A scam is not a lesser crime but it is very difficult and sometimes expensive to investigate. I also think that people can easily accuse someone of scamming them which might not be true. Businesses might not go as planned and one party might claim that he has been scammed especially if he loses money. And in this forum business dealing is mostly based on trust that no legal document is signed that can be used as evidence. Maybe in the nearest future rules covering punishment for proven scam cases might be increased because some scams are preplanned.
If you think someone get wrongly accused for scamming, you can give your opinion on that's thread or creating a new thread to ask any users to recheck the case. If the case is between big business vs newbie, many users tend to believe the business is right. But if the case is between small business vs high ranked user, many users tend to believe the business is a scammer. But it still depends on case by case.
What do you mean about no legal document? are you asking the administrators to ask KYC for any business in this forum? it will not happen.
The administrators aren't sleeping, you can be a subject for investigation if you did a huge scam.
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