What to look out for when buying and selling accounts.

Hey guys,

I had a guy email me about an account I was selling and there were just so many things that this guy said and did that triggered "SCAMMER ALERT" that I had to share it and let it be as a warning to some of you people out there who are selling/buying accounts for your first time or your first couple times.

(1) First off, this guy emailed me saying he was very interested in the account I was selling, but couldn't remember what level it was or remember any details about it. I wonder why right? WELL It's because he emailed me along with FOUR other guys (See picture 1).
Picture 1:


Right away when you see this you should be a little bit cautious when trading this individual, because he seems pretty desperate to get his hands on an account. If you look at what he wrote you can even see he starts out with a sob story about how he lost all this money buying other accounts and doesn't want to go first. Now I understand that people scam out there and sometimes we end up losing a lot because of it, but it's this next picture that says this guy is just a plain scammer who wants to sucker you out of your money with his sad stories and poor sense of trust (See picture 2).
Picture 2:


Now here he is even refusing a middleman. He is very persistent and really wants to be on that account first. He claimed many times that a middleman isn't trustworthy enough because they can "be just anybody". I suggested an official middleman and he STILL was very reluctant. This is the final signal that you should see. This is when you just pack it up and go home.

Also, when ANYBODY refuses to pm you to verify they are who they are, you should automatically end the trade with this person because if anything were to happen during this trade, you would not be able to link this person's email to their Sythe account, because you wouldn't be able to prove they are related. ALWAYS TAKE SCREENIES THEY ARE YOUR BEST FRIEND!

Some examples of excuses people will use to get out of pming you or posting on your thread to verify it's them include: "I don't feel like logging back on now", "I'm at a friend's/family member's house and I forgot my login information", and of course "I'm talking to you now though, you can just check this link to my public profile page" (anyone can link you to anyone's profile so DON'T BELIEVE IT!).

When you are sure about this person being a complete fraud just go ahead and say what you'd like to them. I recommend being as calm and collected about it as possible. Makes you look like the better person and might catch them off-guard (See picture 3).
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As you see from this picture, he logged out without responding to it because he had been discovered for what he truly was and realized he was not going to be profiting from another poor soul today.


Thank you guys for taking the time to read this and I hope this can help some of you be on the lookout in future trades.


Happy Posting Sythe~~^_^ - Julian

 

Or maybe... JUST maybe... He was skeptical about going first after having been scammed previously, and didn't understand the concept of an official middleman.

This thread is in the wrong section anyway, should be in Price Checks & Market Discussion

 

I would only really buy an account off someone who has vouches for selling many accounts before, or someone with 1K pc and 100+ vouches.

 

I'm pretty sure we've all been scammed recently at some point or another. He wouldn't pm me from his sythe and said it wasn't necessary after me asking 3 times to do so. and signed out when I explained what an official middleman was for.