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Four easy ways to help prevent buyers from scamming sellers.
1. Require a Post in your thread.
MD has a location detector build in to your avatar area. I've found this useful. Scammers usually refuse to post in your thread because of the locater detector. For Example: If the person who wants to buy your account has a paypal account in California, but their MD post says they live in China. This would be a red flag for me.
2. Require a Phone call
Everytime I've spoken with people on the phone, I've had good transactions. Scammers don't want to give you their phone numbers.
The other day I was trying to sell my wow account. A scammer contacted me on aim and said sure I'll give you my phone number (after I threatened to not talk to him anymore on aim), he went as far as giving me a random number in wisconsin. I called the number and it was not the guy I was talking to on aim. After I confronted the scammer he signed off aim. I later learned he scammed another MD member.
3. Do not sent your Username/PW information through aim/live chat
ONLY email the buyers paypal email address. If they send you a payment with a stolen paypal account, paypal will flag the account and you will loose your money because they do not support virtual items that are not shipped. Another good idea is to require the paypal payment to show the customers shipping address.
4. If the buyer is paying with paypal
Give them the username and password after payment is made. Do not assist them in changing the email/phone, don't give them the full account holders name (if possible), don't give them the secret question answer.
I usually wait until 1-2 business days before allowing them access to this. If the buyers paypal account is stolen, paypal will flag the account usually within 8 hours of the initial payment. I even go as far as waiting until the funds are in my bank account before giving these crudentials.
These are 4 easy ways to prevent scammers from running away with your money as well as your character you put many hours into. I hope this information helps at least one person.
Thank you.
1. Require a Post in your thread.
MD has a location detector build in to your avatar area. I've found this useful. Scammers usually refuse to post in your thread because of the locater detector. For Example: If the person who wants to buy your account has a paypal account in California, but their MD post says they live in China. This would be a red flag for me.
2. Require a Phone call
Everytime I've spoken with people on the phone, I've had good transactions. Scammers don't want to give you their phone numbers.
The other day I was trying to sell my wow account. A scammer contacted me on aim and said sure I'll give you my phone number (after I threatened to not talk to him anymore on aim), he went as far as giving me a random number in wisconsin. I called the number and it was not the guy I was talking to on aim. After I confronted the scammer he signed off aim. I later learned he scammed another MD member.
3. Do not sent your Username/PW information through aim/live chat
ONLY email the buyers paypal email address. If they send you a payment with a stolen paypal account, paypal will flag the account and you will loose your money because they do not support virtual items that are not shipped. Another good idea is to require the paypal payment to show the customers shipping address.
4. If the buyer is paying with paypal
Give them the username and password after payment is made. Do not assist them in changing the email/phone, don't give them the full account holders name (if possible), don't give them the secret question answer.
I usually wait until 1-2 business days before allowing them access to this. If the buyers paypal account is stolen, paypal will flag the account usually within 8 hours of the initial payment. I even go as far as waiting until the funds are in my bank account before giving these crudentials.
These are 4 easy ways to prevent scammers from running away with your money as well as your character you put many hours into. I hope this information helps at least one person.
Thank you.
