Topic: Avoid auto-buy links, mainly locked or self moderated. Register before dealing - page 8. (Read 75409 times)

The official stated policy of this place is that they do not moderate/delete/suspend/ban any scammers  (proven or suspected) so it's a free for all.  Also (according to mods) selling accounts is not against the rules so sellers won't be banned. 

Ive seen also people selling bitcointalk accounts here, nobody got banned.

Its more obvious scam, and nothing is done about it since Ive registered.

So this is pretty useless.

Your logic confuses me.  Any "option" can be abused and in THIS part (digital goods) of the forum THAT OPTION is regularly abused.  Pick out any 30 "self-moderated" threads IN THIS SECTION - DIGITAL GOODS - and show me how many aren't scams out of those 30.  And yes, I did specify NEWBIES but in this section it's most (not all).  In this section of the forum I'd wager 80% off all threads are scams.  

In other sections of this place you may very well be correct, but not here (DIGITAL GOODS) which is the original discussion of this thread.

73's 

So there's a option put on forum, and when u use it - its a scam?

Locked topics (where OP doesnt ALLOW posts) are scam for sure, self-moderated ones (not from newbies) are not.

In this section, 90% of the time you are wrong. While there MAY be some legit ones for the most part the self-moderated threads in THIS SECTION (digital)  are scams especially those from newbies.. 

Self-moderated topic is not a scam, its a option which this forum allows u to defend yourself from sale trashers and trolls.

U r a newbie here and u dont have a single clue.

Another locked autobuy scammer https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--4406535

New untagged locked/self moderated scammers:

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--4161841

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3938851

LOL.  This place has become a total wasteland.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--3854296

As yet untagged scammer with self moderated thread

You never saw his -64 red trust feedback and didn't think twice why he has locked threads  ?

Thank god this thread is pinned now.

Please, please PLEASE remember, that a self-moderated thread is almost 100% scam!! especially if the deal sounds "too good to be true". All those "$1500 AWS credit for only $50" - yeah right...

just got scammed $30

url : https://bitproducts.us

scammed for amazon gift card .... i wanted to test if he is legit. He is not. So guys beware. Lesson learned.

scammer name on bitcoin talk : safram
                                             https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/safram-1444132

A new scammer: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/ecouponcodes-2105937
His thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/qawsedrftgyhujiko-3737658
His feedback on Selly: https://selly.gg/f/CouponCodes
He has 2 positive feedbacks and both are made in aprox. 2 minutes.

Why isn't this guy tagged? https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sexygazelle-2097428
You can see clearly on his Selly's Feedback that he gave himself the feedback. (Consecutive feedbacks at the same day and hours, with a few minutes between them, is clearly self-feedback.)
https://selly.gg/f/SexyGazelle
https://i.imgur.com/ZgwPg8z.png
https://i.imgur.com/HUCAtxO.png
Also, he has a locked thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.36696502

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Edit: another one: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/selling-amazoncom-gift-card-claim-codescheapest-3615523
80% off gift cards? Let's be honest.

I like to watch. 

Surprised you aren't already using the ignore function on all of them, it's much easier to find and report the untagged ones here that way.

And now you want to purchase from Jaac who is a bigger scammer ? doesn't make sense. unless you are an alt.

Thanks for pinning this thread it saved me from some issues. I'm sure many noobs (me included) initially find the forum because of the marketplace. I am having trouble finding legit threads in the wake of this info, however.

What I dislike most about autobuy links on moderated threads is that they allow for sellers to have more leniency with illegal services.
Nobody can call them out and in this way their threads remain up for much longer.

For example:
Anyone offering giftcards with discounts greater than 5% is most definitely selling carded cards. This is highly illegal as it involves stealing other people's credit card information and is essentially money laundering. Those cards end up refunded, sometimes in the same day as well. So it's an activity that does no good to the world other than benefit the one that stole the credit card.

Perhaps e-giftcard selling should be entirely banned on this forum. That's my opinion, some might find it draconian though. However, there's no way to tell legit from fake when it comes to e-giftcards and it'd be too resource intensive for mods to moderate every thread so a total ban makes sense to me.

Also: cracked accounts go for sale

All those accounts on subscription based services that go for sale for a fraction of their monthly subscription are obviously hacked into. They stay active for however long the original owner doesn't notice that someone else is in their account. But that process involves hacking and naturally, breach of personal information.