Scammers like to try to bend the rules, confuse you and generally not follow the terms of trading websites and ads.
General Excuses
- Can you do me a favor and change your rules just this one time?
- I really am from the US but my IP just says China/Nigeria/Phillipines because I am on vacation”
- Please release coins first before I send you the payment. I’ve already been scammed and don’t want to lose my money again.
Regarding Receipts
- “I didn’t get a receipt.”
- I lost the receipt.
- “Trust me it is just a mistake, I really did pay with cash.”
- “That is all the receipt, the register just cut off the rest”
- “Their printer was broken and I couldn’t get a receipt”
- “Someone give it to me for my birthday so I don’t have a receipt”
- “I threw the receipt away”
Regarding Pics
- “I am trying but I can’t upload a pic”
- “My phone is broken so I can’t send you a new one”
- “I will retake the picture after you release, my phone is dead right now”
- “You don’t need a pic”
- “I only have pics of the payment and receipt separate. I can’t take one of them together.”
- “I lost my ID so I can’t take a pic right now.”
- “I am driving so I can’t take a pic right now”
Regarding Cash Deposits
Regarding Paypal
Threats
- I will report you to the police