Scam accounts.

[luizoruivo]

Me and several people witnessed a person who created an account in this forum just to make an attempt to push a "promotion" on us.

@DarkBlood069 made an excellent topic on how to identify a scam system, but I believe we should do more to combat scammers.

I believe that new accounts with less than 10 posts should not be able to create topics, this would make it difficult for people to simply enter the forum to try to push some dubious site on us.

I know this would make it difficult for people to introduce themselves in the sector where it is done, but it could be allowed there.

[phpkiller]

5 minutes ago, DarkBlood069 said:

Thank you for your compliments, by the way, about scammers, I personally believe that users should not be able to post until they have wagered at least £25.00 on stake with Cryptocurrency. But that's just my opinion.

good idea but they can just let them create topic till they reach 50 post and weager some X amount

[williamshennie9]

33 minutes ago, phpkiller said:

good idea but they can just let them create topic till they reach 50 post and weager some X amount

You're the first noob that actually supports this idea  I think it is a good idea, but at the same time it would shield off potential new players from joining and contributing on the forum, which is problematic.

[Kate]

Well there was a scammer in the site like a few minutes ago making us download an extension 

[phpkiller]

7 minutes ago, Kate said:

Well there was a scammer in the site like a few minutes ago making us download an extension 

lol i saw his topic but know it was fishy from the get go xDDD

[EddieFx]

Yeah, there’s scammers on the site sometimes but if we did this it would remove new olaters as they would not join, that’s not good for the brand  

[Mlc]

Great idea I kinda feel like William made a good point though too , stake tries to encourage new players to join in the community some new users do have really good posts too , so I do like the idea or the ten post minimum to create a new topic but I’m not totally against it if not 😁

[irawk0]

Any sort of filter to block scam accounts would help tbh. However, they will always be trying new methods. There are ways to get past the $25 wagered blockage as well as the forum post count requirement quickly so the only thing I think would help is each account's first 10 forum posts remain hidden and have to be personally approved by mods.

[Etude]

It seems like there is this one same guy so far who keeps trying to post a irrelevant website to promote at the Stake Discussion section persistently too. It is posed as a cashback something? Whereby the post is then removed but it appears again soon enough in Stake discussion again, lol.

[luizoruivo]

3 hours ago, Kate said:

Well there was a scammer in the site like a few minutes ago making us download an extension 

I realized that you downloaded it, I hope you have not been harmed.

3 hours ago, phpkiller said:

lol i saw his topic but know it was fishy from the get go xDDD

He was just saying "prove me wrong" with doubtful extension.

2 hours ago, Etude said:

It seems like there is this one same guy so far who keeps trying to post a irrelevant website to promote at the Stake Discussion section persistently too.

Yes, did he promise to give back 25% of the value or something? Basically a scam. I lost 250k of satoshis to a scam, and saw people who lost much more. It seems like every day they invent a new scam, this makes me angry.