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DavidSW - Impersonator Email
Hey guys, just got a strange email from someone claiming to be DavidSW with some amazing watch deals. The email is from dsworlandofl@gmail.com. Similar to David's but it has the 'fl' added.
I have attached the email below. This is obviously not him. Be careful out there. DavidSW, I sent you a message via email and WhatsApp. |
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Good catch.... thanks.
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Good catch. Also on a different note, with how amazing he is, David should have his own domain and not be using gmail.
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Nothing wrong with gmail for personal use or for lawn service on Craigslist or registering your Netflix acct. But Gmail is much easier to infiltrate and scam than one’s own private business domain email properly set up and securitized. That is why as you may have noticed most substantial companies, including private companies, use their own domain. Don’t see many multi million dollar businesses dealing with substantial financial transactions run off of Gmail
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I believe PWC uses gmail as their email server. Not sure of the technical aspects of it as they still have their email as @pwc.com. 285,000 employees worldwide. Fin |
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If I see dealers offering mint stainless Daytona’s for $13,000, I don’t need to read any further :)
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Agreed. One of the best. I have done a couple of transactions with him and they have been effortless. Looking forward to checking out his new store in person.
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![]() Regardless, thanks OP. The more these jokers are brought to light the less people will fall for their BS ![]() Sent from my VOG-L09 using Tapatalk
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These fools are so lazy they cannot even be bothered to change the text. ![]()
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These days, if any watch reseller has a deal that sounds somewhat reasonable, alarm bells should be going off.
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Great catch...Thanks for sharing OP!
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I played the game so I could share the information here:
Bank: SunTrust Bank Name: Vincenzo Lucia Account#: 1000-2454-7638-6 Wire routing#: 061-000-104 Address: 303 Peachtreet Street, Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30308 This is the "Bank Information" for the transfer. |
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Looks like you got caught too 😂
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and david doesn't know the difference between "they're" and "there" also
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David would never email anything like that. And the obvious, he’s definitely not selling that for that price. Idk why all these scammers have to have a story with their sale.. makes it less believable to me.
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DavidSW - Impersonator Email
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Spoofing email is a simple task and having your own domain name isn’t any more secure then having a gmail address. Having your own domain is done more for branding than security. One should always stop and think before replying / clicking. Be sure to check email headers. What’s more important is who is hosting your email and how secure is their platform. Google is considered to be one of the most secure email hosting platforms available. As for DavidSW and securing his email account, he should have MFA enabled and of course not share his password. For branding it would look much nicer if it was @davidsw.com As to you not “seeing” multi million dollar businesses hosted via Google, there are plenty of companies hosting their email with Google. You don’t “see” it because they purchased a domain name from a registrar so it doesn’t say @gmail.com. Lastly, I would disagree that hosting your own private server is more secure than hosting with say Microsoft unless you have the resources and skill to secure your own infrastructure. |
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Thank you for this info
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Thanks for the IT learning! I’m just a watch collector and don’t know much about it other than gmail acct hacked 2 times while my company’s non-gmail hacked 0 times. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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