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Originally Posted by nanog69
Warning Against Revealing Your Identity and/or Personal Information To Forum Members
In view of these incidents, there are 3 advice from Sam, which I think is important and applicable to all other forums:
* Keep your identity secret.
* Do not divulge personal information eg phone numbers & addresses.
* If you do arrange meetings through this site, do NOT reveal your sammyboy nick
Here are a few tips on how to guard your identity and personal info when seeking assistance on Hatyai:
Correspondence With Acquaintances From The Forum
1. Never ever reveal your identity or any other personal information in your correspondence with acquaintances from the forum.
2. Try to correspond via email. Use your free email account which does not have your real name on it. If you don't have, create one. Avoid using your company's email.
3. If you need to correspond via the forum, you may use your original nick provided you are not going to meet that person later. If you intend to meet him, then it is wise to use a new nick instead. Remember to use that new nick when posting any feedback or report later after the trip, so that you will still remain anonymous with your original nick. Whichever nick you are using, again do not reveal your identity or other personal information.
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This is an excellent example of what you should be alert to if you decide to use the services provided by any website. Here, you are required to fill in your real name, contact no and email address. In such instances, you are advised never ever to reveal your sammyboy or any forum nick in this website or to the webmaster, or do anything that could possibility lead your real identity to be linked to your forums' nick.