I posted a "anyone in XXXX area" post and quickly received two responses from very suspicious accounts. Heads up everyone.

In the past few days I've seen an influx of posts of people posting their location and asking for connections. While there's nothing wrong with this you have to keep in mind that this is illegal and these are public forums, meaning that any law enforcement can (and do, as in it's happened before) lurk these parts of the internet setting up sting operations.

I know it can be hard to find a connection at times, but to avoid placing yourself and other ents at risk please go with the traditional methods of finding people through people that you already know. Nobody can vouch entirely for an anonymous person online.