Newbies be careful with old members, when they PM you for business.

[lovesmayfamilis]

What I will advise here is that any newbie who receives such a PM should just tell whomever it is to make the offer public before they get involved in it otherwise they should forget about it and mind their business.

Let's just give an example of several emails sent by an old account to several users.

Got a PM about asking for Money!

I would add that it would not be a big problem if a novice, in addition to offering the sender to publish his idea publicly, also independently tells the community about the offer he received from a well-known account. As a rule, it always turns out that it's written by a hacked account, or the sender is engaged in an "underhanded game" that should not be hidden from the community.

[PVequalNRT]

In anything you do, try as much as possible to avoid the way you relate with people online, it's the way the outside is dangerous the internet can also be dangerous and because everyone seems to be friendly with you doesn't mean they are friendly in from their mind. Don't share much with people, your privacy is very much important as you are online.

[notocactus]

I saw a thread some weeks ago where someone was complaining, that he received a message about investment from someone in this forum.

Sorry BitcoinFX, you are banned from posting or sending personal messages

It's the ban on BitcoinFX by sending about 100 unsolicited PMs.

You sent over 100 PMs with the same format: clear unsolicited bulk PMs. 4 people reported it, making it unwanted & unsolicited bulk PMs = spam. Most others would've been banned much longer.

People must be careful with their practice of sending PMs, for any reasons, as if receivers report their PMs, accounts have risk of getting temporary bans. The severity of a given ban will  depend on how many unsolicited PMs sent and during a long or short period.

BitcoinFX is one of first forum members and also engaged in the historic Bitcoin vs pizza trade.

[BitBakerr1]

Theres an old saying in real life "Dont talk to stranger" might be good to do that if you are newbie thats the best prevention to scam.

That is basically the only thing in life you need to understand. Just keep yourself out of trouble by not needlessly talking to some strangers who may or may not wish to talk you into some financial business...

This is just the best solution, don’t talk to strangers about financial issues or business in this forum except it is public, when someone makes an offer public and people do some investigations and finds it okay then you can engage in such business, members should simply avoid talking to people they don’t know on PM, even if a reputable member in this forum should PM them concerning a business they should not respond.
The problem some people are having is that they love to make quick money such persons easily get scammed.

[I_Anime]

I saw a thread some weeks ago where someone was complaining, that he received a message about investment from someone in this forum.
Most of this old members that are messaging newbies in other to scam them has already been given negative feedback by DT members in this forum, so when you see a PM from old forum members, what you should do is to check their feedback and from there feedback you will know the kind of person they are.
But I will advise, regardless of their feedback tell them to make it public or forget about it.

And for the DT members if you are giving trust to someone, make sure the member is trustworthy because if they are involved in scamming newbies here, and the newbie says he believed the member was trustworthy because of the trust you gave the member, you too will be held accountable to some extent.

Not only old members , you can fall for any members scheme in this crypto space in general. But sometimes they can message you for something good , so it boils down to their intentions when they message you , the main reason this community was created is for us crypto enthusiasts to interact and stuff , and the forum pm is another means we can interact in this forum so make good use of it .