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Scams and other bad people

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Real Estate Agent with Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com -

Scams and other bad people

Do we have to be careful with what we post?  Absolutely.  Speaking our mind about things can and will get bad people to try to shut us up.  That is a violation of  The First Amendment Problem is most of the time it's hard to prove it.

I like to have a civil discussion about different topics but some folks can only see things one way.  Some will send you a virus to your computer if you open a link that they send.  If you don't know who is sending you something with a link, be very careful.  I don't open them, in fact I don't even respond to them.

Example;  last year I received an email requesting information on my email account.  They said that it would be shutdown because it's reaching its limits.  So I needed to "upgrade".  At that time I had about 50,000 unread emails, I didn't do anything and today I have about 78,000 unread email.  So I think that was just a scam to get information from me.

Now if your into posting about this election coming in November, please be VERY careful with opening email attachments from folks you don't know.

I would hope you express your thoughts and not be silent.

Thanks for reading.

Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

I never really thought about people responding to a post they disagree with by sending a virus, etc. Thanks for the head's up. I guess some people do not like a dissenting view.

Jul 08, 2016 01:57 AM
Kenneth Cole
Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com... - Staten Island, NY
NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Gary thanks for the comment.  They can send a virus to our email address.  In any event we need to be careful.

Jul 08, 2016 02:16 AM
Kartik Subramaniam
Adhi Schools, LLC - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Market Analysis--Educational Content, Adhi Schools

Kenneth Cole I think as anti-virus software has improved people have lost some fear of viruses. Great reminder that we can still let them in with one or two thoughtless clicks. 

Jul 08, 2016 03:17 AM
Kenneth Cole
Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com... - Staten Island, NY
NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

Cody Carmen;  thanks for the comment.  Let not the fear of intimidation keep us silent.

Jul 08, 2016 03:25 AM
Kartik Subramaniam

Kenneth Cole absolutely not; that is no way to live.  

Jul 08, 2016 03:30 AM
Kenneth Cole
Weichert Realtors Appleseed Group, 2043 Richmond Ave. S.I.N.Y. 10314. office phone 718-698-9797, Appleseedhomes.com... - Staten Island, NY
NYS Licensed Real Estate Salesperson

And again today I received this;   

We have locked/blocked your Yahoo! account due to verification problems.. They give a link for me to click on, sure I'll fall for that one.  lol.

I'm still using this account.

Jul 09, 2016 09:37 AM