Avoiding Scams?

[StarGamesAU]

Hi everyone,

Recently I was scammed for probably the 3rd or 4th time on MCM, all of which leaving me with around $150 down the drain. As such, I was wondering what the best way to being scammed was.

From my experience, vouches mean absolutely nothing having dealt with people who have been around for some time and have some really solid vouches. So I was wondering if there's a better way to gauge it etc.

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated as this is increasingly frustrating as I, like most of us work hard long hours for our money only to have it stolen in a few split seconds, with minimal effort.

Regards,
Star/Rhys

 

[Azdog]

Sad to see you got scammed Star! Very nice guy..

 

[Ivain]

Tends to stem from being too trustworthy, there's a million ways to stop yourself getting scammed, Ivain has a good guide on it in the member's tutorial section.

its now in the wiki. I recommend at least scanning ALL the articles in the wiki that are at all relevant to your business. Mine was the first user-submitted thread, but many others have made more.
http://www.mc-market.org/wiki/

 

[Lonely Alpha]

I would say Get a MiddleMan

 

[Landon]

Hi everyone,

Recently I was scammed for probably the 3rd or 4th time on MCM, all of which leaving me with around $150 down the drain. As such, I was wondering what the best way to being scammed was.

From my experience, vouches mean absolutely nothing having dealt with people who have been around for some time and have some really solid vouches. So I was wondering if there's a better way to gauge it etc.

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated as this is increasingly frustrating as I, like most of us work hard long hours for our money only to have it stolen in a few split seconds, with minimal effort.

Regards,
Star/Rhys

Use a trusted Middleman.

 

[taal]

pay with goods and services

 

[taal]

Don't go first.

That would be scamming T_T

how is that scamming

 

[taal]

I doubt anyone in this community will sell an account or something with "Paypal G&S". It makes no sense and if you don't comply with the users TOS than it's scamming.

i bought an og account from AzdogOG for $260 and paid with G&S

 

[taal]

And I'm guessing you chargeback? His TOS most likely said "F&F"

nah, you can ask him. no he did not state f & f. it has been 3 months and no issues

 

[wavy]

Use a middleman for sure, also asking seller for half the account like login details then a 2nd verif code for a Steam account, Instagram eg.

 

[Rsyx]

150$? you should use middleman for transaction over 50$