Does lying indicate that the trade risk is higher than that of someone who is honest, thus requiring negative trust?
Are lies an indicator of trade risk and do they warrant negative trust feedback?
I don't think so, well depending where the lies are coming from, like they say you'll never know until you know.
Before coming into conclusion about someone or someone's business is better you give it a try first other than base on speculations.
Someone can paint the name of a trader who you want to do business with in a bad way for you not to even believe and drop the negative trust when you haven't given it a try or know nothing about that individual, if you don't take a risk then you'll never know who's legit or not.
All I'm saying is life is a risk so take it or leave it.
So don't let your emotions cloud your judgment over someone you know nothing about and I don't think in some cases that lying indicate trade risk.