As 3 of our members have been stolen again, my first blog post will be on scams.

- Don't trust proposals too good to be true, they are not.
- Be very cautious, ask for pics, talk with the seller.
- Check were the guy is, if he's in country A, you're in country B, be cautious, if a country C appears in the talk… flee.
- Save for small sales, don't trust checks, money transfer, Western Union, Paypal… Use a money escrow system.
- Western Union and Paypal are not safe systems. WU is like a money transfer. Paypal like a card payment with a twist.
- Don't accept payments for a value higher than your sale and send back the difference, it's basic swindling. Accept only the money you're supposed to receive.
- Be very cautious with checks sent from a foreign country. They may be accepted by the bank but rejected some weeks later. don't send the object until the final acceptance of the bank, talk with your buyer and your banker about this. The delay is worth it.
- If the seller/buyer doesn't accept your escrow system or the delay, walk away.
- Keep the PMs, keep the emails you exchange.
- Keep the original classified, and the login of the seller/buyer here.

if you are in doubt, contact us at fraud at 440network.com and give us the classified, your login and the scammer's.

Scammers are banned on the spot, as the classifieds are deleted. We keep records for the police in case they need it.

What to do? More on the subject:

1. Tell us! We can prevent other members to be stolen.
2. Tell your bank, maybe something can still be done.
3. Tell the police:
   
   • USA: contact your local police or/and the IFCC check the FBI page of internet frauds (interesting reading for everyone btw)
   • UK: contact your local police, read this
   • France: contact your local police

(if you know for your country, please tell me)

(to be completed and translated)