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Ha, they made it easy to out them.
For future reference:
Does anyone else have the paypal info for the others noted here?
This one is for user Forza from the person who reported scam today.
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When bro can’t reply with just the emoji 
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Why is this the second or third time I see a scammer on here with a Slavic name? Is the forum BST being targeted by Russian expat trolls or something?
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Ummm, NO, these are not expats. That would imply they do not live in that region. All of the people noted here are residents of the region in question.
Please don’t generalize. I know of a number of “Slavic” members that have been reliable traders here. They have earned their respect and should not be disrespected because of their location. As a matter of fact, in my recollection, there have been few “Slavic” scammers here.
The key is traders feedback. All of the people I am referring to have good feedback. If you are unsure of a deal with ANYONE, use paypal G&S. In fact, use it all the time. If the deal works as expected give them a positive feedback. Likewise if the deal goes sour.
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Region? Did I miss something?
I mentioned expats specifically because it would burden the joke to imply that people living in Russia are somehow using PayPal despite PayPal’s refusal to work with Russian banks and payment systems.
I didn’t say anything to the contrary. Indeed, any observed commonality between the few scammers on here is most likely coincidence, and obviously does not give us the tools to predict who is a scammer; and any such tools would ultimately lead to discrimination. All that is to say, my comment was intended to be taken as a silly joke and not any kind of serious demographic analysis or ‘how to avoid scammers’.
BST posts with ‘USA only’ have been allowed to stay up, and I have personally been treated pretty rudely and unfairly by a number of users because I don’t live in the USA, and I also know that I’m not the only user on here who has experienced that kind of treatment; so forgive me if I feel like these are empty words.