What is exit scamming?Exit scamming is when a trusted/reputable member of the forum is quitting, and decides to go out with a "bang", or with a scam. This happens frequently on other forums I frequent (I will not name them here) and so it could happen on this one too.
How do I prevent from being exit scammed?The best method is by using a middleman, which is a person that makes sure that the buyer and seller both have the products they are trading for. Middlemen are risky in that you must use a highly reputable middleman or the middleman will scam both of you out of the product being bought the money being used to buy the product. Middlemen are also sometimes quite expensive, which can be a problem for smaller transactions. A buyer/seller denying a middleman is the biggest sign that they are trying to scam you
Another way to prevent being scammed of a big amount is to buy small amounts one at a time. For example, if you're buying $100 bitcoin with PayPal, you can do $25 at a time. You can still get scammed, but it is a smaller amount, and exit scammers are NEVER satisfied with small amounts. They will always go for the big fish.
Hope you all stay safe out there
and don't trust anyone online no matter how reputable they seem.