Table of contents 1.
Introduction 2.
How to spot Marketplace (Goods) scammers? 3.
Some new scam methods 4.
Protect yourself when buying: 5.
Protect yourself when selling:IntroductionScammers use clever plans and renewed ideas to scam millions of people every year. Often it combines old scams with new ideas, i will explain some old scams and give you some keys to learn about fraud so you can avoid new ideas.
How to spot Marketplace (Goods) scammers?- Spot imposters: they pretend to be trusted people like DT Members, people you may know, don't believe them always ask.
- Don online Search: Scammers tend to be lazy so if you search for them you will find some useful information.
- Ask the seller to take photos of the item with username, date of the day, and random code: +you must request a sufficient period to verify it before releasing escrow.
- Don’t ignore red flags: Rate anything that looks unusual
- Take a close look at the user trust page, security page: you can use https://bpip.org | Loyce.club
- report the scammer/Ask the community: Report when you suspect anything, as you can ask, everyone will try to help you.
- Always use escrow: Always use escrow. Accounts are bought and sold regularly.
- Ask for signed Escrow address:Ask the trusted party to sign a message.
- Use Bitcointalk PM to send payments: Request sending payments using the forum messages.
Some new scam methodsOverpayment ScamThis scam looks old but it's still working. scammers show (using Fake images/ centeral scam escrow/ fake sites) they've sent more than total payment, and then they ask you to return the price difference or a total payment.
Outdated token payment:You can read the sad story of scam:
Lost 0.08 BTC [Please stay safe] Outdated token payment@mdayonliner lost 0.08 BTC because he used an Outdated token as controller. payment has been lost
The lesson is that you do not accept any payments in token/Altcoin that you do not know. Not all of them work like Bitcoin, some are central and others contain outdated token / burned tokens.
Protect yourself when buying:Too good to be true:If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Be wary of sellers offering well-known merchandise and brands at prices lower than 50% of their price and possibly more.
Always try to avoid buying from them, it is better to buy a product at a 20% discount instead of losing your money trying to buy another at a 50% discount.
Repeating deals does not mean that stopping use escrow:Scammers do some good deals with you to earn your trust and then ask you to send without using escrow.
Protect yourself when selling:Phishing Links:Do not click on any link indicating that the buyer has paid.
Make sure that you receive the funds, before sending the item:If the transaction has not been confirmed or received in your wallet (not a central site/wallet, low fees) or escrow wallet, do not send the item.
Repeating deals does not mean that stopping use escrow:Scammers do some good deals with you to earn your trust and then ask you to send without using escrow.
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