Marketplace!!! grrrrrrr How I hate it.."is your item the same as .."

anotheruser

Just put "yes, cash sent by mail only"
Sorted.

soolin

anotheruser said:

Just put "yes, cash sent by mail only"
Sorted.

There's no point, the responses are unlikely to be monitored anyway.

soolin

I'm listing on marketplace today and there is obviously a bot sending these messages as my stuff is barely even showing before the message is sent to me- honestly it is less than a minute now- it has to be automatic.

One thing I have noticed, a lot of the scammers have the 2 letter designation Md in front of their name. I speak no other language, so this might be a common name from somewhere but looking at all my reported posts probably half have Md and then a second (different name)

Spoonie_Turtle

soolin said:

One thing I have noticed, a lot of the scammers have the 2 letter designation Md in front of their name. I speak no other language, so this might be a common name from somewhere but looking at all my reported posts probably half have Md and then a second (different name)

That's an abbreviation for Mohammed, and a very common practice for Muslims in some countries (Pakistan at least, I can't remember where else specifically) for boys to be named Mohammed Secondname Familyname.  They'll usually go by their second name - although bot always - but legally Mohammed is their first name.  There is a female version too, although I can't remember what the name is, and it's less common.

(Source: I worked in a school with lots of Muslim children, primarily from Pakistan when I started though it did become more diverse during the years.)

soolin

Spoonie_Turtle said:

soolin said:

One thing I have noticed, a lot of the scammers have the 2 letter designation Md in front of their name. I speak no other language, so this might be a common name from somewhere but looking at all my reported posts probably half have Md and then a second (different name)

That's an abbreviation for Mohammed, and a very common practice for Muslims in some countries (Pakistan at least, I can't remember where else specifically) for boys to be named Mohammed Secondname Familyname.  They'll usually go by their second name - although bot always - but legally Mohammed is their first name.  There is a female version too, although I can't remember what the name is, and it's less common.

(Source: I worked in a school with lots of Muslim children, primarily from Pakistan when I started though it did become more diverse during the years.)

I hadn’t thought of that and I’m embarrassed that I missed such a simple explanation. In my defence I work in a field where a name is unlikely to be abbreviated and colleagues with the forename Mohammed (with many variations of spelling) would always use it in full. 

Spoonie_Turtle

soolin said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

soolin said:

One thing I have noticed, a lot of the scammers have the 2 letter designation Md in front of their name. I speak no other language, so this might be a common name from somewhere but looking at all my reported posts probably half have Md and then a second (different name)

That's an abbreviation for Mohammed, and a very common practice for Muslims in some countries (Pakistan at least, I can't remember where else specifically) for boys to be named Mohammed Secondname Familyname.  They'll usually go by their second name - although bot always - but legally Mohammed is their first name.  There is a female version too, although I can't remember what the name is, and it's less common.

(Source: I worked in a school with lots of Muslim children, primarily from Pakistan when I started though it did become more diverse during the years.)

I hadn’t thought of that and I’m embarrassed that I missed such a simple explanation. In my defence I work in a field where a name is unlikely to be abbreviated and colleagues with the forename Mohammed (with many variations of spelling) would always use it in full. 

I didn't know until someone explained it to me at the school when naming books and trays etc., and I would never have thought of it if I hadn't worked there because it's not something I've come across elsewhere in my life *shrug*

Laura0866

Listed a few things and got bombarded with this. Never clicked the link though