• In the past two days I have gotten emails asking about being requested to provide credit card info in order to register and also to make a post in the classifieds forums. PLEASE NOTE: In no instance will this site ask you for this sort of information. The only time any request for payment is made is if you choose to opt-in for a higher membership level, and that is done SOLELY through PayPal. Anything else is coming from a source other than this site. My guess is that this is coming through Google Adsense, but when I can get someone to send me a screen shot of this sort of request, I will know more.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

how do i fiqure out if there is a scam ad or scammer

Myerkord63 said:
I need to fiqure out if this person is a scam artist
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Sometimes price alone gives it away. The price will be way too good to be true in order to make you pull the payment trigger "before someone else gets it".

I saw a CL ad a few weeks ago that was for a female Albino Pied ball python for $50... which is a morph that goes for $800-$1000 normally.
 
if you're not dead set on pickup you can find one for a better price. You have to go to advanced search and search the user.
 
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Honestly, if it is a local pickup the chances of it being a scam are relatively slim, since you can see what you are considering buying. This user also has a (non-herp related) online presence that looks legit -- Google her name.
 
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Socratic Monologue said:
Honestly, if it is a local pickup the chances of it being a scam are relatively slim, since you can see what you are considering buying.
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There are other potential "scams" when purchasing in person though, ranging from false hets to someone dumping critters that look outwardly healthy but the owner has a collection-killing disease ripping through his racks. So, you still have to be careful.

If a seller deletes an ad I wouldn't take it as a scammer, more like the the critter is no longer on the market.
 
I'm not a scammer man, but it's fine if you dont want to buy him. I have him posted again, and this website requires a real name. As you can probably see, my career actually requires a pretty massive online presence, so I am particularly safe lol.
 
Also, you agreed to meet me in person and pay cash on pickup when meeting him, in a public parking lot in front of a Rite Aid in a major city where I live. How on earth would I even be able to scam you?
 
Warning: Take the conversation to private message, please. This thread is going to be locked and likely deleted if it continues on the road it is on.
 
In the world of CB Eastern Indigos, the world is small. I would stick with known reputable breeders, avoid paying for shipped animals from unknown users, local pickup is best, but I have still bought an animal that was not healthy, broken rib, and ultimately died. So inspect the animal, ask for history.
 
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