The need to post scammer names & RL info

Discussion in 'The Black Hole' started by wizzszz, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. Disclosing what is going on and which methods scammers use is a good thing, but:

    Naming scammers has been abused to ruin someones reputation at least as many times as it has helped someone to not become a victim of a particular scammer...

    It is currently allow to name scammers ingame names, but this is completely useless anyway, as every real scammer out there will just register a new avatar under a different name.

    As for RL names/address and other info... i think a game forum is not the place to post such information anyway: Simply forward them to the authorities or Mindark or the victims, but posting them in public will just lead to a lynchmob mentality.

    IMO, both, RL info and ingame names should not be allowed to be posted on here, if we ignore Mudkickers stunts or a second i have yet to see any convincing proof that avatar xyz has scammed someone, all the audio stuff and screenies that have been provided here and elsewhere may interpreted in a way that it backs up the stories told here but none of them was a real proof and most of it can be interpreted 100% differently...

    And i guess we all know the principle of "innocent until proven guilty" - something we should follow here, too.
     
  2. CycoKick

    CycoKick Notorius cK


    In alot of countries it is not innocent untill proven guilty, But guilty untill proven innocent..

    I do agree though that a online forum is not the place to disclose RL information of anyone but yourself..
     
  3. Should point out that linking to it instead of posting it directly is not allowed either
     
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