Ok, it's time someone taught people about scamming. First of all, there are fake login pages. If the url is not marapets.com, don't type in your info. It is a fake login page, and the scammer can get into your account. There are also cookie grabbers and keyloggers. Cookies are all your personal info, like your username and secret word. The scammer will get you to go to a site, and you will see a small blank window pop up. If this happens to you, log out, log back in, change your password, and log back out. Logging out deletes your cookies so the scammer can't grab them. Keyloggers are viruses that keep track of every key you type, including your user info, and send the data to the scammer. You can get them the same way you get cookie grabbers. I'm not sure how to delete them, but you can try the same way as cookie grabbers. Now I'll tell you how to make a good secret word. 1. Never use a word that has "meaning" for your Xword. Such as: don't have your Xword something like "titanic1" because Titanic is the name of a movie/Ship/meaning of Big or huge and has a meaning. Try not to use words like "icecream100"; the word ice cream has meaning. Do you get it? 2. Most programs for cracking your secret word use all words/with numbers 00-99 so it's a lot safer to have Symbols in your Xword. IT is suggested to use at least one weird symbol in your Xword. The more weird symbols (any number using the shift key with # 0-9) you have the safer you will be. It is ok to have numbers in your Xword but with just on e symbol, no one will ever be able to hack into your account with the special programs out there. 3. Having your Xword somewhere on your computer is also strongly suggested (save it in Notepad, Microsoft Word) so incase you forget it you can just look it up. 4. Don't have your Xword be the same Xword for other sites/email addresses. If a hacker were to figure out your word then they could also go into your email address and mess everything up. Make it different and don't have it something that is to easy to guess. 5. Frequently change your Xword. Don't keep it the same forever. The more you change your Xword the safer your account will be. Alright, now I'll tell you the most common scams.
Scam: Lending out an item and not getting it returned.
Prevent: If you have collateral, Stick to your collateral. Don't make any exception. If a user does not have what you are asking for just simply say "I'm Sorry, come back when you have enough". If you are le
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