Quote from: uchegod-21 on Today at 07:03:54 PM

Can we really avoid strangers completely? It takes a day to know someone and then form a relationship with that person. Severally, people we don't know in person but must have seen our work online have reached out to us to either promote a brand or work on some project together. It is our duty to verify if those offers are genuine.

It is ridiculous advice. Most people are on social media and work social media like Linkedin. Most people are exposed to all kinds of strangers all the time. In this day and age, such strategy is only for a fringe minority of people.

Quote from: uchegod-21 on Today at 07:03:54 PM

The only mistake I see that Alex did here was not verifying those scammers to ascertain if they are really business people.

How exactly do you believe verification can avoid a scam that involves a zero day exploit? They can create all kinds of fake documents and profiles. They can even hire people to pose in video calls if you believe deepfakes can be easily detected by other humans. Verification does not really avoid this situation.

Quote from: Die_empty on Today at 07:11:03 PM

Some people have their CV on different platforms, so they will be expecting business proposals or deals from anybody from any part of the world. If you keep avoiding business deals from strangers, you might end up missing out on valid deals.

Better advice would be to stop using Windows for starters. Tongue