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If you're sure it's a scammer, it can be worth a few hours of entertainment to mess with them a bit.
Yes! r/scambait for the win
where do we report scammers? I had a buyer reach out to me about an add I have where someone posing to be me is sending replies. (@Safety_3rd. <<This D bag
He hasn’t sent me anything directly and when I search his user name I get the “oops this user controls who views their account” message.
Maybe ask the buyer to report what was sent to them, and then you can follow-up by reaching out to a staff member to confirm it wasn't you?
Further back in the thread, someone mentioned the report button helped because it captures the scammer's IP address, which can then be blocked. Otherwise, they can just keep changing usernames when one gets deleted.
Ohh that’s pretty cool. The buyer said he flagged him. I was just trying to also do the same so he didn’t F anyone and I get the blame.
So here is a suggestion I've been telling folks for a couple years now.
INSIST on a video chat and look at the item, buyer and the seller and talk about all the payment details in the video chat.
That is way harder at this point for anyone to fake
(Give it 10 years and well it won't be).
If they can post on the internet, they CAN do a video chat, every cut rate phone, laptop and tablet has a camera these days.
I only ever had 1 probably legit person be a pain about it and refuse to do a video chat, so I just walked away from the deal.
All this Send me a picture with xxx isn't nearly as good as just insist on a video call regardless of if you are the buyer or seller.
INSIST on a video chat and look at the item, buyer and the seller and talk about all the payment details in the video chat.
That is way harder at this point for anyone to fake
(Give it 10 years and well it won't be).
If they can post on the internet, they CAN do a video chat, every cut rate phone, laptop and tablet has a camera these days.
I only ever had 1 probably legit person be a pain about it and refuse to do a video chat, so I just walked away from the deal.
All this Send me a picture with xxx isn't nearly as good as just insist on a video call regardless of if you are the buyer or seller.
Oh for sure.
Looks like the site staff might already be on it. Clicking on that username, looks like it's been banned.
I did a little bit of stuff to counteract stuff like this elsewhere, but it’s always a race and enough effort on their part will eventually get them an account to post shit from. Highly recommend strong passwords on your accounts and yes a video chat or minimum a custom particular photo of the item (e.g. take a photo of the item with a AA battery and a piece of paper in the frame with some particular word written on it) is a fantastic idea. It sounds PITA and goofy, but nobody here wants to lose $XXXX(X?) over not writing “happy new year” on a piece of paper and taking a phone pic.. There’s only so much PII you can reasonably ask someone to verify their initial account too, which is a challenge for the forum and a decent balance has already been struck and experimented with.
You're the designated scammer hunter now since you work so well as bait.
They’d have to make a new account every time they change their username I don’t think it’s a horrible idea. It would be a deterrent long term if people were savvy to the scam.
I'm pretty sure fools running these scam games are using a VPN based floating ip so blocking that will likely be useless.
This is a portion of the steps you should take to reduce the chances of being scammed.
That's what I did, and I still got the above response as soon as I tagged the public thread.
Yeah, but if your PM content isn't included as part of the PM from the seller, Boom! you got them.
The PM protection has two parts, and you are responsible for both. You have to PM them, and it's also your responsibility to check the incoming PM for whatever you wrote to them.
True, but it's just annoying that there's so many of them on here now, you can't even post "PM sent" without them trying to rip you off.
I had this exact response to PM on an ad. I emailed and got someone into a conversation about buying the gun. What I’m not clear about is the person I was emailing said they marked the item as sold and it did get marked that way so either the original poster was in on it or ?? I searched that email address and it came up as associated with scams on other sites as well.
Snipers hide has unfortunately became grossly infested with scammers. I got scammed for $40 here….thankfully it wasn’t for much more.
God help you if you post a WTB thread. It’s just insane how many scamming predators are in our midsts….
God help you if you post a WTB thread. It’s just insane how many scamming predators are in our midsts….
Snipers hide has unfortunately became grossly infested with scammers. I got scammed for $40 here….thankfully it wasn’t for much more.
God help you if you post a WTB thread. It’s just insane how many scamming predators are in our midsts….
Frank posted a couple years back that WTB ads were essentially a giant beacon to scammers and they should not be used.
I stopped making deals with people who do not have “supporter”, “full member” icons and questionable low post count etc.
Both guys refused goods & Services even with me covering the fees. wouldn't share feedback from other sites. The thing that tipped me off... From the conversation page hen I clicked on their profile it showed limited messages and 0 feedback. If I went to the listing and clicked on it, it showed a complete profile. Thankfully I searched "scammer" and found this.
You know that meme where some bull squirrel is hanging by his balls from a fence and your day should be better?
Yeah.
If we could somehow find a way to post scammers in such a situation....
I have been asking for pics of the merchandise in particular positions along with human interaction. I did get scammed once. I learned.
Yeah.
If we could somehow find a way to post scammers in such a situation....
I have been asking for pics of the merchandise in particular positions along with human interaction. I did get scammed once. I learned.
These fuckers are everywhere, cloning user names/profiles........been happening daily on here anymore. Something needs to change. New accounts shouldn't be able to send messages or use PX for first 30 days, and have at least a 50 post minimum.
You must be kind of new here. Both of those methods have been tried here over the many years and found to be ineffective.
I guess, bout 6 years. Lost my old profile due to scammers. It's very prevalent right now. These ass holes must be cloning 100s of profiles. Has to be a way to deter them.
A lot of folks will only do F&F even if you cover fees. I don’t understand why it’s an issue.
Because then the fuc@ing IRS gets to know about it, that’s why.
I only accept F&F now. Anything over $600 on goods and services is considered a business and automatically taxes you 20 or 25%. I’m not going to keep receipts on everything I buy from years before to show the irs I did or didn’t make a loss or profit. I usually look at the persons time on site, conversations involved in looking for recent sales and feedback.
PayPal is ass know your buyer/seller if it’s to good to be true it
I agree that the irs can eat a bowl of d!cks. However, I can definitively say that if you’re worried about PayPal transactions causing you to pay more in taxes. I strongly suggest that you reassess your strategy concerning tax liability or hire a CPA.
It comes down to risk tolerance. With how this world has become and frequency of online transactions. I’ll pay 20% for recourse if I cannot source from a reputable vendor. Personally, I don’t like PayPal and their stance on 2A, but it’s the only e-payment that I’m aware of that offers buyer recourse, with the exception of firearms.
Most good scammers don’t list too good to be true.
It comes down to risk tolerance. With how this world has become and frequency of online transactions. I’ll pay 20% for recourse if I cannot source from a reputable vendor. Personally, I don’t like PayPal and their stance on 2A, but it’s the only e-payment that I’m aware of that offers buyer recourse, with the exception of firearms.
Most good scammers don’t list too good to be true.
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