Quote from: Magdump on February 20, 2024, 06:57:29 PM
Quote from: Old Gobbler on February 17, 2024, 11:47:45 PM
(Egg) Members....that is members with zero posts , cannot view the classifieds areas ....
Scammers most of the time have a zero post count , or 1 or 2 posts
Why not make it 50 posts? There are plenty of gun forums I hang out on where you can't post in the classified until you have 50 posts.
50 would REALLY help weed out the bad guys.
because 90 percent of the scammers have 0 posts
What they do is adapt to changing conditions
1) they used to plain as day make classifieds adds , without pics
2) so then I REQUIERD pics ....they adapted and got pics by snatching others images and passing them off as thier own
3) so then I said you need a a few posts to sell anything...so they would pad up fake posts etc..
4) so then I was....you need 50 posts to SELL anything...that fixed them good
It also is a nuisance for members ,but you know what 50 posts isn't that hard to reach
5) they adapted, by going "vampire mode" and working in the shadows by selling exclusively through personal messages...they use lingo that is a dead giveaway like "mate..cheers" when you see those two words run like hell , that's definitely one of them and report them asap ..they are not native english speakers and what they do is copy and paiste
a phrase and then replace the main content with the items.being fake sold ....they will make adds and messages all day long ...thousands of them , copy and paist , facebook , forums , where ever ,get booted 99% of the time and recieve payment from some clueless person
6) then they go "decoy" mode what they do is look at the WTB or classifieds adds ..and then Register a account that has a handle very similar to the OP ...then Start pretending to we the seller and ask for funds....and guess what ...it works very well for them ...yes most accounts get caught...but all it takes is one guy to send them $350 and they will retun in droves and won't give up
7) PayPal...let's talk about that it used to be when you sent friends and family on PayPal there was NO fee ...that has changed ...now there is a fee either way ...so.whats the advantage? There is none ., only regularpaypalmode has buyer protection..the minute you see someone ask for FF....they are definitely skirting refunded transaction......so I ask ..I
demandthat no F-F take place here ...guess what people don't listen ....there is only so much I can do guys
8. ), I do feel sorry for people who were ripped off , but you know what , they created this situation...they just keep on giving crooks money , and the crooks come back IN FORCE ....what is it that I have to do to stop them literally inviting trouble to the site ?
9) we got alot of guests that watch the forum , they read it like a magazine and there is tens of thousands of them , we also have plenty of people that have a account don't post but like to buy some items from the classifieds ...now because of the dummies that can follow simple rules ...those egg members can't see the adds to buy anything
I'm probably going to lift the egg /classifieds rule in a week or so , because I think it is unfair to exclude people from.the classifieds just because a small minority of folks keep using friends and family even when there is no sane reason to do so ..
