What if there's a scam website in my signature? - page 2.

Somekindabitcoin

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Quote from: hilariousandco on July 22, 2015, 02:57:12 PM

If someone is offering you 0.6 a week it's you that is probably going to get scammed,. You might get negative if you knowingly promote a scam but why risk it or promote it in the first place? If it's a scam you probably won't get paid either unless you get the money upfront or in escrow.

Of course it's paid upfront. I got more deals and this is the highest one, but the website he wants to promote is a scam ( nothing new, but I will stay honest and won't say what website it is ).

Thanks guys for the messages you sent, I will go through it now.

tmfp

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Quote from: Somekindabitcoin on July 22, 2015, 02:49:01 PM

Hey, I have just two very important questions. What if someone offer to me 0.6 BTC / week for wearing his signature, but the website that his signature promotes is a scam? Can I get default -ve trust ratings like many people did for "Promoting ponzi", "Promoting scam" or whatever?

This came up recently regarding a sig campaign similar to my one off version.
If the person leaving you the negative does so because he

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strongly believe(s) that this person is a scammer

then his logic would presumably be that, by you taking money for promoting a site which he believes is a scam you become in effect, a scammer's accomplice in his eyes and therefore deserve it.
There would be two arguments that you could make against that
1) It's advertising space, like a billboard or this forum's own ads, and I am only the medium not the message
2) It is only opinion, not fact, that the site is a scam and not up to me to judge
The comeback to those would be
1) You take responsibility for what's in your signature
2) Preemptive action against scams based on probability is reasonable

As you know, feedback is hard to get removed once left. The question to ask yourself is "Is it worth it"?

Quickseller

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You would most likely get warned that you are promoting a scam before anyone reputable gives you negative trust for promoting a scam.

However your bigger concern should probably be that you would possibly contribute to others having their money stolen from them. You should certainly exercise some editorial restraint when you are approached by a scammer to advertise for them.

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