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Old 12-23-2006, 23:31   #33
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While naming of newbie scammers made no sense, since the newbies rarely read here before joining EU, and because these scammers avatars was usually newbies themselfes and therefore easily replaced.

I think that there are a couple of cases in which it would be good for the community, to be allowed to read about named individuals.
These cases are the so-called 'trust scams' performed be semi- or even wellknown avatars.
We all know how they work: Medium/Vet avatar joins a new soc, makes friends, borrows equipment, hands it back, borrows more expensive equipment (repeat X times), suddenly decides to keep it all and leave the soc.

To be able to carry out such a scam, the scammer needs to invest a lot of time building both skills/equipment and reputation.
In these cases the community should know the name of the scammer, so the scammer avatar will at least never gain trust again.

I do however understant your need to keep EF 'clean'... But maybe in such special cases as mentioned above, permission to name the scammers can be given by the moderators?
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