See.... there is a thread in Buy, Sell or Trade Section. The thread url is: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=4857045 The OP is AlTeC. He is a scammer. He already scammed many people in this forum. Here are some threads (for proof): http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=461762 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=478669 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=461762 http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?p=4857045 Even today he scammed someone. the latest negative iTader is a proof. may be around $500 or something, as it is XOOM transaction. How come DP allows these type of people. Why the admins are not taking any actions against them? How come new comers like me will know who is scammer and who is not. After researching all his threads I found he is a scammer. It would be great if admins banned this guy as well as others. Comments and suggestions appreciated.
i can call you a scammer and never talked to you before in my life, i can show some photoshopped pics as proof, and what will you say? you dont have proof to rebut the photoshopped pics right? so you get banned for nothing. the staff are not here to babysit you or act like cops, you are old enough to do your own investigation into how trustworthy someone is when you part with your money. that simple.
I think DP certainly does do somethng against scammers since almost anyone reported has been banned, but nobody is perfect and it's just like the person a few topics above said. It's hard to really show proof. DP cannot start banning everybody who has been reportied without actual proof and evidence can be faked sadly.
Admins ARE taking action against them! Action was taken the minute that the admins installed the iTrader system and the Reputation system. If someone scams you, leave them negative iTrader and negative rep. If they scam enough people and get enough negative reps & iTraders then smart people will know better than to deal with them. The system is intended to be self-policing. The mods & admins have better things to do with their time than to solve petty disputes between members. Researching all of someone's threads before you give them money is the best way to protect yourself. Check their iTraders and do your homework. Do your best to make sure the person is trustworthy before you give them your hard-earned money.
What do you mean you think there is no admin here? There is an admin and he checks often , and there are also moderators.
let's test that theory shall we??? time to take out the trash! http://forums.digitalpoint.com/search.php?searchid=7989817
I've always found that scammers on DP are taken care of quickly and fairly, unlike many other forums. The staff here does a pretty good job of keeping the riff-raff out, but nobody's perfect. Be smart.
if you fell for it you have to admiited it's your fault not an admin faults. scammers are everywhere and you have to know how to play safe and protect yourself. everybody may bedumb to fall for scammer but he's stupid if fell for the same think twice. so it's all about yourself. I have fell for it before and now i will be very careful to deal with other people.
Yes i totally agree with you,scammers are allowed in dp For these junks truthful members on dp can't trust each other and deal or trade. Nothing can be done!That's the most saddest thing in dp.
that´s what you always get on internet marketing forums, a lot of people looking for fast money. If you have suggestions on how to control the forum better, make them. But don´t blame the mods because you´ve made a bad choice. Life, learn .. and pass it on!
Do your own research, and use the iTrader / Rep system...that's what it's here for... search for the names of users before doing business with them... There are 14 staff members, and over 37,000 active members...that's 2642 members per staff member...does it sound to you like they have time to keep DP running properly (spam, flaming, moderating, etc)...AND worry about someone BY THEIR OWN MISTAKE falling for a scam?... yeah, scammers suck...but it's not the staff's responsibility to make sure the members aren't being stupid...
According to me .. You have to judge yourself before sending some one payments ... because admins are not god ... samantha had truly said You have Zero iTrade .. that guy have 30 iTrade ... and with high post then you .. so its confusing for admins !!!
not sure what you are trying to say but: a lot of buyers call people scammers because a deadline wasn't met, most of the time this is the fault of the seller, usually for taking on to much work or forgetting the small guy because a big payer has just ordered and wants it done yesterday. buyer: if you have parted with money, remember you have more chance of getting it back or getting the work done if you are understanding and polite about it. do not hand over anymore money seller: if you failed to meet the deadline you set, it is your fault, pay the refund if asked for it, or try and salvage something and offer another deadline with say 20% off the final payment. dont ask for more money, it makes you look more like a scammer than a trusting person. Both: if everything fails, then for gods sake leave neg itrader, without neg itrader no-one can look up and see who the scammers are, dont worry about having a few neg itraders, i have one, i dont care, i got it because someone wanted $5 back for something they had no idea what they were buying in the 1st place. they gave me neg because i gave them a neg itrader. it has not stopped people buying from me, i could have kept 100% positive itrader if i never left them a neg itrader for a $5 deal, but no i am honest with myself above all else. so that $5 bought me the neg itrader. egold,paypal,moneybooker exchanges, you are a fool if you enter into any of them, most of them are scammers that charge back or report you to paypal and get your paypal account locked and closed with no access to your money for 180 days, SO BE WARNED it is against paypal TOS, they know that, and you risk that when you exchange with them. all the paypal email scams to get paypal logins and passwords? ever wonder how they get the money form the paypal accounts? doing exchanges so it gets fuzzy to trace. think about it, they can open an account with paypal egold and moneybookers in their own names and send the money to themselves for nothing. why do they need a fall guy? takes the heat off them.