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[kennyb123]

On 9/23/2021 at 12:32 PM, AudioDoctor said:

Joined the same day he or she posted this and made only this post...

@The Computer Audiophile I wonder if making new  users wait a month before they post classifieds might deter some scoundrels from trying to use this site to try to pull off a scam. 
 

I have really appreciated how you’ve kept on eye on things to help us be aware of potential scammers.  It might free up some of your time to have deterrence measures in place.

 

It has seemed the scammers list items over $10k generally.  So another option might be to restrict listing items over a certain dollar value for some period of time after they join.

[kennyb123]

19 minutes ago, davide256 said:

They would probably just lay low and open "sleeper" accounts. This is also how bots and misinformation is propagated by the anonymous Internet.

Years ago I worked for an anti-piracy team at Microsoft.  They had done a study into malicious actors and found that there value in placing roadblocks in front of them.  It’s what lead to forcing users to have to call if a product key had been activated too often.  Sure some would still call, but a great number dropped off by forcing the call.

 

I imagine introducing a delay before a new account can post a classified would achieve a similar result.