[PSA] Protect Your Login Information and PII!

Here at Asianfanfics, solutions for bug fixes, errors, and other issues are handled by an administrator, or the Moderators/Helpers, depending on the situation. We do not require one's login information to fix these issues; we have various ways and methods of solving these problems without accessing your actual accounts. The Helpers and Moderators will never ask you for your password or personal email. If anyone sends you a message asking for login information of any kind, block them and let us know immediately. That is a prime example of someone trying to run a scam for whatever purpose (serious or otherwise) and no official member of AFF will ever ask you for that kind of secure information. We do not take this sort of activity lightly, as we do not know what level of harm is meant and so we treat all cases equally.

This is a great time to remind everyone to keep your PII (personally identifiable information) off the Internet as much as possible. What is PII? This Wikipedia article covers much of it, but for TL;DR purposes - it's personal information that can be used to identify, contact, or locate you or another individual. That's information you do not want to hand over to just anyone online or in person, as it's a very easy way to make yourself a target for identity theft, which is a serious crime in the world and very prevalent nowadays.

Always hesitate and think twice before giving even your email address out, everyone! Even something like a Facebook or Twitter profile may contain information like your birthdate, where you live, where you go to school, where you work, etc. and a person can use any of it against you, or to commit identity theft.

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Scarlet_A
#1
Well i never gave such information to anyone and when it comes to this wireless services (i.e. Online) I'll become more cautious. I mean who knows who we are dealing with.
Park_Min_Gi #2
Thank you so much for the warning ^.^
jooyeon15
#3
thanks for giving us a notice to remember ;)
stephhh-
#4
Thanks for the warning guys! I'll think of it, next time or when I change some profile settings somewhere :3
-RikaChan
#5
Thank you for the warning ^^
I'll keep this in mind.
Asphyxy
#6
I know a few affers who've become victims of this. Thanks a bunch for sharing this with everyone.
mickeywithoutears
#7
thanks for informing!
misanthropic
#8
thanks for the warning!
woohyunism #9
thanks!!! <3
Aryahegde #10
thank you 4 the warning :)
YoonAddict93
#11
Thank you for the warning!
Lizzie-_-
#12
Thanks a lot!!! ^^
northerndownpour
#13
Ah~ thank you for the warning :)
AzureOfKnight
#14
Thank you <3
luuhaann
#15
thank you for the warning!