I am not sure why everyone is acting like that to all newbies.
Newbie is not equal to "scammer".
Everyone needs to start from somewhere, and most of the people who join the forum for trading, don't care about ranks and merit.
Most of you guys "welcome" the newcomers as they are some kind of criminals or doing the things wrong.
It is obvious those people are here to do exchange only and they are not familiar or interested to gain rank and merits.
Instead of treating them like that, try to explain them how they should provide the service safety for the buyer and seller.
Consider there is no official rules, and scams are not moderated, you guys should be more gentle to newbies.
First thing first. Newbie here, as in all the forums, is a stranger. Totally. One major difference here from all the others is that is the most wealthy one. That alone attracts more than thousands of strangers aka newbies whose only interest is to get as many as coins that they can without leaving any trace aka scam.
It's true that most of us in higher ranks looking noobs with big suspicion and not wrongfully. We all though start as newbies and here we are.
The only thing that is obvious and a fact is that 98% of them that you consider that came here to trade (with an irreversible, anonymous system of trading) are trying to scam.
So exactly because scams are not moderated, we must be triple cautious and remind that without significant history, posting, involvement in general, and trust it's wise to stay away from anyone that wants to
trade.
Plus that if a newbie comes here just for trading, then he better goes to an exchange or to some other platform and do it. Bitcointalk forum isn't a trading platform/ site.
P.S: If they don't care about the forum's system, they can always say "goodbye".
You must be triple cautious trading high rank trusted member also, because there is always chance for someone to scam quit big with his big reputation.
This is internet, everyone should be aware of the risks trading online.
I am in this business for almost 16 years now ( no matter i am newbie in this forum).
I was impersonated for more than 7+ years daily and believe me, i know where you coming from.
But even if they are 98% scammers, that doesn't mean everyone should be treated as those 98%?
If someone really wanted to protect people, moderation of bans is required and a lot of improvement.
Forum ranks should be something people respect, like administrator, moderator and etc.
But people with positive feedback taking the powers of moderators is awful.
Feedback (trust in this case) is to prove your previous sales to your future customers, your legitimacy.
Those powers should belong to moderators.
The best way for us to protect the community is to report the scammers and help newbies.
Treating every newbie like that won't stop the scammers for sure. If you think that's a favor to the community, believe me it is not.
Scammers are everywhere and here is not exception. But that doesn't mean everyone should be treated like that.
P.S: When you trading over internet you should be triple cautious no matter you dealing newbie or "high trusted" member.