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[Eclipse33]

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[krogoth]

Nice thread you started here...good job and thankyou!

[pinky1234]

The link that i click here a few days ago , exactly was the same link from this site , nothing change once i click took me to the home screen of bitcointalk , meaning looks like i was at the site. so idk what kind of tools they have develop on here .i would love to post the link here , but for everyone safe will not post it .  its like my account was clone once i have click at the link . 

[Heisenberg_Hunter]

Your real name, your home address, your phone number if applicable, anything that is important during a transaction. Use privnote.com, PGP keys or zerobin.net. The safest and most secure method Is going to be the use of PGP keys. websites may keep logs even though they say they don't.

I would prefer not to disclose your real name or your home address to anyone unless they are highly trusted in the community. If the buyer/receiver is in a country where PO Box is available, I would prefer using that instead of risking our house address. If PO Boxes are unavailable in the country where the receiver is present, they should be seeking the help of a friend or someone known to them to receive the packages.

Moreover providing real names/any info related to us to an online stranger is not advisable as we end up in getting doxxed for various reasons. For international shipment, I use a dummy number which can be helpful on various instances too - hence I would suggest using that as well. Also, never use the same bitcoin addresses for receiving payments whatsoever and along with that prefer sending the txID through privnote.com or any safer websites. Posting the txIDs in replies shouldn't be encouraged too.

[pinky1234]

My account was taken over instantly , disable email notification , send pm to Seller requesting Refund . I believe there must be a way to send a privnote to seller and a second email using different platform " with privnote password " . Because they knew tx id on privnote . so ADm should let seller and Buyer knows about this issue. like  ALL seller must add a second email on listing  to send password for privnote only.

1- Buy item
2- Send message to seller throught Bitcointalk with a Privnote password protected
3- use a secondary email to email the seller the password for the privnote  + bitcointalk user name+ shipping address

Agree not agree ADM

[pinky1234]

Beware of fucking scammer, everytime someone"Seller"  do an auction . most of the buyer will be getting a pm Link just like the pic buttom. dont F click in the link , your acccount will get hacked  right away. this is how they got me .  .


REMINDER : USER NAME WILL BE " FREEDOM.IO.  " MOST TIME . IF YOU GET A PM FROM THIS USER DELETE MESSAGE AND REPORT IT .

https://ibb.co/X5LHq39

[dirtbike]

Beware of fucking scammer, everytime someone"Seller"  do an auction . most of the buyer will be getting a pm Link just like the pic buttom. dont F click in the link , your acccount will get hacked  right away. this is how they got me .  .


REMINDER : USER NAME WILL BE " FREEDOM.IO.  " MOST TIME . IF YOU GET A PM FROM THIS USER DELETE MESSAGE AND REPORT IT .

https://ibb.co/X5LHq39

I got sent a pm from freedom.io today and clicked the link.... like a fool... It "logged me out". I did not go any further. I did change my password to my account right away. What else should I do? Is anything outside of this account vulnerable at this point?

[pinky1234]

well your password has been compromised, scammer will try to get to your email using your password from bitcointalk , if thats the cae ,change your email password.

[dirtbike]

well your password has been compromised, scammer will try to get to your email using your password from bitcointalk , if thats the cae ,change your email password.

well then i think/hope they are out of luck, I used a 1 time password when i signed up here. I'll change my email password again and try to set up a 2fa for here. Thanks for the reply

[pinky1234]

great, just make sure if you have got anything from an auction in the past few day , pm seller let them knows that if someone request for a refund for whatever reason isnt you. thats how i lost money previous . scammer requested for a refund , and he got the refund, since he knew tx . 

[MrCryptHodl]

Hi everyone ! i hope you all are fine ! 

Be careful, a user who participated in my auction had his account hacked, I received a message that he wanted to cancel his order, so I directly sent a message to the user on Twitter and he confirmed that he did not send me this message.

I told him to change his password directly and he just did it.

Whether you are a buyer or a seller you may be scam victim, try to always have a contact outside the forum with your buyer/seller in case you suspect a message and would like to made a double verification, as I have do on twitter.

Pay attention to yourself, I noticed that the "Hackers" are much more present when the activity in our section increases, I advise you to create contacts on Twitter or discord to always be able to do double checks in case of doubts.

Otherwise I hope you all have a good day! 

[pinky1234]

AM SUPER MAD , I WOULD  RECOMEND ON EVERY AUCTION FOR THE SELLER TO WRITE DOWN

" BEWARE OF SCAMMER SENDING PM TO CLICK ON A LINK , YOUR ACCOUNT WILL GET HACKED INSTANTLY"  THIS SHOULD BE ON RED ON EVERY AUCTIONS @ ADMIN..............

[KrispyKrypto]

Are the malicious links only harmful if you type in password /username or whatever when in them. Can they download malware onto your computer just clicking on a link ?  ( I'm mainly talking about the malicious and notorious bitcointalk-link) . I have clicked on one before , but immediately closed the browser . Just curious as to what actual happens when you are clicking on a malicious link . I know they are spying on your computer , but that can only happen when in the link right ?

Krispy

[mx12.levins]

Thank you!

[Steeley]

I vote for this thread to be added to the permanent list of threads at the top of the forum. Too many people getting scammed here.

Steeley

[owlcatz]

I vote for this thread to be added to the permanent list of threads at the top of the forum. Too many people getting scammed here.

Steeley

Sounds good - I have some stuff in my sig that can help learn PGP/GPG as well...

[MrCryptHodl]

I vote for this thread to be added to the permanent list of threads at the top of the forum. Too many people getting scammed here.

Steeley

Sounds good - I have some stuff in my sig that can help learn PGP/GPG as well...

So I've used PGP a lot on Tails or whatever, but I don't know if it's really suitable for all users.

Of course this is one of the best methods, people can check messages and keys etc, but maybe too much for lot of users here.

I don't know if it's possible, but there should at least be the possibility of activating a 2FA with PGP on the forum, because the sales and the sums here are very important, we are not talking about small amount. (So that people who know how to use can set it up on their accounts, especially sellers / creators)

[Est2013]

So I've used PGP a lot on Tails or whatever, but I don't know if it's really suitable for all users.

Of course this is one of the best methods, people can check messages and keys etc, but maybe too much for lot of users here.

I don't know if it's possible, but there should at least be the possibility of activating a 2FA with PGP on the forum, because the sales and the sums here are very important, we are not talking about small amount. (So that people who know how to use can set it up on their accounts, especially sellers / creators)

A login 2FA would be a great addition. But I disagree with the mentality of "too much for lot of users here." While that may be true, imo that is the cost/requirement of "being your own bank" and transacting on a community driven platform.

Everyone has a line/comfort zone, if you have not taken the time to learn PGP and the additional steps to protect yourself, you simply haven't been pushed across that line of inconvenience yet. We should encourage new and existing members to cross that barrier and learn, before learning the hard way.

Promoting from newbie status should be a crash course in security; rather than a single merit.

[MrCryptHodl]

So I've used PGP a lot on Tails or whatever, but I don't know if it's really suitable for all users.

Of course this is one of the best methods, people can check messages and keys etc, but maybe too much for lot of users here.

I don't know if it's possible, but there should at least be the possibility of activating a 2FA with PGP on the forum, because the sales and the sums here are very important, we are not talking about small amount. (So that people who know how to use can set it up on their accounts, especially sellers / creators)

A login 2FA would be a great addition. But I disagree with the mentality of "too much for lot of users here." While that may be true, imo that is the cost/requirement of "being your own bank" and transacting on a community driven platform.

Everyone has a line/comfort zone, if you have not taken the time to learn PGP and the additional steps to protect yourself, you simply haven't been pushed across that line of inconvenience yet. We should encourage new and existing members to cross that barrier and learn, before learning the hard way.

Promoting from newbie status should be a crash course in security; rather than a single merit.

ah but when I say that it's a lot for some it's a reality, I mean the PGP is not necessarily for everyone, nowadays people use platforms like Binance or Coinbase with the 2FA of google, I don't think they necessarily see the side being their own bank.

And a lot of people here just buy, that's why I was saying for sellers and creators, I assume that a Creator already has a lot of Opsec behind.

But I agree that the people who are here should get out of their comfort zones and learn in depth, but here people have such a close life and I don't think everyone has time to do that unfortunately

[owlcatz]

Unfortunately thermos already said multiple times that 2fa won't be implemented despite the fact that billions were spent on a new forum that nobody uses.. will edit with links later.