Stop New members from getting scammed.

[Kavish]

Hey,
I know that alot of new members (I did) fall for going first with someone who has 5 rep and end up getting scammed, most times not knowing how to properly navigate the site. I was thinking about making a popup banner that when any new member joins, its a small popup banner (available easily to all new members for a month on the side of the site ui) that goes over buy/selling as in "When you are skeptical with dealing with anyone, ask the community about the profile" and just general short tips that can prevent any new member from falling victim to the "I have more rep than you" and getting scammed untill they learn about proper trading practices. Let me know what you think.

 

[X8.]

Hey,
I know that alot of new members (I did) fall for going first with someone who has 5 rep and end up getting scammed.

This happened to me, when I first joined. I got scammed 20 usd in BTC (not so bad) But it hurt inside.

 

[Kavish]

This happened to me, when I first joined. I got scammed 20 usd in BTC (not so bad) But it hurt inside.

I got scammed over 40$ is steam items.

 

[juschillin]

scammed 100$ usd so far lol

 

[X8.]

I got scammed over 40$ is steam items.

That sucks, how do people live, knowing that they are morally wrong.

 

[Arshi]

So if you guys were thinking outside the box, Theres something called a Middleman. Maybe y7ou guys should take a look at that!

 

[juschillin]

no, lol i got scammed 100$ usd[DOUBLEPOST=1547068441][/DOUBLEPOST]

Scammer

no, lol i got scammed 100$ usd

 

[Kavish]

So if you guys were thinking outside the box, Theres something called a Middleman. Maybe y7ou guys should take a look at that!

Yeah, not every new member knows what that is... And we can't guide new member to the MM section, it's basically advertisement for Middle Men, however, it should be mentioned in the banner.

 

[Arshi]

Yeah, not every new member knows what that is... And we can't guide new member to the MM section, it's basically advertisement for Middle Men, however, it should be mentioned in the banner.

Im gonna tell you this now. They wont accept this

 

[Kavish]

Im gonna tell you this now. They wont accept this

Why not?[DOUBLEPOST=1547069141][/DOUBLEPOST]Something like this would have helped me from not getting scammed.

 

[Stqlth]

#MakeMinecraftMarketGreatAgain jk but this would be nice for new members.

 

[Ivain]

https://www.mc-market.org/wiki/index/ You'll find a lot of guides here.
This one in particular is relevant: https://www.mc-market.org/wiki/how-to-not-get-scammed-a-general-guide/

 

[Mick]

At the moment new users of the site have constant notices being shown to them about all of the fundamental information that they need to know. I feel like adding in another notice explaining that you should be careful of scammers realistically wouldn't stop anyone from being scammed. Being cautious when you're new is extremely important and while we do try to educate new users about the importance of middlemen, it doesn't really help.

Denied, thanks for the suggestion.