Scammer

[1st PLt Drill SGT]

Hello,

I'm somewhat new here. In the Marketplace someone was selling a pump. After sending the money, I seller decided to continue to raise the price, so I ask for my money to be returned. Now this morning, he has decided to delete his profile.

 

[Doctorgori]

sorry to hear that…who? did you report it?

 

[1st PLt Drill SGT]

I'm not sure who to report this to

 

[Doctorgori]

I'm not sure who to report this to

I dunno either tbh …
…that rating score under the avatar is supposed to help identify bad sellers but not sure how often it used et…
…but I thought there is a process for this,
anyway Maybe try the mayor @revhtree

 

[Jamie814]

I'm not sure who to report this to

More importantly how did you send payment? Did you use PayPal or a credit card?

 

[Fish Styx]

@Daniel@R2R

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Contact one of the mods and report the person, they are usually quick to deal with people trying to scam @revhtree

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Do you have the username of the member? If you're saying they've deleted their profile, there's a good chance that they were removed because of scam activity. I encourage you to file a dispute with whatever payment method you used (PayPal, your CC, etc.)

If you let us know what the username is/was, I will be glad to verify for you.

 

[1st PLt Drill SGT]

More importantly how did you send payment? Did you use PayPal or a credit card?

CashApp

 

[Jamie814]

CashApp

OK how did you fund the payment? Bank account, debit card, credit card?

 

[WalkerLovesTheOcean]

Sorry to here, I hope this resolves in favor of you.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

CashApp

Yikes! We advise to never ever send money through unsecured payment methods. It's actually a violation of our site rules for sellers to ask for payment using unsecured methods. Please always report anyone who requests payment through CashApp, PayPal friends and family, or any other unsecured method.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/p...-family-unprotected-venmo-payment-etc.922149/

 

[VintageReefer]

What was the username? Why protect the scammer? You can’t even post in the for sale section until you’ve been here a while

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

What was the username? Why protect the scammer? You can’t even post in the for sale section until you’ve been here a while

Based on the info in the first post, I'm thinking it was someone we removed from the site due to potential scamming activity. That would result in the removal of the person's profile.

 

[VintageReefer]

Based on the info in the first post, I'm thinking it was someone we removed from the site due to potential scamming activity. That would result in the removal of the person's profile.

It would be good to know the username in case they are on other forums

 

[BeanAnimal]

Based on the info in the first post, I'm thinking it was someone we removed from the site due to potential scamming activity. That would result in the removal of the person's profile.

I too think these profiles should not be deleted, but permanently marked, locked and added to a single sticky that is locked to the single post. So just a list that any potential buyers/sellers could reference and still search the posts/profile of the exiled.


Profile Name - Reason For being locked or any relevant information.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Let me explain the rationale for the removal and how it works.

First, it's actually a misstatement to say the profile is deleted. I'm sorry for my own misstatement. I was using the same terminology as the original post and should have explained better. The profile (username) remains, but the user's content is deleted.

The reason we do this is that if this user was attempting to scam one person, odds are good that they were attempting to scam 10 people (or more). So, when we discover scam activity, we remove the content the useer generated including posts and (more importantly) private messages where they are likely giving victims instructions to send payment via unsecured methods. If we only locked the account, but they have already sent Zelle, cashapp, or other payment info, the potential victim wouldn't know and would possibly still send the payment. That's why we remove it. Our goal is to remove potential scam communications before victims come in contact with them.

 

[exnisstech]

To be honest in this day and age of scammers why in the world would anyone use an unprotected payment method for anything unless it was someone you know :thinking-face:

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

To be honest in this day and age of scammers why in the world would anyone use an unprotected payment method for anything unless it was someone you know :thinking-face:

This.

Sucks for the OP as that cash is gone and ain't coming back.

 

[BeanAnimal]

Logic or details regarding the offender's posts withstanding- I think it would be highly beneficial to have that sticky thread mentioned, with the list of shame. I am not talking about a list of people who had disputes or are jerks or where their fraud/scams can't be easily identified. I am talking about a list of people (as in this thread) where the R2R staff takes action top suspend an account for this type of activity.