Scammers in the Buy Sell Trade Section

[JMANOS]

Maybe under your name or forum handle we have Member and the yr we started our membership ie...

JMANOS
Member 1999

[Leon]

Originally Posted by JMANOS

Maybe under your name or forum handle we have Member and the yr we started our membership ie...

JMANOS
Member 1999

Look to your right. It's right there for everyone to see for all members. Has been there from day 1.

That is the immediate way(98% of the time) to know it's a scammer.

And I am getting an average of 2-3 scammer ban requests a day..BE CAREFUL ON THE BST.
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[Vintage Vern]

Originally Posted by Leon

Look to your right. It's right there for everyone to see for all members. Has been there from day 1.

That is the immediate way(98% of the time) to know it's a scammer.

And I am getting an average of 2-3 scammer ban requests a day..BE CAREFUL ON THE BST.
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Leon, are they IP bans or are these scammers using VPN? I ask because the same exact pm was sent under different user names, but had the exact same card for sale, and had the exact same message attached.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Vintage Vern

Leon, are they IP bans or are these scammers using VPN? I ask because the same exact pm was sent under different user names, but had the exact same card for sale, and had the exact same message attached.

Most times I just ban the user name. A few more steps and I can do a wildcard ban on their IP address, which I think I will start doing on every one, not just sporadically.
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[maniac_73]

Originally Posted by Leon

Most times I just ban the user name. A few more steps and I can do a wildcard ban on their IP address, which I think I will start doing on every one, not just sporadically.
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Careful with IP Bans because most people have an IP that is assigned dynamically from their provider. You could end up banning a whole group of people. It happens

[Vintage Vern]

Originally Posted by JMANOS

Maybe under your name or forum handle we have Member and the yr we started our membership ie...

JMANOS
Member 1999

All of them that I've encountered so far have had that days join date, and zero posts. Not one has hit my post on bst with a post of what they had to offer up for sale just sent pm asking if interested, and to give them my offer. I offered $15.00 on a card worth much more and they took the offer, and wanted to use paypal. Not real hard of a nut to crack. I'm sure paypal would have been f&f at best.

[JMANOS]

let me get my head out of my ass...

[Bored5000]

Originally Posted by Vintage Vern

All of them that I've encountered so far have had that days join date, and zero posts. Not one has hit my post on bst with a post of what they had to offer up for sale just sent pm asking if interested, and to give them my offer. I offered $15.00 on a card worth much more and they took the offer, and wanted to use paypal. Not real hard of a nut to crack. I'm sure paypal would have been f&f at best.

Times must even tough for scammers when they are looking to beat someone out of $15.