Scammers at bitcoin-otc channels on freenode.

[TheFootMan]

How could we fend off these? Currently it seems like they're sharks just circling to catch the easy prey.

I think that if there's enough scam acitivity this will discourage legit traders. Perhaps users who're not auth'ed with Gribble should not even be allowed to enter any trading channels? While it would not solve all problems, it might slow down the noise.

It seems like lots of scammers are using the same names as established traders, and then pointing to their otc-rating to attempt to establish credibility. When I asked some of them to auth themselves to Gribble, it was claimed that this wasn't neccessary, that Gribble was playing up today, and one even said he just did it, and then pasted me an ident message apparently from Gribble, but when I ran the same command with Gribble the person was still showing as non-authenticated.

I'm aware you could probably just ignore these chaps, but it's really some annoyance, and I think it's slowly eroding the marketplace, so more stringent checks should be put in place.

Not only do these dishonest individuals do anything they can to try trick and deceive you into sending you their coins, but when you see right through their bs, they belittle and attack you.

I am not scammed easily, and I don't take offence easily, but I would think many people would find this kind of behaviour very offputting and would avoid using these trade channels.

Could anything be done at it? All an honest trader wants is to find others to trade with and not be bothered by idiots like these.

Not looking for sympathy here, but is there any solutions to increase the signal to noise ratio?

[nirom]

How about modifying the bot so that it publish a list of authenticated and non-authenticated users currently in the channel once in a while? That owuld at least help to get an quick look of how to trade with.

[TheFootMan]

How about modifying the bot so that it publish a list of authenticated and non-authenticated users currently in the channel once in a while? That would at least help to get an quick look of how to trade with.

What about making those chans accessible only by authed users? What would be the downside to that?

Anyway, following safe trading practices will not have you scammed most of the time. But I don't think any screaming teenagers would be allowed on any stock trading floor..