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What Shall We Do About the Scammers?
In Response To: Question for Moderator ()

In addition to this posting, I have received a couple of email messages, making suggestions about how we can deal with the scammers that seem to be using Chronotrader, in recent times. What do our readers think of the following ideas:

  • Require that photos be included in any For Sale listing
  • Require that serial numbers be included in any For Sale listing
  • Start a "Rogues Gallery" with the names and email addresses, and modus operandi, that known scammers have been using . . . This might be good fun, in any event!!
  • Require some sort of registration / approval for For Sale listings
  • Anything else that you might suggest?
As an aside, while I agree that it is annoying having the scammers operating on ChronoTrader and regret that their presence may be keeping some real collectors away, I still have not heard of anyone actually falling victim to any of the scammers. Most of our readers are a lot smarter than the scammers!!

Jeff

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: Why in the rules of the ChronoTrader Forum in the WTS and WTT
: the moderators not make it mandatory photos of watch on sale/trade
: ?

: Maybe some scammer, not all, can be blocked

: Thanks
: GIGI

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