Come on, it's the internet, you can never trust anybody completely, but if you watch out for red flags ( and you aren't dumb lol.) you should be fine. I understand your point of view completely but you didn't start out with 2000 posts, did you? I just like to read the forums and not spam (no offence). I don't push anyone in working with me, I don't chase anybody, I just know that service(? lol.) like this can help a lot of people to grow their business and get a bigger profit of course. I go out of my way and reply to every PM and help people to research the market and find the best price for them, why would I waste my time if I wasn't serious about it? This for me is more about gaining experience than anything else. Please try to talk to me before putting me in the same pot with the scammers.
There are other threads like this, so I guess it's fine.