Do something about the future// (scamming)

[JackOfSparrow]

It's sad to see people getting scammed hunders and hundreds of dollars everyday, atleast do something to stop them, like release thier ip and email or something but seriously they are literally ban evading and just scamming again.

Do people want that?

Agree = do something about it

Disagree = Let people get scammed, and let scammers win

cant make polls lol

 

[Ivain]

Lol not really. Youve only been here a month so I guess you havent heard the stories, but loads of formerly super-reputable members abused their reputation to exit-scam. These included loans and middleman transactions, though again the latter were rare.
Ive written too many versions of the same argument to go into detail, but what happens if you pay a middleman for, say, an account, and after the transaction goes through the account gets taken back? Who do you charge back on? the middleman? They did nothing wrong. Should they then open a chargeback on the other person? You still got scammed, and since accounts are expensive it's not likely the middleman will give you a full refund (nobody just gives away $100-300 for nothing).If the chargeback is successful, then sure. But in that case the only real difference is that you got someone to help with a chargeback.
All you're really doing is adding a third party to the mix to either do the fucking over or get fucked over in addition to you.
There's a few select cases where a middleman is useful. Their main purpose is to reassure suspicious people, from my experience. Yet I know countless people that have done deals without, and have not gotten scammed because of how they went about it. Sure, these may not be the exact same sections, but then youre saying ALWAYS use a middleman, and for most sections this is not true. Check the wiki for the guide I wrote on those sections, informing people what to do to not get scammed BESIDES use a middleman.

 

[Fire]

Just use a MM that's been on this site forever then you should be fine.

Anyone can scam. Even people who have been on the site along time. Seb1 (Over 2k messages, an ex staff member and a member for a good 2 years) exit scammed. Due to irl circumstances.

Even a MM that has been on the site a long time cant always be trusted.

 

[Ivain]

Even I cannot be wholly trusted, despite being the second-most active member as well as a former mod and reputable builder even outside MCM.
Sure, I know from myself that I wouldnt exit scam, simply because im 1. not that type of person and 2. my internet alias is too widespread to risk damaging my reputation,
but how is anyone supposed to know that? It could just be a front, for all they know.

 

[Fire]

What don't u understand, it'll for SURELY INCREASE YOUR CHANCES RATHER THAN GOING FIRST TO SOMEONE WHO ISN'T AS TRUSTED..

I never said otherwise. All I said was that even people who are considered trusted can scam too.

 

[Turtle]

What don't u understand, it'll for SURELY INCREASE YOUR CHANCES RATHER THAN GOING FIRST TO SOMEONE WHO ISN'T AS TRUSTED..

no it wont. if you deal directly with a reputable member, then you will only have one person that can scam you.
However, if you have a mm, you will have two people that can scam you

 

[Lehend]

that is not the way to go...

 

[Mick]

This has been suggested several times and always denied. I'm sure I don't need to explain why, everyone seems to have done a pretty good job at that.

Denied, thanks for the suggestion.