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Avoiding Scams: The Brocolli Method

By SantaEatsCheese

5 years ago


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    #6 5 years ago
    Quoted from lancestorm:

    The easiest way on here would be to have members write down their username and the date on a piece of paper and throw it on the playfield, and take pictures.

    A decent photoshopper can fake this. I know of one member here who almost got fooled by one of those images a few months ago.

    Quoted from SantaEatsCheese:

    Send me a picture of the machine with a large piece of Broccoli

    I don't have any broccoli. A scammer could claim the same.

    And again, a decent photoshopper could put just about anything convincing enough on a game to fool most people who don't have an eye for fake images.

    And also, if you make a seller try to jump through too many hoops, they will get the impression that you're wasting his time and move on to other potential buyers.

    There isn't any one specific catch-all technique that will work every time. Scammers are smart and are always upping their game.

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