To those of you that report the scammers as soon as you see them....

[hkmp5g17]

One thing I have noticed is that if you look on their profiles right after you catch them they are often looking through The Forum member lists, online members, Etc. They're obviously trying to improve so they don't get caught as much
They may also be looking to Block members who report them so that they won't see their scam posts.

 

[Jeddak]

lol, he marked it gone and re-posted it!

Reposted for sale from NYC!!!
Reported.

 

[Barbwire]

Reposted for sale from NYC!!!
Reported.

His ad on GB says he is in Cumming. Gets around don't he?

 

[hkmp5g17]

Here's an idea. Almost all of these are from new members. Is there some way to put a colored box around their username or profile until they have a certain amount of positive feedback? That way, people could quickly look through all of the new users ads and report them faster

 

[Jeddak]

Or let them post items for sale only after 20-25 of non-sale related posts.

 

[hkmp5g17]

another one flagged. From Gunbroker

 

[hkmp5g17]

This one is suspicious, too. Did not find a listing for it yet but, new user, typical scammer username, and their profile shows them looking at the other scammers post as their most recent activity

 

[Barbwire]

This one is suspicious, too. Did not find a listing for it yet but, new user, typical scammer username, and their profile shows them looking at the other scammers post as their most recent activity

Maybe you need to apply for a Scammer Mod POSITION.

 

[hkmp5g17]

^ appreciate it, but I'm not that motivated, lol. :-) just pissed off at scammers today. Hopefully it slows them down a bit.

A couple of other things that might help would be not letting them turn off comments until they have a certain amount of feedback, and not letting them block people until they have a certain amount of feedback. They could still have the option of going to a moderator in the event they had it legitimate need to block. But, as it is, they just post, turn off comments, and hope someone is stupid enough to fall for it before it gets deleted. If people were allowed comment, less people would get scammed

 

[gh1950]

another one flagged. From Gunbroker

Per usual, ad is locked for replies. If that option was removed, a lot of scamming would be self regulated.