zilog357
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- Nov 27, 2008
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Lol, my thoughts exactly.
Scam Tiers
- Thread starter deppo
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Lol, my thoughts exactly.
MKSKS
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- Jul 11, 2013
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Obvious doesn't really count unless it's backed up by some solid evidence.
MKSKS
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Instead of building scam tiers it's worth to use common sense and avoid red flags like f&f and or crypto as the only payment method offered by the seller.
Majority of scams I have seen here on the forum over the last decade had obvious red flags but the buyer for some reason didn't use their common sense.
Whenever someone points to a scammed member they reply something like I made a mistake, I should have avoided this or that etc.
This is what can help better.
You can't judge someone just based on how they have presented themselves based on posts, reactions, account age.
Majority of scams I have seen here on the forum over the last decade had obvious red flags but the buyer for some reason didn't use their common sense.
Whenever someone points to a scammed member they reply something like I made a mistake, I should have avoided this or that etc.
This is what can help better.
You can't judge someone just based on how they have presented themselves based on posts, reactions, account age.
pattyponsy
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- Nov 16, 2018
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Of course there exists other criteria to look out for, but account age, posts and reactions (and status, which is the main one you left out) account for 99% of the criteria someone has to reasonably look out for. You absolutely can judge based off of those factors.
Like anyone who wouldn't do business with you or scared to send more than a few hundred would be foolish.
MKSKS
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I'm just trying to say that trusting some random person on internet just based on their online reputation metrics is not the way forward.
These can be manipulated easily just like DA, DR, TF SEO metrics.
And that's just how people buying links end up getting links from medicore quality links farms going ONLY for high DA, DR, TF SEO metrics.
pattyponsy
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- Nov 16, 2018
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Where we disagree is on the truth value of the claim "These can be manipulated easily".
If the reputation metric is something that cannot easily be manipulated (such as the status), then no, it's not agreeable that it's not the way forward.
Because that's an insanely difficult metric to bypass.
One of the guys here was literally saying that they virtually never get a scammer from a premium member.
Now, a jr VIP, executive, or elite? Come on.
If the reputation metric is something that cannot easily be manipulated (such as the status), then no, it's not agreeable that it's not the way forward.
Because that's an insanely difficult metric to bypass.
One of the guys here was literally saying that they virtually never get a scammer from a premium member.
Now, a jr VIP, executive, or elite? Come on.
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Passed it. Thanks for the categorization. Lol
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I got a headacheI'd like to share how I view the risk - reward when doing financial transactions with strangers on the internet.
Specifically for the forum here this is how I view it.
- For pink members or marketplace sellers with < 200 posts I'll transact $30 max.
- For JrVip with < 200 posts I'll transact $70 max.
- If any of the above has at least a 50% reactions to post ratio I'll transact up to $150.
- For pink members or marketplace sellers with 200 to 500 posts I'll transact $100 max.
- For JrVip with 200 to 500 posts I'll transact $150 max.
- If any of the above has at least a 50% reactions to post ratio I'll transact up to $500.
- For pink members or marketplace sellers with 500 to 1000 posts I'll transact $200 max.
- For JrVip with 500 to 1000 posts I'll transact $350 max.
- If any of the above has at least a 50% reactions to post ratio I'll transact up to $600.
More than 1k posts, a lot of reactions, a few years on the forum, turquoise or white color members automatically get as lot of trust unless proven otherwise by looking at their last 30 posts.
The above refers only to first time transactions.
If all goes well after the first deal, then the max allowed limit doubles in my mind for each scam tier as I like to call them so as to kick out the boredom a little bit. You get me, don't ya?