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[BadBear]

I usually try to give negative trust for pm scams like that, because while I can ban them and remove posts, we can't do anything about sent pm's.

[Cyrus]

That's why I suggested this a while back:

Quite a few scammers are registering users very similar to those of admins or global mods and then ask for money via PM.
This could clearly differentiate whether a PM came from the forum, it's staff or theymos.

Just highlighting the message in the dropdown list would do the trick.

[Hazir]

That's why I suggested this a while back:

Quite a few scammers are registering users very similar to those of admins or global mods and then ask for money via PM.
This could clearly differentiate whether a PM came from the forum, it's staff or theymos.

Just highlighting the message in the dropdown list would do the trick.

The only true protection against such people is to keep your common sense. These kind of trolling/impersonation is so awkward I really don't think anyone with more than 80 IQ will be fooled. And if you got caught it is your own fault.

[shorena]

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The only true protection against such people is to keep your common sense. These kind of trolling/impersonation is so awkward I really don't think anyone with more than 80 IQ will be fooled. And if you got caught it is your own fault.

These scammers can be tricky sometimes, do not ever think you are smarter then them. Be allways carefull, even when you think you are dealing with someone you know. And allways listen to your gut, if it feels phishy, just say no. I have done plenty of trades via steam and only one legit customer was repeled because I was to carefull.

[Next87]

You must be very inattentive to fell for scam for this user, you just check his rank, that's all.

[Tammy Chan]

That's why I suggested this a while back:

Quite a few scammers are registering users very similar to those of admins or global mods and then ask for money via PM.
This could clearly differentiate whether a PM came from the forum, it's staff or theymos.

Just highlighting the message in the dropdown list would do the trick.

The only true protection against such people is to keep your common sense. These kind of trolling/impersonation is so awkward I really don't think anyone with more than 80 IQ will be fooled. And if you got caught it is your own fault.

While I agree that it shouldn't be hard to tell it is an impersonator, I see no problem in Cyrus' suggestion.
It shouldn't be hard to implement, and it offers an additional layer of protection to less attentive people.