Replying to Avatar Nice and Kind Vic

Users of Umbrel, MyNode, Lighting in a Box, Start9, Trezors, Ledgers, Coldcards, Passports etc...

Please be cautious in Telegram and Discord groups asking for help if something is not working. There are scammers and teams of scammers that monitor these groups and will DM you to try to solicit information about your node, seed words, private keys, accounts etc under the guise that they are support or the lead developers on projects.

DO NOT EVER ENTER SEED WORDS INTO A WEB SITE, no matter who you think you are talking to

DO NOT UPLOAD wallet files

DO NOT DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL "REPAIR" SOFTWARE that isn't in common use, verifiable etc.

DO NOT TRUST NAMES AND AVATARS to be who you think they are. VERIFY.

There is really no reason to ever immediately go to DMs for support. Issues can and should be solved in public where possible so that others can search for the same solution, and chime in if something is nefarious.
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DarthCoin ₿⚡️ 1y ago

I will strongly recommend to Telegram users to activate the (hidden) option to show the user unique Telegram ID.

Go to Settings -> Advanced -> Experimental settings -> Show peer IDs in profile.

That way you can see exactly with WHO you are talking, comparing the original user ID (from the main group) with the one is contacting you.

Also this ID is very useful to block multiple aliases at once and report them to Telegram admins.

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