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Articles, podcast episodes, and guides on verifying sellers, recognising scams, and what the data actually says.
A look inside the first six months of the corpus. Which platforms produce the most disputes, what fraud patterns repeat, and the surprising signal that turned out to matter more than any of us expected.
How a buyer used three signals to spot a fraudster before transferring money.
Five-step checklist. What to look at, what to ignore, what to ask before you pay.
Why platform verification does not tell you what you think it does.
A reformed scammer explains the playbook. Names removed. Patterns preserved.
Practical answer. No spin. What is unlocked, what is not, and what to do first.
A note on what makes reviews unreliable, and why we built a different system.