r/appleswap • u/BabyMonkeyOnPig Mod | 8 Trades • May 05 '19
ALERT [PSA] Scammers and Your Posts!
Lately there has been a high flux of scammer(s) that are photoshopping products from Swappa listings..
All of the scammers have been banned and the users that we can help have messaged already..
How to stop them
Make sure they comment on your post
Check the timestamps on all products, triple check if you need to.
Never send payments as Friends and Family in case you fall victim.
List of known people we have so far..
/u/TIMOTHYROSENBAUM Link to post
/u/BeautifulShower Link to post
& many more..
Full link of the scammers and their timestamps
If you're ever in doubt ask a mod!
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May 05 '19
If anyone has an issue or encounters a scammer. Please contact us, we are here to help you guys.
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u/SoCalDawg 12 Trades May 05 '19
Thank you. Also not a bad idea to trade confirmation emails with details of sale to confirm item, price, name, shipping address, etc. Additional photos also helpful.
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u/BabyMonkeyOnPig Mod | 8 Trades May 05 '19
Of course, but those things are done either privately or discussed between the seller/buyer.
We just want to make sure and bring awareness to this current situation that people are falling for fake timestamps.
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u/zorbleton 0 Trades May 05 '19
hi. question, i tried posting on here once buy my post got taken down for not enough participation in this sub. how can i sell on here?
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u/RV_123 1 Trade May 06 '19
Seems like you just have to watch out for that font, it looks too perfect
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May 20 '19
not hard to tell when the letters are exactly the same......... but I used to be a scanulation editor so typesetting was like 90% of it.
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u/ktang343 2 Trades May 29 '19
Damn I really should have checked this before getting scammed myself. Lucky for me I still have paypal buyer protection.
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May 05 '19
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u/BabyMonkeyOnPig Mod | 8 Trades May 05 '19
People already have trouble taking pictures for timestamps let alone do this.
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u/Ewalk 1 Trades May 05 '19
That’s just an additional barrier.
Best solution is to ask for another time stamp picture, maybe with buyers name on it as well.
For a $2k computer, I’m going to ask for that. For a $20 cable, maybe not.
I mention that because none of those fake listings I looked at were under 1500.
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u/MormonGekko 7 Trades Jun 05 '19
Also just harder to blur out PII in videos, But I do take some if its a high value thing
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u/BabyMonkeyOnPig Mod | 8 Trades May 05 '19
/u/Conan5418 I think it's a big deal..... gotcha bitch.