WARNING - Scam (imo)

nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
edited January 2021 in The Commons

I received a PM asking me to render them an image if they sent me a file.

The name was random characters, and a lot of them.

Don't be tempted to accept a file from some random person, you don't know really well, and if you know them well, scan the file with a number of AVs

If they include links, hover over them to see where they go - and even then copy the link and examine in a text file or similar to see where it goes; does it do what it says on the tin?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,770
    edited January 2021

    nicstt said:

    I received a PM asking me to render them an image if they sent me a file.

    The name was random characters, and a lot of them.

    Don't be tempted to accept a file from some random person, you don't know really well, and if you know them well, scan the file with a number of AVs

    If they include links, hover over them to see where they go - and even then copy the link and examine in a text file or similar to see where it goes; does it do what it says on the tin?

    Please PM me the user name and I can check it out a bit, or pass it on to Daz if that isn't conclusive.

    Closing this as it has the potential to go awry.

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