Attention Scumbag scammer posing as Wajgy

Shit, hate that scammers!! Thank you for attention! Can I help somehow to avoid this?
 
another proton.mail....another scammer.
 
wajgy said:
Shit, hate that scammers!! Thank you for attention! Can I help somehow to avoid this?
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Since they are targeting your customers, I think the best you can do is when you post a knife for sale, require that the buyer contacts you directly to purchase rather than having them post “I’ll take it” or claiming it some other way in your sales threads. If the scammer doesn’t know who is claiming a knife, they can’t contact them to attempt the scam.

In David Mary’s case, it looks like he was targeted in the Godzilla sale thread simply because he posted “Nailed it!” as a compliment. Scammers evidently are just blind sending scam emails hoping anyone who commented in the sale might be interested to buy, there’s nothing you can do about that unless you simply keep your sales threads locked. < Tough for the makers who want to get comments on their knives but there’s many places other than the Exchange to showcase your work, talk about the build and field comments/questions.
 
Jsega51 said:
Since they are targeting your customers, I think the best you can do is when you post a knife for sale, require that the buyer contacts you directly to purchase rather than having them post “I’ll take it” or claiming it some other way in your sales threads. If the scammer doesn’t know who is claiming a knife, they can’t contact them to attempt the scam.

In David Mary’s case, it looks like he was targeted in the Godzilla sale thread simply because he posted “Nailed it!” as a compliment. Scammers evidently are just blind sending scam emails hoping anyone who commented in the sale might be interested to buy, there’s nothing you can do about that unless you simply keep your sales threads locked. < Tough for the makers who want to get comments on their knives but there’s many places other than the Exchange to showcase your work, talk about the build and field comments/questions.
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Ok, thanks!
 
Tell people up front in bold letters that you won’t email them without confirming in public.
 
Perhaps. But I look at overall metrics. Not condemning every person that uses Protonmail, however, the majority of scammers that appear on this platform are, based on a search of the feedback posts. So, when I see a proton.me address, it gives me pause when dealing with that individual. Right, wrong or indifferent, I'm a threat analyst by trade. Due diligence is warranted, and I cannot ignore the metric.

I have received one Paypal scam email from a gmail account, it was pretty blatant.
 
We give extra scrutiny to various metrics, both via human and systemic oversight. I won't go into detail for obvious reasons, so, while far from perfect, the effort does result in many, many scammers being caught before they can do harm.

The ones who rely simply on contacting the unwary via email are a different level of problem, requiring members to avoid succumbing to via due diligence on their part.
 
Proton mail is based in Switzerland and adheres to their data privacy laws. Proton also offers end to end encryption to protect your privacy. The scammers are exploiting these features in the hopes of preventing law enforcement intervention. Unexpected emails from an unknown person using Proton should receive extra scrutiny in my opinion.
 
David Mary said:
Tell people up front in bold letters that you won’t email them without confirming in public.
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On the one occasion I had to email a buyer that didn't have a membership I posted the timestamp of when I sent the email, and told the buyer to immediately delete his email from my thread.
 
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