Posting of personal information is against site-wide Reddit rules, and post/comments that include personal information will be removed. If you're posting about another redditor then please report them to Reddit admins at Posting rules: If you are posting an article, please copy and paste a few relevant paragraphs and submit them along with the link in a self post. Please try to use archive.is,, , or another archive website instead of posting the direct link. If you use the link-only posting feature in this subreddit, it will be removed automatically by the AutoModerator. We only allow images and self posts on this subreddit for safety reasons. Given the nature of this subreddit, you should treat any external links as suspicious, and you should be careful visiting any unfamiliar websites.Įxternal links, such as websites or videos, must be posted as a self post.

Make sure you redact all personal information from your screenshots. If you post screenshots, you should also copy and paste the text from the screenshot into your post so that the text shows up on Google and other search engines. Include details like: what the person sent you, details included in texts/emails/in-person conversation, etc. You should post details in order to receive quick advice.

We have detailed stickied threads to help you identify some of the scams we see most commonly in this subreddit please read the stickies before posting! This is a help forum - bad advice will get you banned, and we do not consider 'just joking' to be a defense of advice that would be harmful if followed. Welcome to r/Scams, a subreddit for all your scam identification needs!

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