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mikej9999 · 09-11-2022, 02:06 PM

I got an odd message on my burner phone And my hobby email this week from someone claiming to have connected with me on Private Delights some time ago. I haven't used that site much recently so this came as a surprise. This person claimed to be someone I had messaged on that site some time ago but had to shut down their profile due to what they claimed was "family pressure." They didn't ask for a deposit or anything but did ask for me to send a pic, they also backed off when I politely declined.

I'm not so much concerned that this is a scam because as a rule I don't send deposits to someone I can't verify but I am concerned that possibly law enforcement has my burner phone number and hobby email.

Has this happened to anyone else? I've been using this burner number for A while now so it would be pretty annoying if I had to dump it. The hobby email is thru protonmail so I'm less concerned about that since it's encrypted. What do you guys think? Could this be law enforcement?

titbdoyl · 09-11-2022, 11:34 PM

were they someone you messaged a while ago on PD?

mikej9999 · 09-12-2022, 09:32 AM

As far as I can tell there is no way to send or receive messages thru private delights.

oldphone14 · 09-12-2022, 10:43 AM

I change my burner number and email fairly regularly, suggest you do the same.

Anonymous01 · 09-12-2022, 02:31 PM

No, but I get a lot of robocalls saying that the warranty on my 11 year old car is expired if I don't activate payment on the "extended warranty" IMMEDIATELY....

Yeah, right.

Alexandra Sand · 09-14-2022, 11:09 AM

I had so many scammer emails coming on PD that I have deleted that account after only 2 weeks.

I think, there is a information leak on that site.

Burner phone means you have to "burn" through them! Change your number often. I don't even use phone anymore. Protonmail app is all I need.

BTW, I had few fishing emails like yours coming on Proton also. I guess there are plenty of scammers who are fishing for "newbie" people who are not careful and will log-in trough a scammer link/site and put your private information in danger.

Be careful everybody.