Buy and Sell Scams

[Junior]

It seems there are about as many scam posts in the buy and sell these days as there are legit posts, if not more. Or I'm missing out on unbelievable deals.

It seems regular site users aren't getting caught up in this, but it is difficult to know. I worry that even one person has fallen victim, so I wanted to pose a question to the group/admins:

Is there anything we can/should do when we think a post is suspicious?

Some posts seem to be removed rather quickly while others linger.

[kite4649]

I am checking more often lately and deleting obvious spam posts. I have also blocked several ip addresses where these posts come from (Africa, Caribbean, Russia) from accessing the forum. Hope this is helping. If you see something obvious flag it or send me a pm and I will deal with it.

All the current posts on the Buy and Sell forum appear legitimate. A quick check that you can do is click on the posters name and see when they joined the forum. Spammers usually just joined.

Chris Glazier, moderator