We recommend keeping the discussion on BHW and off any third-party messaging app to ensure you're covered for step 1 of our
dispute resolution process. Recently, we have added that to the approval message on every new MP thread to underline this.
Why? Well, you benefit from seeing the history of the buyer you're purchasing from. You can get a little view into how they present themselves and whether that's the sort of person you want to deal with. For example, Do they just post "bump" or post informative content that benefits them AND the community and engage in discussions in a manner that works for you?
If you walked into someone on the street and all they said to you was "Bump" or "20% off discount"... would you spend your money with them? Or would you spend it with someone who's listening to you, maybe in their office, with a team around them, showing you a strong history of their recommendations and actionable content out there whilst maybe making your a coffee (black no sugar please) ? Telegram specifically isn't the issue here it's scammers in general. We don't have an exclusive on scammers. It's a worldwide problem. But
@Zwielicht did write a strong newbie guide article on it back in 2018
How to Avoid Scams which could help when making your buying decisions here on BHW.
I should also point out that selling outside the marketplace is against our TOS for this reason (and many more).
We run a
stringent review process on the marketplace to ensure the seller can deliver what's advertised. If they can't continue to deliver at the same level or higher than they did when their service was reviewed, then we have the
Dispute Resolution section to keep the marketplace up to date. This goes a small way to keep scammers off the forum (we have many other methods). Try and follow the above and you should benefit from a reduction in scams. I appreciate it may be a little inconvenient to message on the forum sometimes but it's your call if that extra step is important to you or not. As my Gran used to say, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink".
If you have further questions please visit our newbie guide summary here
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/s...ter-list-of-all-newbie-guide-threads.1389081/
If that doesn’t answer your question please reach out to
support.blackhatworld.com for further guidance.
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