  



Hope this helps, and if someone can tell me an easier way to report this, thanks.

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Bitcoinpsftp

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December 03, 2013, 03:01:52 PM
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You can report PMs by clicking "Report To Admin" in the lower right corner.


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December 03, 2013, 03:08:22 PM
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You can report PMs by clicking "Report To Admin" in the lower right corner.



Yes, I found it.  Thanks.  I think I'll keep this up though, just as a heads up for anyone else that might receive such messages.  Thank god I have "stay logged in" on all sites.  If for example, this site was proned to logging me out randomly at times, I wouldn't have given the address bar a second look.  Sometimes it's scary how close one can get to being fished.  I've on various occasions clicked on links from services I use and signed in, without checking address bar, only to 5 minutes later realize how easily it could have been a fishing attempt. 

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December 03, 2013, 04:09:42 PM
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Yeah I banned him about 30 mins ago, thanks for the report.

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