Guide on how to protect yourself from scammers
Why I Made This Guide
I decided to make this guide as I myself have been scammed before. I also made this guide to help prevent any scams in the Dreambot marketplace, to protect all of you guys.
Different Types of Scams
There are many types of scams that go on in the Runescape market, today we are going to be talking about a few of them. Most of the scams that go on in runescape are either paypal or happen without a Middleman. Let's say you are selling some gold for paypal, the trade goes well, he pays you, and you give him the gold. But then, next thing you know he has chargebacked you on paypal. How this works depends on how they sent the money.
VPN/VPS
A VPN/VPS is something that will hide your IP which gives paypal the impression that you have been hacked, and it is very easy to recieve your money back this way
If they sent it as gift, they will usually use a VPN and tell Paypal that they got hacked, resulting in them usually getting their money back.
Credit/Debit Card Payments
The next way to chargeback is with credit or debit cards, and it is by far the easiest way. All they have to do if paying with a credit/debit card through paypal is call their bank and say that it was an unauthorized transaction and their bank will reverse the payment.
Fraud/Stolen Account Use
I am going to start off by saying this is not the same thing as using a VPN/VPS. Unauthorized use is when a user has used someone elses paypal account to make the purchase. "Another User" being someone they likely stole the account from, which is why it is classified as fraud. There are several websites that sell "hacked" Paypal accounts for a cheap price, many of which are verified and have an account balance. Whenever the owner of the account sees it, he himself will chargeback the payment.
Goods/Service Payments
Most gold sellers use the goods/service payment method to make payments, and this is because they do not want to pay fees. While most are trusted anyway, people that chargeback use this method as it only takes a few seconds. The goods/service method is ONLY meant to be used when purchasing or sending IRL goods to someone. If you can't provide proof through a receipt or postage number that you have sent the goods to the user, he will easily be able to chargeback the payment as there is no proof that you have even sent anything. Even if you have screenshots of the trade, Paypal will ALWAYS take the buyers side and chargeback the buyer. Paypal usually takes the buyers side when it comes to virtual trades.
How can I prevent a chargeback?
Here, I will give you the best methods to prevent a chargeback.
1. ID Verification
2. Paypal Balance
3. Gift Payments
4. VPN/VPS
How to Spot Scammers
There is not any real ways to spot a scammer, but there are some ways you can tell if someone is trying to scam you.
First, you can start by looking at the threads they have created, if any at all. Most of them are buying gold at extremely high prices, and they will only pay with paypal. This DOES NOT mean that they are 100% scammers, but there is a high chance that they are.
Second, DO NOT rush trades, and always make sure you are comfortable trading with who you are trading with.
Using a middleman will NOT prevent you from being scammed when using paypal, as he does not take the paypal money. The middleman will take the gold and the buyer will send you the money on paypal, and after that the middleman gives him the gold. That means that the buyer can chargeback after the middleman gives him the gold.
With some people, they use the same skype multiple times, to check if they have scammed on that skype before you can go to their thread and where it shows their skype, you can right click it and click "Search google for Skype: shadygoldbuyer12" and if you see scam reports, chances are he is trying to scam you.
Thank you for taking the time to read my guide, and good luck with your trades. If you have any questions or concerns feel free to message me about them on here or on skype. My only skype is Khaleesifanboy69, anyone else with my name is an imposter. If this has helped you please consider clicking the +1 button under this thread
I may add more to this thread, but please lock it for now.
credit to bawsz because i copied some shit from his thread
Please do not copy paste this guide on other communities without my permission.
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