In an attempt to stop more scams, including scammy account trades or scams with accounts as collateral, I wanted to post a checklist. It is an useful list of checks for bitcointalk users on here, that want to buy an account or take one as collateral. I compiled a list of checks I do when I escrow an account trade. If you want to buy an account OR if you want to take one in as collateral and you don't want to get scammed then consider checking these things and only proceed when all points are cleared to your satisfaction.
FTFY
Thanks for fixing the grammar... i didn't even know I has to be written big all the time.
* Account Bans should be mentioned in the Profile on the top of the Trustpage of an account.
No it doesn't, its pass change you are talking about.
I know pass change shows up there but i was pretty sure that a warning appears there too when that account is banned. Or did it show up directly in the profile page instead? I doubt it only would show up when you are logged into that account, right? Would be too much of a risk for buyers then. The google search might not show up anything when the previous account holder does not complain.
* Check google with site:bitcointalk.org loan "Username here" and see if something shows up though that search is no full insurance since loans can be given outside of posts.
Also a link to "TheLedger" is helpful, its a list where (almost)all publicly known loans are listed.
Three month old posted addresses are not really safe.
Don't see how you got to that conclusion, three month old addresses are fine . Although its better to have a look at post history to see if there was a change in post style after the address was posted/staked.
Three months are the timeframe account traders often use when holding an account. When they buy an account that does not have a signature then they post an address and they have a three month old address after they leveled that account up to a potential something or leveled the account up really.
So personally I would not take such account. I had one case where an account was exchanged and the real owner only was informed of the account being active after that time was over. So the older the posted address the more safe it is that the account is getting sold by the real owner. A hacker can't fake such signature really.
Well, guess I missed an important point... the trust...
Adding it now and sorting by importance.
You see I changed my ways of writing in small of myself. Though that is only true for I, Iam and I'm or other words like myself too?