This would also have a lot of unintended consequences.
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I actually have no problem with that. People will try to scam either way. It isn't even hard to avoid scammers, and it is quite rare that someone that is 'trusted' engages in such behavior. The spam is the primary problem in this situation, not the scams.
All of the above will also encourage people to scam via buying accounts, which will only exaggerate the above problems.
Not doing anything exaggerates the problems the most.
even if the mods could make the sale of an account extremely difficult. That would just hike up the price of the accounts and make them far more sought after.
No. The opposite would happen as it would be risky to engage in account trades. Read QS's post.
anything sold illegally has a higher price, thats the point of the black market. guns and drugs are sold at high prices because oft he risk involved