Quote from: btvGainer on April 17, 2017, 10:47:13 AM

Quote from: Lorilikes on April 15, 2017, 04:43:31 AM

I logged in to my twitter account which had a new message from a stranger. He said he found me via bitcointalk.org but that he wanted to message me outside of the forum to go undiscovered by moderators. ??
He offered to buy my bitcointalk.org account for a sum of .08 btc. While I was momentarily tempted, I decided to block the user, but I can't help but wonder what type of mischief this character is looking for? I have been working on increasing my credibility and reputation for too long to sell it... but how many of our trusted members are merely purchased accounts? Is there any way to measure who is who? What does it say about the value of the higher status members in terms of genuine trustworthiness? Does this happen to EVERYONE?

You should know that person is either joking or just doing it for fun.There is no gain in posting it here as you do not know his bitcointalk username.If I were in your place, I would have asked him/her to message me here to confirm he actually wants to buy my account.
Once I had his username, I would have exposed him.

I really wish I had done that. I should have exposed him but I drew a blank when I had the guy in front of me.
Live and learn, I guess.

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on April 17, 2017, 03:00:39 PM

I wouldn't trust this person one bit. Just block them buddy. Nothing or nobody contacting you via social media re: bitcoin is likely to be legit.

Thanks for your advice, and it's exactly what I did.