mgsontour Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Morning all I'm pretty vigilant to online security but this one got me on PW so letting everyone knows what happened. I put an advert in our wanted section for a shotcam ( shotkam ) and got this reply, IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PHISING/MINEWARE SCAM but this is how it started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 scolari01 has been banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsontour Posted February 17 Author Report Share Posted February 17 2 hours ago, steve_b_wales said: scolari01 has been banned. Thank you Steve. Will you be able to trace scolar01 IP address through your back-up hard drives, and pass it to the authorities in order to get a possible conviction or would you like the message packet details before I permanently delete them? I'll leave the option open for you for a few days until you guys have had a chance to mull it over and just PM me if I can be of assistance. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 15 minutes ago, mgsontour said: Thank you Steve. Will you be able to trace scolar01 IP address through your back-up hard drives, and pass it to the authorities in order to get a possible conviction or would you like the message packet details before I permanently delete them? I'll leave the option open for you for a few days until you guys have had a chance to mull it over and just PM me if I can be of assistance. Cheers I'm not a moderator any more. I do know that the above 'member' has been banned. Perhap's you could contact a moderator and ask him the same question. I would think though that it would be down to TEAL to do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genghis Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Regarding the above. From the language used this was likely a bot programmed to sift through forums and reply to wanted ads. Here’s a link to an American Jeep forum where the exact same bot appears to have posted - uses the same ‘dawndawson’ email address. https://www.thecj2apage.com/FORUMS/hello_topic53410_post550408.html#550408 It’s definitely something to keep an eye on going forward. They’re often Indian in origin and you can sometimes pick up on the quirks of their posting style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 "A very affordable offer " that's not any type English I've heard before on this forum . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 14 minutes ago, Ultrastu said: "A very affordable offer " that's not any type English I've heard before on this forum . You should read more posts, some of it is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 24 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: You should read more posts, LOTS of it is awful. Corrected it for you 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 1 minute ago, JKD said: Corrected it for you 👍 Harsh, but fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 I know And I'm far from the best at constructing perfect sentences . (Take that one for example ) but the one I highlighted above stands out as very odd .I guess that's what robots tend to create while pretending to be human . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Yes, quite possibly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Funnily enough, I had a very similar email from scolar01 to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miserableolgit Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 7 hours ago, Genghis said: Regarding the above. From the language used this was likely a bot programmed to sift through forums and reply to wanted ads. Here’s a link to an American Jeep forum where the exact same bot appears to have posted - uses the same ‘dawndawson’ email address. https://www.thecj2apage.com/FORUMS/hello_topic53410_post550408.html#550408 It’s definitely something to keep an eye on going forward. They’re often Indian in origin and you can sometimes pick up on the quirks of their posting style. Well said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 14 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: You should read more posts, some of it is awful. Some posts is not well English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 On 18/02/2024 at 10:20, walshie said: Some posts is not well English. Is that akin to 'well hard', or just p p punctuation?🤣😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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