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  • Is scamming common on STW?
  • root-n-5th
    Free Member

    Morning.

    Just wondering how common attempted scams are on here? Should they be reported?

    Cheers.

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    What kind of scams?

    root-n-5th
    Free Member

    Bad English, cheque cashing, address requesting stuff.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    If it’s a registered user probably, if it’s just somebody picking up your email from classifieds ads, not much you can do except not list an email and rely on the PM system. Being on the other side of the world I see a decent amount of spam posts that all get reported and sorted when the mods get up

    bruneep
    Full Member

    Do you see a gap in the market on STW for this?

    granny_ring
    Full Member

    Why wouldn’t you report it if someone has tried to scam you, they might try and scam others on here?

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    If the scam comes from a STW user then you can report it and maybe get some action.
    If the scame comes from somebody not on STW collecting your email from profile/post (the common wanted ad stuff) then what’s the point.

    jekkyl
    Full Member

    PayPal gift me £500 and I’ll tell you.

    iainc
    Full Member

    Had one yesterday on a set of forks I have in classifieds. Was the poor English, send big cheque to cash etc. style email.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    I guess the simple answer is to not post an email and use the PM system

    uselesshippy
    Free Member

    Trolling is.

    tomhoward
    Full Member

    How’s iDave these days?

    thegreatape
    Free Member

    PayPal gift me £500 + VAT and I’ll tell you.

    FIFY

    funkmasterp
    Full Member

    Outstandling use of it greatape 😀

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    My ScamDetector(TM) is available at only $250 + GST

    Goldigger
    Free Member

    Had one yesterday on a set of forks I have in classifieds. Was the poor English, send big cheque to cash etc. style email.

    That will be those Eastern Europeans in jeans and hoodies, that ask for directions 🙂

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