Eliphalet R. Moderator

If you don't regularly change your account password, do it now. Make it something difficult, with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. Write it down so you can find it again. People are impersonating SASS Members whose accounts they've hacked and posting items in the classified forum. Everybody, check your profiles and past buy/sell/trade posts to make sure you haven't posted your e-mail addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information. Don't buy anything with PayPal Friends & Family or other forms of payment that leave you no recourse if a transaction goes sour. Someone is going to steal your money.

I deleted all the posts I could find by doing a google search for your email address. But the problem is that the Internet is forever. Google retains a snapshot of details that includes your name, address, and phone number. I would suggest making yourself a new Gmail or Yahoo Mail account. Use the new account for all communications with SASS members or the SASS Wire. Consider all texts or calls concerning ads as possibly coming from scammers. Do business via PM. This way, any activity on your old account, you would know, is not legit. If you do make yourself a new email and password. Call the SASS Office, they will make that change effective, no problem. Eli

If you don't regularly change your account password, do it now. Make it something difficult, with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. Write it down so you can find it again. People are impersonating SASS Members whose accounts they've hacked and posting items in the classified forum. Everybody, check your profiles and past buy/sell/trade posts to make sure you haven't posted your e-mail addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information. Don't buy anything with PayPal Friends & Family or other forms of payment that leave you no recourse if a transaction goes sour. Someone is going to steal your money.

If you don't regularly change your account password, do it now. Make it something difficult, with uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols. Write it down so you can find it again. People are impersonating SASS Members whose accounts they've hacked and posting items in the classified forum. Everybody, check your profiles and past buy/sell/trade posts to make sure you haven't posted your e-mail addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information. Don't buy anything with PayPal Friends & Family or other forms of payment that leave you no recourse if a transaction goes sour. Someone is going to steal your money.

AR, We removed your personal information from the ad and flipped your photo so it wouldn't be a mirror image, which excited some comments. Also, merged your old and new log-ins, but it still reset, showing this as your first post ever. If you forget your password, just contact the SASS Office; they'll get you back in, no problem.

Roy, Time to delete some of your old messages. Your Messenger Inbox is now at 100% of capacity.

SteveZ is a new SASS member from Florida

We do, we did.

Bandit Biker. If anyone has had dealings with Bandit Biker, send me a PM containing all contact/payment information. A reminder to only use forms of payment that give you recourse if something goes wrong with the transaction. If you don't know the person you are buying from, ASK! If it's after business hours, we'll get back to you the next day. If it's on a weekend, we won't be able to get back to you 'til Monday. Yes, we know it's sometimes a wait, but it's better than losing your money.

True that! I moderate a coin group that has more available features if I use my phone than if I use my PC. But, on my phone, I cannot see the "tags", mini subheadings in the Classified Forum. So, when people use a tag to post the price or detail that's not in the ad... it's invisible to me.

Please send me a PM with the real-world name, addresses, phone number, and any other relevant details you have about the person to whom you sent the payment. Hit the report function (three dots in the upper right corner) of the PM conversation you had concerning payment.

Was it via e-mail or PM? The usage of his account all resolved to his location.

Cartoons Clue 1 Copyright symbol. Clue 2 Artist's signature Clue 3 Publication's name on or beside the image. If you see any of these, posting the cartoon is a copyright infringement. Don't do this if you wish to retain your posting priviledges. Post a link to the material.

How to re-up? Call the SASS Office at (574) 598-2987. Between 9 am - 5 pm (EST) M-F. The friendly folks there will get you set up. To share a link, use the chain links icon in the posting window and put in the web address of the original image. Snow and Ice

Here's a thought, just post a link to the original image/article/whatever, without reposting that image/article/whatever. This came up in an earlier iteration of The Wire when folks were posting copyrighted images of the Swedish Bikini Shooting Team.

The best thing to do is what we do. When the SASS office opens, call them and inquire if the alias and number go together and if it is a legitimate member from that location. You can also email, phone, whatever, the TG or other contact person from that club.

Gorgo has been banned.

Heds53 banned

A reminder, go back through your old posts, it's easier to find them using a Google search. I'm finding where folks put their names, addresses, and phone numbers in posts, years ago. You may not remember something from 6-8 years ago... But, the internet never forgets.

Seems not to have been implemented yet. I'll forward your info on automatic merge. I never experienced it so thank you for describing it.

No problem using a VPN, I use one myself, for both this log-in, my regular log-in, FB and whatever. I have to use 2Factor if I use a VPN with G-Mail, my Credit Union, or Amazon.

There are two-different types of 2-Factor ID log-ins. One is used by banks, brokerages, online pharmacies, etc. Where you log in and then they send you a message by phone or e-mail. whichever you chose, and you reply to that message. The other is used by Facebook, G-Mail, Paypal and Amazon. Where if you are logging in from a location or a device other than your usual one, only then do they require the 2nd-step of the log in. So, if you are looking at FB from the same location and device, you'd never know it was 2 Factor. I would bet that this is the type the Wire is going to go to. Log-in with the 2 step process once, and you'll not have to do it again from that device and location. But others will not be able to get into your account without you knowing. In the meantime, your e-mail addresses are hidden by default. But, many of you have added your email address again to your public profile. Don't do that!! We will continue to delete, without notice, private phone numbers and email addresses that folks STILL add in their posts, when we see them. Eli

Most "minimum" password requirements these days are at least 8 characters, with uppercase and lowercase letters, some numbers, and a character or two, like $&@!*+ etc... We've had a lot of folks who only used their SASS number, or duplicated their username for their password, or used words like "password", "secret", "SASS" "Colt" "Ruger" or some other easy password. It's time we caught up to the rest of the big, bad, digital world and keep the scammers at bay. We are still deleting, without notice, personal information such as email addresses and phone numbers from your posts, when we see them.

This is a good idea. Most "minimum" password requirements these days are at least 8 characters, with uppercase and lowercase letters, some numbers, and a character or two, like $&@!*+ etc... We've had a lot of folks who only used their SASS number, or duplicated their username for their password, or used words like "password", "secret", "SASS" or some other easy password.