Blansky Banned

[sp006]

Saw that Blansky was selling a well-priced 116710LN. Reached out about learning more and then saw he was banned and the listing had been removed.


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[ZOOK]

Oh no! Has to be another hacked or phished account.

[Atone]

Originally Posted by ZOOK

Oh no! Has to be another hacked or phished account.

so they ban the old account if that happens?

[ZOOK]

Originally Posted by Atone

so they ban the old account if that happens?

There is only one account. The real owner and a scammer have access to the account. The real owner must verify himself to the Admin, 'Lol-x' to have the account restored.

[Atone]

Originally Posted by ZOOK

There is only one account. The real owner and a scammer have access to the account. The real owner must verify himself to the Admin, 'Lol-x' to have the account restored.

got it. yes, i understood it was only 1 account. i suppose i worded that poorly. makes sense . . .

[sp006]

Originally Posted by Atone

got it. yes, i understood it was only 1 account. i suppose i worded that poorly. makes sense . . .

I just spoke with him earlier - he’s back on! His account was hacked but it’s all good now.


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[Blansky]

Thanks everyone.

Yeah the account was hacked and someone posted an ad I guess.

The warning I got was don't open emails and go to links or download pictures from it.

I have no memory of opening any unknown emails and I never click on their links.

How people hack, is so far out of my knowledge base, I have no clue how it happened. I have great software on my computer and to my knowledge I've never been hacked before.

[Knappo 1307]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Thanks everyone.

Yeah the account was hacked and someone posted an ad I guess.

The warning I got was don't open emails and go to links or download pictures from it.

I have no memory of opening any unknown emails and I never click on their links.

How people hack, is so far out of my knowledge base, I have no clue how it happened. I have great software on my computer and to my knowledge I've never been hacked before.

Glad you're back, ya "tosser"....

[Narwhal]

subsurface also got banned, does anyone know if this was a hack? or something else?

[subtona]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Thanks everyone.

Yeah the account was hacked and someone posted an ad I guess.

The warning I got was don't open emails and go to links or download pictures from it.

I have no memory of opening any unknown emails and I never click on their links.

How people hack, is so far out of my knowledge base, I have no clue how it happened. I have great software on my computer and to my knowledge I've never been hacked before.

The attacks I keep receiving are emails representing themselves from the forum asking to sign in and verify account.

Never sign into your account from a link in an email.

If the link is opened it appears as a web page that looks like the forum... if you don’t close that page it can sit in your open windows until you forget about it and then accidentally sign in.

[77T]

Originally Posted by Blansky

Thanks everyone.



Yeah the account was hacked and someone posted an ad I guess.



The warning I got was don't open emails and go to links or download pictures from it.



I have no memory of opening any unknown emails and I never click on their links.



How people hack, is so far out of my knowledge base, I have no clue how it happened. I have great software on my computer and to my knowledge I've never been hacked before.

Originally Posted by subtona

The attacks I keep receiving are emails representing themselves from the forum asking to sign in and verify account.

Never sign into your account from a link in an email.

If the link is opened it appears as a web page that looks like the forum... if you don’t close that page it can sit in your open windows until you forget about it and then accidentally sign in.

Glad it got sorted out...

There is a breed of malware that can compromise your device whether its mobile or desktop/laptop without clicking a link in email. The code can be injected by clicking an image that has the malware already inserted. Typically a message pops up with an innocuous choice like Open in Browser?, or Open Full Size?

Once clicked you get a nice botnet-controlled keystroke logger. Obviously that allows collection of userID’s and passwords. There are many other ways to do this but you will usually get infected by a social media post or advert. Not via TRF nor TapaTalk.

In another thread about hijacked accounts that post FS listings, I have asked if we could invoke 2-factor authentication for all sellers. I don’t think everyone would be required but at least it protects people being scammed.

Of course, just allowing 2-factor on a voluntary basis would have a benefit for those of us wanting that extra layer of security.



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