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Resolved: Staff members posting scam links

28 18 August 13, 2025 at 09:49 AM
StrongWeather642 just posted a "deal" containing a link to a malicious site which claimed to be Costco, then quickly deleted it. Are there no standards for this behavior?
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08-13-2025 at 11:00 AM.
08-13-2025 at 11:00 AM.
Quote from guerillaengineer :
StrongWeather642 just posted a "deal" containing a link to a malicious site which claimed to be Costco, then quickly deleted it. Are there no standards for this behavior?

My apologies. I honestly don't know how to reply. The safety of the community is of upmost importance to me. After the thread was posted, I noticed the link and immediately had the thread removed. I know better but screwed up and there's no excuse other than I am human and I got tricked by the spoof site. I would never deliberately post anything harmful. Seeing now how it happened I will be ever more vigilant not to make the same mistake. Again, I am truly sorry.
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08-13-2025 at 11:44 AM.
08-13-2025 at 11:44 AM.
Quote from StrongWeather642 :
My apologies. I honestly don't know how to reply. The safety of the community is of upmost importance to me. After the thread was posted, I noticed the link and immediately had the thread removed. I know better but screwed up and there's no excuse other than I am human and I got tricked by the spoof site. I would never deliberately post anything harmful. Seeing now how it happened I will be ever more vigilant not to make the same mistake. Again, I am truly sorry.

oh bro you're all good. as long as you weren't hacked or something, which was my big fear. but we're all human (and that deal looked respectable and tasty, I had it in my cart before I realized lol), you're good people
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