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The transaction didn't seem too out of the ordinary, I guess they're getting better at their scams...
Sucks that this happened to you but in all honestly it was completely preventable.
Maybe it's just my skeptical nature but anytime I'm looking to do a transaction here either as a seller or a buyer, the very first thing I do is click on a users profile:
- If they are relatively new, I do not enter the transaction.
- If they have zero posts, I do not enter the transaction.
- If they have less than 50 posts, I click View Posts and see what they're talking about. If they are only active on the Classifieds forum, that's a red flag to me.
- If they have frequent/recent user name changes (per Change Log at the bottom of profile), that's a red flag to me.
- Also, if a user suggests a payment method other than PayPal, that's a major red flag to me (no PayPal, no deal).
I'm sure there are one or two other things that I do but that's all that comes to mind at the moment.