- Joined
- Aug 18, 1999
Agree 100%!!Hopefully, you contacted that private owner and weren't contacted by them offering you points. That's a great way that scammers get you.
Public Service Announcement: Doing business with a stranger who initiated the contact is quite a bit riskier than replying to an offer that is posted on the DIS Rent /Trade Board. (You still need to do your own due diligence, even there). It is the reason the DIS R/T Board does not allow "Wanted" threads and also the reason email addresses and telephone numbers are not allowed to be posted on the Rent/Trade Board.
As a R/T mod, I am frequently amazed at the number of naive & trusting posters (who don't bother to read even one of the "How to" / "Rules" / "Required Reading" threads pinned to the top of the R/T Board). If those posters are typical of internet users, it's no wonder there is so much fraud and identity theft. Some of us make ourselves an easy target!