Why asking for help publicly can sometimes make you a target.

[Patikno]

Well said, not every member that's registered on the forum has genuine intentions, you cannot really tell who's fake and real that's why it's better to always be cautious about the questions you ask in order not to look desperate. Ai makes a lot of things easier there's no doubt about that but there are certain informations you might get from Ai that might not be accurate, in cases like wallet issues some people might get more confused when they use Ai. It's better for people that are experienced to guide you but at the same time it is important that you don't share some sensitive informations while seeking for answers just like you said, asking for help doesn't mean exposing personal informations.

There's a way you can ask a question  or seek an assistance from your close friend or someone online without exposing your personal information. This can be done depending on how smart your are, if you are smart and while seeking help from someone and they asked you to give out your personal information,your common sense will tell you that they don't have a genuine intention,someone who want to help you genuinely wouldn't ask for your sensitive information like your wallet seed phrase unless they want to steal your assets. You just need to be smart a person when seeking help so that you do not run into more problems or become a victim of a scam.

What you say is true. I also often ask for help or advice regarding technology on a "blue" social media platform, and I usually use a pseudonym account that doesn't reveal anything personal about me. Even then, I only ask for advice, without asking for direct assistance. I really avoid that, especially if it involves connecting my device to them. You should avoid that too, and usually I see them offering assistance using apps; like Teamviewer, or Ultraviewer.

You might be asking: what is the danger ? My answer is: once you connect your device to the person offering the assistance, you open up access for that person to your device, including the data contained within your device.

[SmartCharpa]

I don’t know if am the only one that doesn’t even reply to random messages I receive in my Dm. If I notice I don’t have any idea about the contact, then am not even going to reply the user, because I know social media is full of scammer’s. I do receive lots of messages on my telegram, immediately I receive any message, I do delete the chat from my side immediately, and I don’t even try to respond.

Though I find it childish for someone to respond to a stranger on the internet. This is an old tactic that scammers used back in 2015. I think we are beyond this by now. Telegram is full of scammers, and people should be aware of that, we are no longer in the dark where unknown people can message you saying they have some update that can pay out. Even if they are true, I believe they have other relatives who are struggling and need some financial support.

Some people are just funny, because how will you start up a sexual conversation with someone you don’t even know. How will you meet someone on social media, and they going to deceive you with pictures, and you going to fall for it. The way some people behave is just kind of surprising. If you are scammed with this kind of strategy, then you should blame yourself for that.

So people still believe in social media relationship for 2026? How can you just meet someone on the internet and believe is a lady? I don’t think this should still work in 2026. Everyone has realized that those behind this accounts are men pretending to be woman, this doesn’t work like before when people easily believe they were real women and to scam them.

[Perfectbaby]

Some people are just funny, because how will you start up a sexual conversation with someone you don’t even know. How will you meet someone on social media, and they going to deceive you with pictures, and you going to fall for it. The way some people behave is just kind of surprising. If you are scammed with this kind of strategy, then you should blame yourself for that.

This is very annoying to say that someone just chats you on social media and start sending you pictures and you believe that person without at least knowing the person for long time or even seeing the person facialy.
To me it looks so weird as I don't see myself to be in such situations where someone would just chat me on media and I started falling into traps of those pictures.

[Qhunman]

Some people are just funny, because how will you start up a sexual conversation with someone you don’t even know. How will you meet someone on social media, and they going to deceive you with pictures, and you going to fall for it. The way some people behave is just kind of surprising. If you are scammed with this kind of strategy, then you should blame yourself for that.

It's called a romance scam and it's mostly targeted at old women and divorced people who are in desperate need of a romance partner or a relationship. They will start from being nice and caring before moving to sexual conversations,videos calls and sending gifts across to the person who they're about to scam. And these old folks fall for them easily, sometimes i don't blame them because people in that situation, they are in desperate need of love. so when someone showed up online to be caring,they start to think that the person is a good person, before you know it, trust is build and they get scammed in the end. Trusting people is risky especially people you meet online as they can pretend that their good to earn your trust just to scam you.