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Old 06-26-2022, 03:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MartinSE View Post
A friendly suggestion. you should never put you phone number in a post on any forums (like this one). Hackers/Spammers, have bots that just automatically look for phone numbers and add them to their auto spam calling bots. Some forums do provide privacy so only verified members can read the posts, but you never know if the one you are on does that.

So, best rule to follow is just don't post your real phone number without masking it, like "six 4 six 236 thirty eight seventy one."
Good advice, however, you also reposted his phone #, so even if he did change his post yours still stands, until you delete.
What you should have done when you quoted off was deleted part of post with phone #. Until then your friendly suggestion would only continue to help hackers/spammers.
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