I've been traveling and couldn't keep track of late. I was called by Khimera to inform me that this guy is also REDCROSS, I login to see some awesome posts here, Khimera & greenhorn especially. Anyway, here's another number he called me from yesterday.
Although I'm pretty sure this is a PCO booth or something, checking doesn't hurt. He asked me if I have transferred lethal's money, which is weird because lethal has already confirmed in the thread that he has received the money and I'm sure he's reading this thread intently as guest. I think he wanted lethal's phone number which I did not have at the moment. The signal was soon lost and I couldn't talk any further.
If there are any 2 members in the same coty that he has conned, say 2 members from Mumbai, they should jointly file an FIR referencing lethal's report and pursue action.
As far as the suggestions enhancing safety in market section, I have a suggestion that is implementable. The market section should require "anyone" who wants to post a For Sale thread to be "verified". What I mean by this is that the following details should be provided.
Name:
Father's/Guardian's Name:
Address: (Provide a permanent address/parent's address if you live in a hostel/college or something)
Ph Number: Mobile and Home
A/c Details: (If the account is not on the same name as the "
Name:" field, provide address/phone number etc of the person on whose name the account is on)
Optional Step: Once the address is given, a Re 1/- postcard with a posscode will be sent to the seller on that address. He will enter it on TE to become verified.
Drawbacks:
-It will take some time to implement it with a huge base of existing sellers and extra manpower may be required to manage the database. But once it has been implemented addition of new sellers shouldn't be much work.
- It grants the TE Mods/Admin enormous amount of information, might make some members feel uneasy.
Once a seller is verified he can post freely. This is one-time process for every seller. TE can charge each seller something like Re. 5/- for the whole verification process and extra work.