Quote from: meteoroidjail on March 22, 2018, 08:05:02 AM

Quote from: Tomatocage on May 08, 2013, 02:36:28 PM

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. Here's a couple rules to follow to avoid becoming a victim:

1. 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 and you're doing business with another newbie, there's nearly a 100% chance that one of the parties is a scammer. I can not stress this enough.. just work with people who have been here at least a year.
2. Always use escrow.
3. See rule #2.

i'm not against escrow and others garant.
But i have one question. What are the difference between people who have been here at least a year, and newbies? Or do you think, that there is no scammers between OLD members?

Font get it wrong, there are scammers everywhere waiting for different opportunities to prey on their targets but its more reasonable to deal with an escrow or an older member. This reduces the chance of being scammed significantly and also an older member may not want to risk being banned