Quote from: autumnraynefyr on December 01, 2015, 09:55:46 AM

Oh haven't you heard?

Quote from: Tomatocage on January 19, 2013, 02:22:25 AM

Alright, so I've been PM'd by a few people what red-flags to look out for since I have a pretty good track record of spotting scammers. Sometimes I get it wrong, but better safe than sorry. Anyway, watch out for the typical behavior from scammers who will usually fit at least two or three (and sometimes even more) of the following characteristics:

0. Newbies, NEVER DO BUSINESS WITH OTHER NEWBIES, EVER. There are plenty of veteran members to do business with and ALWAYS use escrow. If you're a newbie you're doing business with another newbie, there's a 100% chance that you will get scammed (or you're a scammer yourself).
1. New account (usually created within the last 3 months, plus or minus)
2. Low-medium message count with vapid posts of little to no contributory value
3. Use of a seemingly realistic first/last name as their forum account name
4. Signs posts with full name
5. Straight out of Newbie mode right into Lending (requesting a loan of course)
6. Straight out of Newbie mode right into Currency Exchange (PayPal, Liberty Reserve, Western Union)
7. Straight out of Newbie mode and selling gift cards/codes/Steam games of any kind (they'll often be purchased with stolen CC info, leaving you holding the bag later on down the road)
8. Any user blatantly claiming to be female
9. New user trying to sell an Apple iAnything
10. Sob stories asking for handouts
11. Never send to a Bitmerch.com address for escrow!!!

So that being said, apparently females are inherently scammers here.. Sad

..So as such, being that the rules of the internet states that Women do not exist on the internet, it would seem that there are "0" females in existence on bitcointalk.. Cry

..It also tends to drive honest people whom attribute their gender to female, whither genetically or personality-wise, away from trading out of fear of being labelled as a scammer simply for letting people know that they are female (with or without the requisite plumbing).

I do not understand and I don't know why claiming that you are a she here are branded as scammers since I am really new to this forum. That is a bit rude for me for I am a she. If that is the case then no one will openly admit here that they are female since they had been already branded as scammers in this forum. Ahhh... now I feel silly asking that question after reading all the commments and that number 8 on how to spot scammers.