Here are some tips to help you avoid being triked:

• The best way to avoid scams and fraud is dealing locally, with people you can meet.
• Never deal with someone you can only contact by email. If meeting is not possible, try to make a phone contact before accepting any online deal. A phone contact does not prevent fraud, but if you cannot do it, chances are that you are facing a scam.
  Make sure the provided phone number is not a pay-per-call number!
• Never send a payment via Money Gram, Western Union, or any other wire service. If someone you dont know asks you to do that, you are probably facing a scam.
• Never send out an item until you are certain that the buyer's check has cleared your bank. Fake cashier checks and money orders are common.
• Never give out any personal account information (bank account, eBay account, social security number, PayPal account, etc.)
• Be especially careful when dealing with distant buyers or sellers.
• If you must do business with a distant seller make sure the escrow agent is legitimate.
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