Trade Forum Blacklist

[Ellie]

Note that this blacklist is also for the 4th gen & 5th gen, but there will only be one now to avoid confusion.

Post here if you have been scammed in the trade forums. Remember to provide as much evidence as you possibly can (including screenshots of PMs and such, note that you can use the Report button on a PM to send an exact copy to all mods), so that we can determine if the scam happened.

Follow this form when you post, filling out as much as you can:

Username of Scammer
In-Game Name
Friend Code
What happened (post the story of what happened here, including all evidence you may have)

Any members caught scamming will receive a 3 week ban.

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BoneBurry admitted it here

cian94 admitted it here

manaphyfan - summary here after pages of bleh

JuanLiNK26 - Evidence here, further discussion over the next few pages with your usual arguing.

HabsfaN7 - Multiple posts here on him, he refused to provide his proof despite multiple PMs/VMs.

Zekromreshiram admitted it here

Grim Magma - proved here and here

moe_abz - scammed as seen here

Japan - starts halfway here and has lots of pointless arguing! (refused tradeback)

bhowe90 - was accused of scamming here and never replied to this thread after being sent VM's requesting him to. Also made a second account to try and get around it

mew master4-10-90 - was accused of scamming here and never replied to this thread after being sent VMs to do a tradeback. Failed to tradeback.

hades666 - accused of multiple scams around here.

Captain Coopstain - see end of page 81/82, refused to check thread.

maxlly - did not respond to requests to check thread/do a trade back. See page 94/5.
 

Also remember this is only to report scammers. If you want to know if your Pokemon is hacked, find the thread in the main forum.

I am also including some tips for saving evidence when trading so that if your trade partner does end up being a scammer, we can properly punish him/her.

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Tips for Saving Trade Evidence
Since the majority of negotiation and such in SPPf's trade forums has to take place outside of the forums themselves, it can be hard to prove that your trade partner is a scammer, if that does intend to be the case. However, using these tips will give you a better chance of proving your side of the story.

1) If your trade negotiation takes place in your Visitor Messages, all you have to do is show us the conversation. VMs can be seen by any moderator even if one or both user has a private profile, and even if the scammer deletes the VMs, we can still un-delete them to read them.

2) If your trade negotiation takes place via Private Messages, don't delete any of the PMs. Using the "Report PM" button in your PMs, you can send an exact copy of the PM(s) you received to all moderators, so we will know you didn't edit it. Just be sure to say in the description what the report is for, because not all moderators check this thread or even moderate this forum. Be sure you don't delete your PMs concerning the incident until it is resolved, because once deleted PMs cannot be recovered.

3) If your trade negotiation takes place outside of SPPf, such as in email or instant messaging (not recommended), take screenshots and save conversation logs. There isn't as much we can do with these, since they can be editted, but it's better than nothing. Try to negotiate through SPPf so that we can see what happened if anything goes wrong.
4) If your trade partner is a scammer, always be sure to get their in-game name, IDno, FC, and/or any other useful information. It's harder to change these things, so if the person creates a new account (not allowed), or the Pokemon were traded to other innocent people, they will be spotted before more people can get scammed.

Also, you should try to save this evidence before every trade with a new person just in case anything bad happens. Most people out there aren't going to take your Pokemon, but if it does happen, having better evidence can help us punish the people properly.