Bitcoins, Printers, and Crystals

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So, today was a very interesting day!! I woke up super excited to be able to upgrade to premium within WA. However, my joy was almost immediately interrupted when a friend of mine messaged me and asked if by chance I had sent her a message via an old app that we both no longer really us. She sent me a picture of the message she received, and it was indeed my picture and account that sent her a message asking her to send some Bitcoin to a random digital wallet address. Luckily, she knows me well enough to know that I am somewhat private and do not ask my friends to send me anything. As a matter of fact, I am usually always the one giving. We both knew right away it was not me sending that message.

After searching through countless emails and searching for where the contact may have come from, we found that it appeared my app from GroupMe was hacked and somehow they sent out messages to all of my previous contacts. I immediately deactivated the account and had her also just delete my profile from her list. Turns out, quite a few other friends had been hacked as well. So, I do highly recommend this that if you have or had the GroupMe app on your phone you check this app and either change your password or consider deactivating it altogether if you notice anything creepy going on.

Safe to say, that my friends know that I love cryptocurrency and I am very active in the Bitcoin & Blockchain community, but I would never send a random message requesting money for a "printer", or whatever the scammer says. I'm lucky that my friends know me well enough to know that if I was going to buy anything, I would have at least said I was going to buy crystals, sage or maybe some tea. :)


With Continuous Love & Light,

Shayla


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That is good

Thanks @Marcel2013 Be sure to keep an eye out for your friends accounts because I have learned since then that it is pretty wide-spread!

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