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The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

Hi, Sorry to hear you're having to deal with these scammers. It may be worth explaining how the current scam report system works. It is currently an automated system whereby your scam report is dependant on other site users to also report these scams. Every time more than one person reports a scam ad, there is a calculation done based on their certainty of it being a scam. After that stage, the username is disabled. So that they cannot ad any more ads. The problem is then that since it's an automated process (and a fairly outdated one to be honest), we don't get alerted as to when a user has been disabled for the scam. And it doesn't actually remove the ads that have been posted. If you notice a scam ad in future, feel free to private message me the link and I'll remove it myself manually. We're aware that the current system is flawed, but we're busy working on a system already that will ensure that the process becomes far better in the future.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The article was never intended to be a medical journal defining what epilepsy is, to say it is "way more complex.." goes without saying. However, it is also way more complex than one could address outside in an article in which the condition was not the primary subject of discussion. As stated above, stress is widely accepted as a contributing factor in seizure episodes. And in the article it was nowhere stated what the cause was, but offered the idea that stress was a possible contributing factor. If you point out something that is factually inaccurate - We'll gladly look at making ammendments to correct that information.

The forums search seems to work. I see an error gets given if you use 3 letters. But I think we've always had a required minimum of 4 letters for the search function to work. Using 4 or more letters as your search term should resolve any issues.

I suspect it may be difficult to find the moderator that took action on that thread (7 years ago now), as there's a good chance they are no longer an active mod on the site. I have however taken a look at the thread in question and your post. At the time, we were actively working at making the incidents thread specifically about details to that incident, causes and implications etc. Your post was primarily a 'blue skies' post, and we had just created the Blue Skies section. The moderator may have been better off moving your post to that thread, but at the time I imagine they deemed it to be not directly discussing the safety issues of the incident and more the person themselves.

Thanks for the heads up. This should be resolved now.

Hi, Do you have a link to the ad if it's still up? Or their username? With that information we'll be able to follow up and take the necessary actions.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

A few years ago classified scammers were easy to identify by their insistence on paying for items with money transfer or cheque. In these scamming attempts, the scam buyer would often send an excess amount of money and offer to have a private company deal with the shipping. It was at this time, that we recommended users request payment via PayPal, as at that point almost none of the scamming methods included PayPal as a payment method. Things have however changed, and it is important for those engaging in online classifieds to understand the identifiers for scammers. In most cases these scammers still follow a formula that has become easy to recognize, as they always have. Except now they are more than willing to make payments via PayPal, in fact - they prefer it. What Do The Scams Look Like? This is an example of a typical PayPal scam. Look out for odd grammar and spelling, especially when claiming to be from English speaking countries. Upon responding to them, they will usually claim that they are away, out of town for work or something similar. How Do The Scams Work? The way these scams work varies sometimes, but they often include phishing. Fake Confirmation E-mail - A popular method is for the scammer to request that you send your PayPal address for payment, after which they will send you a fake PayPal proof of payment link that will in many cases appear legitimate, but in fact is not. The e-mail will ask you to confirm the transaction and by attempting to do so, the link included in the e-mail will take you to a phishing page that while looking like a legit PayPal site, will result in the scammers being able to capture your login credentials, in turn being able to get into your account and take your money. Tracking Number E-mail - Another method, which is similar... Is that they will send a fake e-mail where PayPal asks for the tracking number as proof that you sent the item, something that PayPal does not actually do. Again a fake and dangerous link will be included. Hacked Accounts - There are times when these scammers will use hacked PayPal accounts to make legitimate payments to the seller. After they make the payment and you send the goods - they will then file for a case of theft from PayPal and get the money refunded back from your account and you'll be out gear and money. Charge Back - Another method used is that they will supply you with an address that is different to the address listed as their PayPal address, and PayPal offers no protection when an item is sent to an address that is not listed as the buyer's PayPal physical address. So once they make the payment, they will wait for you to send the item and then do a charge back. What Can One Do? Unfortunately as a site operator, we're very limited on what we can do about these scams at this stage. It's certainly not only Dropzone.com that deals with them, and these same scammers are equally as active on sites like Craigslist. They use proxies which means we're unable to implement bans on their IP addresses. We do however disable their usernames when we receive notification of a scammer. We also list them as a scammer in the database, meaning if you go to their dropzone.com profile, if they have been reported and disabled, you will see an alert stating that they are a scammer, at the top of their profile page. The best thing you can do, is to be cautious in your transactions and if you suspect that you have been contacted by a scammer, forward the email to abuse[at]dropzone[dot]com After which point, you should simply ignore the e-mails from the scammers. The scammer e-mails are almost always very generic and easy to identify, reading through a few of the posts in this thread and seeing what scammers have used to try and contact other sellers, should allow you to identify scammers quickly and easily. Help Is On The Way We realize that the presence of these scammers is a negative effect of free classified listings that allow any registered user to submit an ad and contact a seller. We can assure you that we have no plans to make Dropzone.com classifieds a pay-to-use service, but we can say that we are currently working on the initial stages of putting together something that will make the classifieds far more secure and should reduce most if not all of these scammers from them. So don't worry, help is on the way, in a way that will make you feel comfortable in your transactions while not having to damage your wallet to do so.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

There is a specific User Search function, which allows to search by username, first name, last name, and a bunch of other fields. But it's a Premium Member feature - so only subscribed users have access to it.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

It's definitely something that we've been exploring and while I'm unable to give you much more information, as we haven't yet started working on the concept - I imagine it's only a matter of time before we implement a way to make the classifieds much more secure. It would require a change in our software, so it would require some planning, but we have some ideas about how we'd go about it already. Unfortunately without doing that, it's quite difficult for us to prevent these scammers. They are registering using proxies that hide their IPs and are constantly changing them while posting. So even though we catch and ban most of them the same day that they register, they just register more.

It may be worth doing. Usually the only delay is office hours. Scams reported on the weekend may only be picked up by me on the Monday, or a day later due to timezone differences. Usually when there is a scammer present we receive a good handful of the reports via e-mail.

Hey, Thanks for the heads up. There was a bug whereby your username didn't have the correct permissions set for that install/page. I've changed this and you should now have full access to the wind tunnels section.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.

Hey, with so many scammers around I must have missed removing this scammers ad listing. I have now removed it from the classifieds. Feel free to point out any othe scammers listings that may still be up.

The following scam has been reported: Click here to read more about these kind of scams. Remember: DO NOT do business with anyone who offers to send you payment for a higher amount than your selling price with the understanding that you'll send back the balance. Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be acting on behalf of a "client" or another "customer". Be suspicious of anyone claiming to be from Nigeria or West Africa If you agree to accept a check payment, then do not send anything, gear or "change" before the check cleared. And be careful, if you manage to clear a fraudulent check then you may be liable for the damages if the bank finds out later. Make sure your bank authenticates the check. If it sounds to good to be true, then it probably is.This username has been disabled.