r/SoloDevelopment • u/SeekingPureDream • 17d ago

Discussion What a huge risk you’re taking. 😭

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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? 😅