Reply To: Be aware of stalkers/info stealers

Oneofmany, read through my posts over the years and you will see I have quite the sense of humor.

I took a long break, came back, noticed suspicious activity, and decided to point it out.

am yisroel chai, agreed 100%. Have fun, but be cautious.

We have a case of bari hezeika here. The suspicious phishing and info harvesting posts completely disappeared once i pointed it out. YWN owner knows of one person who has been using the info gleaned here for nefarious purposes, and it could be there are more. Exactly what the balance is, I don’t know. But the pendulum clearly needed to swing back in the direction of caution- people were being too free with personal info, and someone HAS been taking advantage.

And correct, everyone is suspect. Chazal tell us that even though every Jew has a chezkas kashrus, we still say Kabdeihu vechashdeihu. The gemara says a yachid bedoro was someone whom people would lend money to without a loan document. That’s the way the gemara defines a gadol hador, so clearly anyone who is not on that level requires a loan document as proof.

Everyone here is a stranger. Have fun, but take precautions.