OPSEC - what's best

As far as OPSEC is there a forum i can look at to read about it, I was told to always pout your real actual name when placing and order but with these types of magazines in want to order I don't feel comfortable having my actual name on it. I used to use a fake names and real addresses (obviously) but why is it good OPSEC to put your real name for shipping purposes and not an alias or something??

From what I’ve heard - the post office knows the names that are associated with your address , so a different name could make someone suspicious .

Pihkal-1 said:

As far as OPSEC is there a forum i can look at to read about it, I was told to always pout your real actual name when placing and order but with these types of magazines in want to order I don't feel comfortable having my actual name on it. I used to use a fake names and real addresses (obviously) but why is it good OPSEC to put your real name for shipping purposes and not an alias or something??

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2 main reasons that I can think of off the top of my head:

1) Much like @Bigfish529 mentioned - using a fake name is FAR more likely to flag the páck coming to your àďďress than just using your real name, or the name of a person that lives there and is associated to the location.

2) Using your real name does not automatically implicate you in any crime. You have no idea what is coming in each páçk that is delivered to your addý. There’s nothing stopping someone from packing up their dog’s s#!t, and shipping it to you. Same logic applies to mags. So, even if you get a visit from the local LÈ or Féďs, they have to get you to admit that you know what’s in the páck, and then actively accept the pâck for them to execute some sort of search/arrest.

Without an admission and/or acceptance of a flagged páck, then they do not have the probable cause needed to search your abode/bring about any charges.

Pls note I’m not a lawyer, this info is just what I remember reading during my time digging into the DO’s and DONT’s of OPSEC.

-MB

Hey guys I have to agree nervous to throw my info on a subscription? However everybody on here is refreshingly intelligent and proficient which gives me a bit of comfort. so before I joined this reading group I had a publication take my money sent a TN that made no sense and the following morning I received email telling me my mags were safely here (in my city) however I would have to pay a "referral fee" to have it delivered? worth mentioning I over slept that morning didnt get up till noon and within 10 of me replying to the Publication about the email and......etc an email came in thru logi43tics company telling me what was a good time to speak about shipment? None of it made any sense so i opted to leave it alone and consider it a loss. I personally felt the publishers were just running a second scam to acquire more scratch from me? But it has freaked me out, Has anyone had anything like that happen? publisher used a logis34tics company out of CHIC, IL PS donating now love the group!!!!

AlHoffman69 said:

... a TN that made no sense and the following morning I received email telling me my mags were safely here (in my city) however I would have to pay a "referral fee" to have it delivered?

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Scam practice. Sounds like you ran into a dodgy vendor. On this site?

Heman said:

Scam practice. Sounds like you ran into a dodgy vendor. On this site?

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nooo definitely not, this was prior to moving to this group after weeks of frustration to online publishing, as I am brand new to online outlets..etc been working trade shows face to face for 25 yrs however curiosity killed the cat and finally I decided to see for myself. I was literally OVER it after a week lol and figured I would stick to what had worked however I was then referred here from a dear friend who has become a fucking librarian at this point and he turned me on to DBG and honestly accredited it for his success in publishing. Thank you Hrmn the sentiment supports my initial feeling.

AlHoffman69 said:

Hey guys I have to agree nervous to throw my info on a subscription? However everybody on here is refreshingly intelligent and proficient which gives me a bit of comfort. so before I joined this reading group I had a publication take my money sent a TN that made no sense and the following morning I received email telling me my mags were safely here (in my city) however I would have to pay a "referral fee" to have it delivered? worth mentioning I over slept that morning didnt get up till noon and within 10 of me replying to the Publication about the email and......etc an email came in thru logi43tics company telling me what was a good time to speak about shipment? None of it made any sense so i opted to leave it alone and consider it a loss. I personally felt the publishers were just running a second scam to acquire more scratch from me? But it has freaked me out, Has anyone had anything like that happen? publisher used a logis34tics company out of CHIC, IL PS donating now love the group!!!!

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Common online scam happened to me to before I found the group here

georgeforeman said:

Common online scam happened to me to before I found the group here

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lol yea that was literally my first week messing with any of this, I have been a publisher and author for 30+ yrs but always the traditional means, hell up until a year ago I used a typwriter still lol but anyway my main focus and concern was opspec and ensuring complete safety as I am ghost writer and author annoymsly..etc but yea that jack ass got over on me luckily I never got taken for more than a few bucks here and ther and then ironically a very close friend had been involved in publishing earlier in his career and got me up to speed on current times proud to say havent lost a cent or a contract since. all my business realtionships for my books have always panned out since. Its common sense on here and folks that are chumps are crystal clear, I actuyally think its funny how fast we, me included I would like to thnink call em out as they attempt to run game lol you typically start seeing questions and wtf type comments within 48 hours of some vendors comeing on here trying to run game. Thank you for sharing that thou it always makes me feel a bit better when I hear I am not the only one,