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How-to-avoid known scammers


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How to avoid the known Scammers (ban evaders, vaders, evaders)..

Okay, so let's assume that a user contacts you on Skype about your sales, services etc. First thing you wanna do is to ask him to send you a private message here. Then look up users skype name (right click and View Profile -option).

Open Google and search skypeusername skype. Browse through the links that relate to Runescape blackmarket (OSBot, Sythe etc.)

If you find that user who is using that skype name is banned from any of these sites, or have a open dispute against them, I would suggest you not to deal with this user.

 

How ever, if the result is clean for Skype name, this is what I personally like to do, when the trade or sale involves PayPal, ask if they are verified in PayPal, and then ask what is their PayPal email. Again, same thing - Google search the PP email and look for same kind of results as in the first step. 

 

If the user has not verified their PayPal, once again - I highly recommend not to deal with that user also.

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One thing you can also do when it comes to PayPal transactions - You can ask them to email you off it, along with forwarding you the transaction ID once payment is sent, and also taking relevant pictures such as in game and so forth. 




If the user is of lower feedback than what you expected to trade, (such as new accounts/0-1 feedback etc) you can always request ID confirmation also. (They have to have their ID/credit cards/home address linked to their pp to get it verified)

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One thing you can also do when it comes to PayPal transactions - You can ask them to email you off it, along with forwarding you the transaction ID once payment is sent, and also taking relevant pictures such as in game and so forth. 

If the user is of lower feedback than what you expected to trade, (such as new accounts/0-1 feedback etc) you can always request ID confirmation also. (They have to have their ID/credit cards/home address linked to their pp to get it verified)

 

Yes, that's smart thing to do, but this guide is more for getting those plesky ban evaders banned.

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Yes, that's smart thing to do, but this guide is more for getting those plesky ban evaders banned.

If you believe someone to be a ban evader also, I hold off trades until certain checks have been done like you said above - Not only that, but i report them on the forum they contacted me from.

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