Undercover mods?

This may have been suggested before, not sure though.

I know from experience that a lot of scammers will play it cool, and act legit when they know they're talking to a mod, which can make it troublesome to find them before they get the chance to scam.

So I was thinking that maybe the mods around here could make new Sythe accounts, and act like regular Sythe users. Since noone but Sythe admins can check IPs, noone would be able to tell who they really were, and it'd make finding scammers easier.

Just a suggestion, could maybe be a bit more fleshed out.

 

This wouldn't work out and would cause more fuss than intended.

 

How do you know there aren't already undercover mods? If we told you they already here then it would be pointless. Oh look... one is viewing the thread right now.

 

I'm undercover.. Or am i..
You'll never know!..

But seriously this thread is pointless. If there were 'undercovers' i don't think they would announce it.

 

Just though I'd give them the idea in case they hadn't already thought of it, though now that I think about it your right...

 

This sounds like a really good idea. But the way that Darthatron said it made me think there're already undercover mods. Oh well.

But what happens if those undercover mods turn rogue?

 

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lol @ above.

Anyways, this won't happen at all.

 

I gess maybe it wouldnt be a bad idea, for Leechers like my self to be tested with undercover mods...

 

"Undercover" mods wouldn't work. They would need the permissions to infract certain users and such. And as soon as the first person gets infracted they would know about the "undercover" mod and it would be pointless. It's more trouble than it is help imo.

 

DON'T FEED THE TROLLS.

Also, there won't be any undercover mods. Causes problems, and chances for people to say "Hurrrrr I'm an undercover mod, go first" and such..

 

Also, say this suggestion was accepted. Scammers would then know that undercover mods was in effect..

 

I acually like this idea because then they can catch scammer's better.

 

i am an undercover mod i catch scammers gud

 

But wouldn't that also make them stop scamming?
I'm not saying that I approve of this idea, just wanted to answer the quoted

 

Not only Admins can check IP's.

Any Moderators can.

 

I dont think this would be a bad idea just make sure you have "Good" undercover mods ones that wont say that they are one. This isnt a bad idea at all.

 

Scamer says- I'm an undercover mod so you can trust me go first
Victom says- Ok heres info ****** ****** ******
Scamer says- * LOGS OUT*

Fail idea IMO

 

Wouldnt that make it even easier to catch one then because if there a undercover mod obviously there not going to say they are one -_- that would make it pointless.

 

We've had sting operations on Sythe before.

 

YOu could have undercopver mods. just make them a user group that has modcp perrmissions but dont change their Usergroup or anything of the nature. Vbulletin allows you to not have a certain user in the Forum Leaders table at the bottom. I think that it would be an ok idea, even though it is devious and underhanded and propably wouldnt change the fact that people scam lol.

I thihk that they should stick with the old method it proves to be at least semi-effective.