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Other => Graveyard => Marketplace => Topic started by: toast on February 13, 2014, 06:46:09 pm

Title: PLEASE TRADE WITH CAUTION - READ THIS NOW
Post by: toast on February 13, 2014, 06:46:09 pm
There are MANY scams that occur on these forums, many of them through channels like forum PM which we don't monitor.
Read all of these threads to scare yourself into researching how to do safe trades.

https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=2909.0
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=2314.0
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=1994.0
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=2315.0
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=1822.0

We can't really "protect" the trading forum since we can't really verify anything that would cost less than $10,000 (!!!) to fake.
Title: Re: PLEASE TRADE WITH CAUTION - READ THIS NOW
Post by: 5chdn on February 20, 2014, 07:55:21 am
And don't fall for fake escrows! Not only check the nicks, but also the forum status (Newbie, Sr Member, ...)
Title: Re: PLEASE TRADE WITH CAUTION - READ THIS NOW
Post by: cylonmaker2053 on July 16, 2015, 09:25:52 pm
yeah and besides scams those of us shorting bitassets are finding out the hard way that taking leveraged positions hurts when things go sour!

Only short with funds you don't mind putting at risk, and make sure you keep a healthy reserve to help unwind positions in volatile times.