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camp guy · 01-14-2023, 03:08 PM

Great post, very sobering, but, sadly, all too often the case. The level of sophistication in the "dark web" allows ill-minded people to present a case that appears to have all the ear-marks of something legitimate, but, in reality, is totally a scam. So many emails come to an address that it is hard to ignore them, but, joey2665 is very correct - don't click on anything unless you are positive it is real, not just looks real, but is real. Some of the "bad guys" find a way to sneak into an account through something which is actually okay, but the bad guys corrupt it. I certainly don't want to ignite a firestorm of activity, but with our present unrest in the political world the circumstances are fertile for scammers to present themselves as trying to help you. NO THEY ARE NOT, they are trying to help themselves. If I could, and I just might try it, I am going back to the two tin cans and a string form of communicating.

01-14-2023, 03:08 PM	#3
camp guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: formerly Winter Harbor, still Wolfeboro Posts: 1,135 Thanks: 284 Thanked 480 Times in 271 Posts	Identity Theft - Lakes Region Great post, very sobering, but, sadly, all too often the case. The level of sophistication in the "dark web" allows ill-minded people to present a case that appears to have all the ear-marks of something legitimate, but, in reality, is totally a scam. So many emails come to an address that it is hard to ignore them, but, joey2665 is very correct - don't click on anything unless you are positive it is real, not just looks real, but is real. Some of the "bad guys" find a way to sneak into an account through something which is actually okay, but the bad guys corrupt it. I certainly don't want to ignite a firestorm of activity, but with our present unrest in the political world the circumstances are fertile for scammers to present themselves as trying to help you. NO THEY ARE NOT, they are trying to help themselves. If I could, and I just might try it, I am going back to the two tin cans and a string form of communicating.