Rule on Saying someone is a Scammer

[Josie Maran]

I got an infraction for accusing someone of scamming

I think it is unfair if you have proof of the person scamming you should be aloud to post it or it means they are just aloud to keep on scamming.

Why does no one get banned from scamming when it's against the rules?

[Axel]

I thought the same thing. As long as you have proof, you should be allowed to name the scammer. Otherwise they could just keep on scammming innocent members.

[Josie Maran]

I thought the same thing. As long as you have proof, you should be allowed to name the scammer. Otherwise they could just keep on scammming innocent members.

Exactly Thank you i had proof on two people scamming me and they wont do anything

[---MAD---]

This has been debated so many times. The reason is because you can never ever prove something is 100% real as its so easy to fake screenshots, videos etc (by editing off course). If you really wanted to make someone look like a scammer, you could do a fantastic job of it simply by editing (it will look real too).

Obviously we cant ban someone without 110% solid proof which on the internet is nearly impossible to get unless Habbo confirm it from their logs or w/e (if they even have such logs :p).

I hope that explains it.

[Josie Maran]

This has been debated so many times. The reason is because you can never ever prove something is 100% real as its so easy to fake screenshots, videos etc (by editing off course). If you really wanted to make someone look like a scammer, you could do a fantastic job of it simply by editing (it will look real too).

Obviously we cant ban someone without 110% solid proof which on the internet is nearly impossible to get unless Habbo confirm it from their logs or w/e (if they even have such logs :p).

I hope that explains it.

Not really no because maybe video but screenshots are easy to tell if they are fake or not.

Moderators are here to make sure rules arn't broken and people who are scamming are breaking rules but do you tell them off no, you might aswell PM them congratulating them on what a performance they did.

[ReviewDude]

Sorry for a slight bump here - but the Habbo section, along with Trading, see the most breaches of this rule. Put it this way, imagine someone edits a screenshot of 'MrN00b101LookThisNameIsTooLongToBeARealHabbo' (not an actual person) scamming a poor guy out of furni, to make it say 'Tiked' did it.

Any trades you did in future would be ruined if anyone brings that up. As we know, it's incredibly easy to edit things - so proof is never final. The rule is there validly and needs to be upheld.

Thanks,

RD

[Nixt]

May I also direct you to this post which justifies this rule in detail.

[Josie Maran]

Sorry for a slight bump here - but the Habbo section, along with Trading, see the most breaches of this rule. Put it this way, imagine someone edits a screenshot of 'MrN00b101LookThisNameIsTooLongToBeARealHabbo' (not an actual person) scamming a poor guy out of furni, to make it say 'Tiked' did it.

Any trades you did in future would be ruined if anyone brings that up. As we know, it's incredibly easy to edit things - so proof is never final. The rule is there validly and needs to be upheld.

Thanks,

RD

I see your point and i know its done at the traders risk but if like 3 or more people complain couldn't it be looked into?

[F32]

Habbox staff arn't Sulake staff and thus cannot 'look into' cases of suspected scamming on Habbo.

[ReviewDude]

I see your point and i know its done at the traders risk but if like 3 or more people complain couldn't it be looked into?

If someone was reported a lot, the absolute worst Habbox could do would be to take them off the Official Safe Traders list, which I doubt they'd be on anyway