Lets make a list of why scammers are so obvious!

[MikeTheBuzzsaw]

How come scammers are so friggin obviously, its almost ridiculous?

1) TheYfor somreason cant spell c0rectly. (Especially those Nigeria ones)
2) They accept the first offer they get when your trading with no hesitation
3) They always want overnight shipping
4) They are buying it for a realtive or friend so they need it ASAP
5) The minute you ask them to ship first because they couldn't provide good credentials, they get defensive

6)


I know if I wanted to be a scammer, I'd do a much better drop... lol

 

[FoBoT]

they use the default avatar

 

[thescreensavers]

They also What you to use western Union

 

[dullard]

It is easy. Their obviousness filters out anyone with any form of intelligence. Anyone who is retarded enough to fall for the obvious scam can be easilly scammed for a LOT of money. Think of it this way, instead of doing 100x the amount of work to try to scam 100 people (all of which may turn them down when the scam becomes noticible later), they just do 1x the work and scam one moron who can never spot the scam.

 

[platinumike]

7.) They start all their messages with Dear Sir/Madam
8.) As soon as you agree to do the sale, they give extremely detailed instructions on how to accept payment and ship the item

 

[jdini76]

They are not as obvious to people who don't buy and sell stuff on the internet as much as we do. that is why they are still around.

 

[MikeTheBuzzsaw]

but this is mostly ebay/auction scams. The scams that happen in the forums are weird. Using fake credentials that haven't been active for months. Saying they "moved." etc