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Topic: Avoid auto-buy links, mainly locked or self moderated. Register before dealing - page 4. (Read 118453 times)

jr. member
Activity: 38
Merit: 4
Great reading here. As a member here I will put my hard work in to get rid of these scammers. I was scammed by Skeptical One and YoutubeTV. I loss total of $90. I was stupid for sending money upfront but now it's times for the big pay back and put my best support to rid off the rest of these lowlife scammers. Alot of these scammers now are recognizing that locked threads are red flags for being labeled as a scammer so alot are not locking their threads now. I'll make sure to tag them and reply if I notice funny business.
hero member
Activity: 835
Merit: 502
It seems mod Hilariousandco finally banned the YouTubeTV account.  https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/deleted-5124209  (but not for scamming Cheesy )

Hilariousandco is pretty cool, he helped me about a year ago delete multiple scamming threads started by one of YouTubeTV's aliases.
hero member
Activity: 835
Merit: 502
Now why the hell would you leave these topics open?

Listen, obviously i'm a noob here -  but you need to understand a couple things, i'll own up to it being my fault but here's how I just fell for the first scam ever in my life.

- The missing 'reply' button doesn't stand out until you go to reply.

- The trust system isn't part of any other forum i've been a member of, so I don't even know to look for that.

So what you're basically doing is leaving up topics that have replies with good (fake) feedback on them - a noob like me sees that, and that it's been up for days.

Why would you not at least edit out the links from the OP?Huh

This is the STRANGEST moderation of scammers i've ever seen, leaving the links to purchase from them live on your forum under any circumstances.  I'm at a loss on who thought there was any need to preserve this info.

Thankfully only out $50 but still - shocked.

Oh man these “not a scam” rants are hilarious to read now.

People tried warning you, but look how you behaved.

You all deserved it.

Pretty ironic that you laugh at others who have been scammed and tell them they deserve it, then get scammed yourself.  Grin

legendary
Activity: 1919
Merit: 1230
AKA Ms-overzealous-condecsending-explitive-account
Now why the hell would you leave these topics open?

Listen, obviously i'm a noob here -  but you need to understand a couple things, i'll own up to it being my fault but here's how I just fell for the first scam ever in my life.

- The missing 'reply' button doesn't stand out until you go to reply.

- The trust system isn't part of any other forum i've been a member of, so I don't even know to look for that.

So what you're basically doing is leaving up topics that have replies with good (fake) feedback on them - a noob like me sees that, and that it's been up for days.

Why would you not at least edit out the links from the OP?Huh

This is the STRANGEST moderation of scammers i've ever seen, leaving the links to purchase from them live on your forum under any circumstances.  I'm at a loss on who thought there was any need to preserve this info.

Thankfully

only out $50 but still - shocked.

It's not the "strangest" it is non-existent. Sadly, the owners of this forum do not moderate scams so the folks in this thread try to help.

No one here can do anything. Since you didn't post where or who scammed you which is strange, if indeed it happened to you we can't say to you "did you read his TRUST"?  You have been registered for 6 months so the scammers trust should be right there in red under their name unless he too is new. Sorry you lost $50.
newbie
Activity: 32
Merit: 0
Now why the hell would you leave these topics open?

Listen, obviously i'm a noob here -  but you need to understand a couple things, i'll own up to it being my fault but here's how I just fell for the first scam ever in my life.

- The missing 'reply' button doesn't stand out until you go to reply.

- The trust system isn't part of any other forum i've been a member of, so I don't even know to look for that.

So what you're basically doing is leaving up topics that have replies with good (fake) feedback on them - a noob like me sees that, and that it's been up for days.

Why would you not at least edit out the links from the OP?Huh

This is the STRANGEST moderation of scammers i've ever seen, leaving the links to purchase from them live on your forum under any circumstances.  I'm at a loss on who thought there was any need to preserve this info.

Thankfully only out $50 but still - shocked.
legendary
Activity: 2394
Merit: 6581
be constructive or S.T.F.U
So, just lost $50 on this https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/need-starbucks-egift-1807733

My question is why do you guys even let this post stay here in forum.

The forum Moderators can't tell you who to trust and who not to trust, but the members here try to warn about scammers , you need to look at the user trust page, most of the time scammers have at least 1 negative tag. but a general rule on this forum is to always assume that whoever has a locked/self-moderated topic is scam by default, there are however a few legit sellers who make self-moderated topics to avoid spam, but that will be 1 in 100 at best case scenario.
legendary
Activity: 2688
Merit: 3983
My question is why do you guys even let this post stay here in forum.
Did you check the trust before buying? Your account is not new and it is easy to note the red Warning on his account.
Did you read the sticky thread in this section? This topic warns you of these deals.

Sorry for your loss but the forum tries to prevent these abuses, and since Possible (or real) scams and Trust ratings are not moderated (to prevent moderation abuse), prevention is better than cure.

More solutions may need to be added, such as preventing members of red trust or small ranks from posting Auto-Buy
 links.
newbie
Activity: 3
Merit: 0
So, just lost $50 on this https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/need-starbucks-egift-1807733

My question is why do you guys even let this post stay here in forum.
hero member
Activity: 835
Merit: 502
hero member
Activity: 835
Merit: 502
So I'm looking to buy giftcards, and I stumbled upon this thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/deleted-expired-1674707
I was close to buying from him through discord, but decided to register on the forum to learn more.
He's got a -200 trust score and his reviewers also have negative trusts. Ain't this a red flag? Can a mod please confirm if he's a scam or not? This will save other newbies like myself.

Kind Regards

I would not buy from him with his neg score, the mods don't care if he is a scammer, they won't do anything about it, scammers are tolerated here, that's why there are so many.
newbie
Activity: 4
Merit: 0
So are there any viable sellers of cd keys or they are all scammers ? Especially the ones which are new members with as they say (MS Admin with 3k+ cd keys) ?

Alice_Rooney is a scammer btw. Just for the new members to know it. I am realy disappointed of this forum too much scammers not adequate system (escrew ... realy?). Especialy foe a new members... take care guys... never pay first and always want a sample first because here is the scamspace.
sr. member
Activity: 324
Merit: 260
legendary
Activity: 1876
Merit: 1475
I wanna move my topic to new place. However, I did not know that forum has moving topic feature for topic owner.
Then I locked it and created new topic at new board. Unfortunately, someone else marked me as un-trusted (negative infractions) because of using AutoBuy link + Lock topic.

How can I do?
Stop using auto-buy links. You're not trusted enough to do that. Instead sell directly here asking a trusted member of this forum to act as escrow.
Edit all your posts with that change and then PM the user who tagged you. Almost certainly he will remove it.
newbie
Activity: 42
Merit: 0
I wanna move my topic to new place. However, I did not know that forum has moving topic feature for topic owner.
Then I locked it and created new topic at new board. Unfortunately, someone else marked me as un-trusted (negative infractions) because of using AutoBuy link + Lock topic.

How can I do?
newbie
Activity: 3
Merit: 0
damn it, I wish I would of took the time to read this post.  I guess i'm to nice,  lessons learned.  Luckily it was just mined crypto, but still disappointed.
newbie
Activity: 5
Merit: 0
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5071365.40
Now he locked the topic after I called him out. Check trust for further information.
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