You gotta know when to hold em and when to fold em
[QUOTE=LocoLobo;3974714]I learned a lot from this experience and you guys. I met a girl on double list for a one time thing. Cash only and made sure to verify that she is real. She was nice only complaint was she had just kinda laid there like a piece of wood but still. But I guess I'm a walking magnet for scammers and I am in a big problem now. I saw a Instagram posts about meetups so I texted the number. We talked back and forth and she wanted me to give her money electronically. Told her no. She came back and said if I was to get Gift cards for her would that be good, I said sure, but only if was hand to hand exchange. I didn't get the cards until I met her. She never showed but now she is threatening me with blackmail because apparently she typed my number into Facebook and now she has access to my work and my family members. She or he idk, is saying that they are apart of a group known as anonymous and she has my phone number and my Facebook and my address since (earlier we had agreed to cash and I had given her my address until she had a sudden change of heart) She is threatening me with soliciting a minor even tho she said she was 21 and she wants 1000 dollars in gift cards by the 26th of this month. I don't know what to do and honestly I'm scared. She says she has access to my I. P. Address and my home address as well as my family members. She will give my info to the police if I don't pay up by then. Honestly I'm just scarred and confused and don't know where to go. I have screenshots of her ransom note I guess as well as her Facebook, Instagram and Steam account.[/QUOTE]Anonymous doesn't operate for ransoms and cash / gift cards, so there's your first sign this is bullshit. Also, I highly doubt this person has your IP. I got to say, shame on you for only thinking with the little head here. Personal address on a first meet? No burner phone? Smh. But there's light at the end of the tunnel for you.
Start making posts on your social media that your shit got hacked.
"Hey guys, just making a blanket post to alert as many of you as possible. My social media and apparently email got hacked! If you receive any odd messages or Facebook cash requests please disregard. I think it's total balogna, but some robot message keeps asking me for money and gift cards. LOL. Stay safe out there, and remember, 8 characters, one capital, one special character, and at least one number!
Something along those lines for damage control. After that, lock your shit down. Go to your settings and privatize everything you can. "Friends only". You don't want this "anonymous" party to see the cards you're holding, right?
IF this person is serious they will reach out and say something to someone, but you can try your best to spin it as part of the hack. Lastly, break all communication with this anonymous party.
You can't do much about incriminating screen shots of your conversation from your phone number. You're a bone head for not downloading googlevoice or just buying a burner. Hopefully this doesn't go that far. Hell, that's a lot of effort for some gift cards that they probably know you cant afford anyway, because you wouldnt be trolling for free/sub $$.5 play if you had a disposable knot like that.
In summation gentleman:
1. Never give your address out to strangers. Meet in person somewhere else first! Hell, give them a neighbors address and ask them to call you when they arrive.
2. Keep a burner number! Use Kik. Use WhatsApp. Use googlevoice! But if you use your actual phone number, you will expose yourself. Providers reverse google search you just like you do to them, and if you don't you should you dipshit.
3. Never, ever, ever pay for services in advance. This one seems like common sense to me, but your PayPal, your Venmo, and all your other cash apps are tied to your phone number or email. They leave an electronic trail to who you paid as well and sometimes it's public!
Good luck dude. Hopefully your experience is a lesson to someone else. Keep me posted on what happens.