Being approached online at reddit - curiosity or something more sinister?

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traveller29071985

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I rarely post at this forum but I do so frequently at the military-related and defense-related subreddit at Reddit.

I take OPSEC very seriously, and as a result, never post anything about my own country but I do ask a ton of questions about military and defense related issues.

And very recently, I received an unsolicited message asking about my background -the guy introduced himself. I just feel a bit wary - and worried. What caught my eye was that he mentioned my age - and mentioned that he saw I posted my age elsewhere, and that raised my eyebrows, because while I did mentioned it, it was probably buried deep in my past comments somewhere.

I was just wondering if something like this had happened to any of you before.
 
ngatimozart

ngatimozart

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I don't use Reddit and I haven’t had any such approaches anywhere. I would be very suspicious of such an approach. It doesn't sound quite right to me.
 
cdxbow

cdxbow

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traveller29071985 said:
I rarely post at this forum but I do so frequently at the military-related and defense-related subreddit at Reddit.

I take OPSEC very seriously, and as a result, never post anything about my own country but I do ask a ton of questions about military and defense related issues.

And very recently, I received an unsolicited message asking about my background -the guy introduced himself. I just feel a bit wary - and worried. What caught my eye was that he mentioned my age - and mentioned that he saw I posted my age elsewhere, and that raised my eyebrows, because while I did mentioned it, it was probably buried deep in my past comments somewhere.

I was just wondering if something like this had happened to any of you before.
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Stay far, far away. It could be innocent but the chances are it is not. Reddit is a hive of grifters and malware
 
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tonnyc

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On the other hand, while I do not use Reddit, what the guy did would be what I did if I were introducing myself to a stranger in a forum I frequent. I would introduce myself, prove that I have been reading the posts for a while (that mention of age), and ask questions. It's as far as I can tell no different than introducing myself to a fellow college student or churchgoer or plastic model hobbyist.

I would suggest being polite and giving him a reply. An acknowledgement that you have received the message but out of privacy would rather not answer and that future private messages will be ignored should be sufficient.
 
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