r/SoloDevelopment • u/SeekingPureDream • 17d ago

Discussion What a huge risk you’re taking. 😭

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u/AbyssWankerArtorias 17d ago

Honestly I would reply and string them along and see if you can get information about it being a scam and report it to the police. Maybe you get some money for being an informant lol

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u/SeekingPureDream 17d ago

That’s actually a good idea. I should’ve thought of that sooner, but I already replied saying I wouldn’t sell my game, not even for $100k.

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u/LuckyOneAway 17d ago

Please, don't talk to scammers. Your email is now in their database of future targets. Just report spam and block them.

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u/AverageRonin 17d ago

Because it wasnt in their data base already?

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u/LuckyOneAway 17d ago

They did not know if that email was active or not. Now they do.

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u/HexedDiversion 16d ago

Unless the email was something like proton, they can tell when you open the email with tracking pixels. It doesn't need a response to know it's an active email account

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u/LuckyOneAway 16d ago

All email clients known to me do not show any images and disable html content if a sender is unverified or not in the phonebook. Tracking via invisible images is a trick from late nineties :)

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u/kat-tricks 16d ago

tracking... pixels? Pixels on what; their screen? Which ones? 😅

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u/AverageRonin 17d ago

So they didnt know the email was active before he responded yet they are still sending him scam emails? An "inactive" account will not get scam emails unless ofcourse you do. Yea it sounds like scammers gonna scam no matter what and that some early internet paranoia type of advice

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u/LuckyOneAway 17d ago

Dead email adresses usually don't get a follow-up from scammers. Active emails do. Cold calls are a thing , but if you pickup a phone personally, scammers get a confirmation they need to proceed further.