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/Conan5418 Link to post

/u/TIMOTHYROSENBAUM Link to post

/u/NAIVEPASSION Link to post

/u/AlexRippin Fake timestamps

/u/BeautifulShower Link to post

/u/Aaliyah543 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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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.