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qqphot · Jul 20, 2022

It's impressively brazen to steal someone else's real intro post! I suppose it would be wise to keep an eye out for whatever username he returns as after being deleted or banned.

pentaxuser · Jul 21, 2022

I presume that returning "incognito" so speak by changing a few details about yourself is not as easy as a luddite such as myself imagines it to be. At least I hope so

pentaxuser

qqphot · Jul 21, 2022

pentaxuser said:
I presume that returning "incognito" so speak by changing a few details about yourself is not as easy as a luddite such as myself imagines it to be. At least I hope so

pentaxuser

In technical terms, it is. There are mild barriers but nothing impervious. In real life though, I think a scammer will give himself away pretty quickly, hopefully without ensnaring anyone new.

Don_ih · Jul 22, 2022

qqphot said:
I think a scammer will give himself away pretty quickly

The fact is, it would take almost no effort to become knowledgeable enough to write a few dozen replies in threads that no one would question. The fact that a scammer like this one didn't shows how impatient they are to get what they want. But there will be some that are more convincing on the forum front.

AgX · Jul 22, 2022

Don Heisz said:
The fact is, it would take almost no effort to become knowledgeable enough to write a few dozen replies in threads that no one would question.

Well, I found and reported in the past new members with postings that at least as a whole were suspicious.

What was new with this one is that he posted even an introduction. But even this, already on its own, was realised as fake, by Winger.

So we are not that unalert...

Don_ih · Jul 22, 2022

AgX said:
So we are not that unalert

No. Just unalert enough that you and I and however many other people spotted this guy as a probably scammer, reported him, yet he still managed to get money from at least two people. Now imagine how much he could get if he spend a week writing coherent posts in a few threads.

AgX · Jul 22, 2022

This for a part may be the result of no 24/7 moderation. But do we want this?

I mean even with some of us being professionals, this basically is a site of fellows of same interest. Nothing more.
You made a good proposal with that "automatic on-hold" idea. To me this the best as we can get, next to being alert.
Alert too at using the classifieds, and there already had been many warnings the last months.

Don_ih · Jul 22, 2022

The point of what I was saying is that a potential scammer (getting sick of that word) could do a better job at not seeming like a scammer, with very little effort, and the fact that they don't points to their impatience (and likely also to the fact that they're attempting to scam numerous such sites, not strictly limited to photography).

AgX · Jul 22, 2022

And my point was, that's life. Do we want Photrio as a fortress, with paid controllers? And maybe they fail even too.

Likely we even point at the same, just with other wording.

GLS · Jul 29, 2022

Spammers and scammers are a constant fact of life, sadly. With the prices of film gear always rising we are only likely to see such attempts increasing too.

gone · Jul 29, 2022

I don't think having a month's membership would filter out problem people. If someone wants to steal something, waiting for the right moment is part of the game.

For 70+ years my plan has always been to trust everyone but keep one hand on my wallet. It works well, but there are no guarantees in life (except that pesky death thing).

Don_ih · Jul 29, 2022

momus said:
I don't think having a month's membership would filter out problem people. If someone wants to steal something, waiting for the right moment is part of the game.

They lack the patience. And they are not interested in actually working for what they get. A month also is a more significant amount of time for someone to show themselves as possibly fraudulent.

People running scams on this website like the one this guy did are probably doing the same thing on numerous websites at the same time, with plans to come back to this website with a new username in a few weeks or a month.

Waiting isn't something they're willing to do.

Sirius Glass · Jul 29, 2022

Don Heisz said:
They lack the patience. And they are not interested in actually working for what they get. A month also is a more significant amount of time for someone to show themselves as possibly fraudulent.

People running scams on this website like the one this guy did are probably doing the same thing on numerous websites at the same time, with plans to come back to this website with a new username in a few weeks or a month.

Waiting isn't something they're willing to do.

They want to scam us for our money and they want it now! I agree.

Larryc001 · Aug 7, 2022

Hi my name is Larry. I am new. please could someone tell me how to post a picture in line with my posting. So far I have only been able to put an icon for the image in the posting, which the viewer has to click on. Also how do I post in the gallery? Thank you. Larry

Andrew O'Neill · Aug 7, 2022

@MattKing ... he'll be able to point you in the right direction.

Larryc001 · Aug 7, 2022

Thanks Andrew.

Chuck1 · Aug 9, 2022

Jim Hopper is persistent, good thing I'm a cynic ( and cheap)

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