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Says they're a woman without proving it up.


Scam alert.  ;D

Probably they are really woman but trapped in a man's body.  ;D

Alright, so I've been PM'd by a few people what red-flags to look out for since I have a pretty good track record of spotting scammers.  Sometimes I get it wrong, but better safe than sorry.  Anyway, watch out for the typical behavior from scammers who will usually fit at least two or three (and sometimes even more) of the following characteristics:

0. Newbies, NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH OTHER NEWBIES, EVER. There are plenty of veteran members to do business with and ALWAYS use escrow. If you're a newbie you're doing business with another newbie, there's a 100% chance that you will get scammed (or you're a scammer yourself).
1. New account (usually created within the last 3 months, plus or minus)
2. Low-medium message count with vapid posts of little to no contributory value
3. Use of a seemingly realistic first/last name as their forum account name
4. Signs posts with full name
5. Straight out of Newbie mode right into Lending (requesting a loan of course)
6. Straight out of Newbie mode right into Currency Exchange (PayPal, Liberty Reserve, Western Union)
7. Straight out of Newbie mode and selling gift cards/codes/Steam games of any kind (they'll often be purchased with stolen CC info, leaving you holding the bag later on down the road)
8. Any user blatantly claiming to be female
9. New user trying to sell an Apple iAnything
10. Sob stories asking for handouts
11. Never send to a Bitmerch.com address for escrow!!!

Oh haven't you heard?


So that being said, apparently females are inherently scammers here.. :( ..So as such, being that the rules of the internet states that Women do not exist on the internet, it would seem that there are "0" females in existence on bitcointalk..  :'( ..It also tends to drive honest people whom attribute their gender to female, whither genetically or personality-wise, away from trading out of fear of being labelled as a scammer simply for letting people know that they are female (with or without the requisite plumbing).

I think that there are some women here but maybe they're to shy  ;)

Oh haven't you heard?


So that being said, apparently females are inherently scammers here.. :( ..So as such, being that the rules of the internet states that Women do not exist on the internet, it would seem that there are "0" females in existence on bitcointalk..  :'( ..It also tends to drive honest people whom attribute their gender to female, whither genetically or personality-wise, away from trading out of fear of being labelled as a scammer simply for letting people know that they are female (with or without the requisite plumbing).

They are not here. Otherwise there are selfies.

O well, I like taking selfies but common sense tells me this is not the right place to show it.

I do not understand and I don't know why claiming that you are a she here are branded as scammers since I am really new to this forum. That is a bit rude for me for I am a  she. If  that is the case then no one will openly admit here that they are female since they had been already branded as scammers in this forum. Ahhh... now  I feel silly asking that question after reading all the commments and that number 8 on how to spot scammers.

I am in a private steam group that mentions something along the lines of people claiming to be female to try "begging" for stuff as a female, as sometimes people are more willing to allow themselves get "scammed" in a sense by someone claiming to be a female that has promised, a-hmm, "sexual favors" or something along that lines like nudes, etc (Which is apparently pointed out in that "Confirmed Female" User's negative trust..  :-\ ).. In fact, this group, although it has been slowly shrinking in size for some time, makes a point of only allowing female steam users into the group (Which is usually confirmed by the admins or vouched by trusted members in the group if such confirmation is not possible), as a way of making a gaming community for women by women or something along those lines.

Okay, I don't know what to say that women has that bad reputation to the gaming world and forums but now I get it. I hope my account here would not get banned then since I can't prove I am a female. And I will never beg for bitcoins and if it will come to the point that I need to scam people, I could just try using those countless credit/debit card info's from my main work here online to buy bitcoins but I am still lucky I don't need to do that. Well I am just human and tempted sometimes to try it but I am freakingly afraid karma would get back to my kids.

Present here haha its happy to be the member in this forum

okay.. good to know there's someone like me here. You know, it just feels good to know there is someone like you in a group. That was just my point asking that question not knowing mentioning you are a female in a forum is really a big big no no.
   

Oh please. Like you did not know. Before you sign up to a site, you're suppose to read some of the topics that are posted to figure out what attitude you should be going for.

oh please, how many days would it take for me to read all topics here and anyway it's about bitcoin that I joined here so it's something I would read first before anything else such as things how to spot a scammer.

Hahaha. No one asked you to read every single comment.


I did ask you to read a couple before joining.

O well, I did read a lot but unfortunately I was unlucky not to find that "how to spot a scammer" posts on the unread posts when I did. Well I am sorry am that stupid not to know that unlike you playing cool and smart posting suggestions to change some forum rules. You are way too smart for this thread, show it somewhere else since am not that good to discuss with you.

Now you're just putting words in my mouth

I never called you stupid. All I said was look at the forum for a little bit of time before joining to know what attitude you should be going for. I apologize for not telling you what you wanted to read. The reality is that you will have to read comments you don't agree with or like. My comment was to help you. Not tear you down. Just because I said a statement you personally don't like, doesn't mean that I hate you.