We, www.ADByss.com, use the "Buyer Beware" practice - we recommend that you do NOT give out personal information or personal financial information. We offer a couple of tips to eliminate the possibility of fraud, we cannot tell you all scenarios - please be careful when dealing with people:

* WHENEVER POSSIBLE, DEAL WITH PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN YOUR PHYSICAL LOCATION THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON - follow this one simple rule and you can avoid many of the scam attempts on www.adbyss.com.
* PLEASE NEVER WIRE FUNDS VIA WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM or any other wire service - 100% OF THE TIME, THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS TRYING TO SCAM YOU.
* BE AWARE OF FAKE CASHIER CHECKS & MONEY ORDERS. IT IS VERY EASY TO COUNTERFIT THEM AND ARE MORE COMMON THAN YOU MIGHT SUSPECT. IF YOUR BANK CASHS IT, THEY WILL HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE. PLEASE NOTE THAT IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE FAKE CHECK TO CLEAR THE BANK. BEST PRACTICE IS TO DEAL IN CASH ONLY.
* WWW.ADBYSS.COM WILL NOT BE PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN ANY TRANSACTION, WILL NOT HANDLE ANY PAYMENTS, WILL NOT BE INVOLVED IN ANY TRANSACTION, AND WILL NOT HANDLE PAYMENTS, GUARANTEE TRANSACTIONS, PROVIDE ANY ESCROW SERVICE, OR OFFER A "BUYER PROTECTION" OR "SELLER CERTIFICATE" - IF A SELLER IS INFORMING YOU OF THIS - THEY ARE MORE THAN LIKELY A PERSON TRYING TO SCAM YOU.
* AVOID DEALS INVOLVING SHIPPING OR ESCROW SERVICES, THESE ARE MOST LIKELY A SCAM OPERATION.
* IF A SELLER OR BUYER IS STATING THAT THEY "GUARANTEE" YOUR TRANSACTION, THEY ARE MOST LIKELY A SCAM OPERATION.

If you feel that you are a victim of fraud, please notify:

* Fraud reporting phone number: 602-314-8341
* Fraud online complaint form - Contact Form
* Internet Fraud Complaint Center
* Software Piracy (http://www.siia.net/piracy/report.asp)
* Non-emergency number for your local police department.

If you suspect that an item posted for sale on www.ADByss.com might be a scam, please let us know by emailing the details to "fraud@adbyss.com". Please include the URL of the posting in your email or mark the listing as potential fraud and we will review the listing.

How to recognizing a potential scam.

Most scams involve one or more of the following:

* inquiry from someone far away, often in another country
* Western Union, Money Gram, cashier's check, money order, shipping, escrow service, or a "guarantee"
* inability or refusal to meet face-to-face before completing the transaction

Examples of Scams

1. Someone claims that www.ADByss.com will guarantee a transaction, certify a buyer/seller, OR claims that www.ADByss.com will handle or provide protection for a payment.

* These claims are fraudulent, as www.ADByss.com does not have any role in any transaction.
* Scammer will often send an official looking email that appears to come from www.ADByss.com, offering a guarantee, certifying a seller, providing payment services -- all such emails are fakes!

2. distant person offers a genuine-looking (but fake) cashier's check

* you receive an email (examples below) offering to buy your item, or rent your apartment, sight unseen.
* cashier's check is offered for your sale item, as a deposit for an apartment, or for your services.
* value of cashier's check often far exceeds your item - scammer offers to "trust" you, and asks you to wire the balance via money transfer service
* banks will often cash these fake checks AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE WHEN THE CHECK FAILS TO CLEAR, including criminal prosecution in some cases!
* scam often involves a 3rd party (shipping agent, business associate owing buyer money, etc)

3. Someone requests wire service payment via Western Union or MoneyGram:

* Scam "bait" items include apartments, laptops, TVs, cell phones, tickets, and other high value items
* Often claim that an MTCN or confirmation code is needed before he can withdraw your money - this is FALSE, once you've wired money, it is GONE.
* Common countries currently include: Nigeria, Romania, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Netherlands - but could be anywhere
* Apartment listing may be local, but landlord/owner is "travelling" or "relocating" and needs you to wire money to them overseas.
* Deal often seems too good to be true, price is too low, rent is below market, etc

4. distant person offers to send you a money order and then have you wire money:

* this is 100% a scam, the cashier's check is FAKE
* sometimes accompanies an offer of merchandise, sometimes not
* the scammer often asks for your name, address, etc for printing on the fake check
* the deal will often seem too good to be true

5. distant seller suggests use of an online escrow service.

* most online escrow sites are FRAUDULENT, operated by scammers
* to find out information regarding "fake escrow" or "escrow fraud", we suggest that you search google or another search engine for review.

6. a distant seller asking for a partial payment upfront, after which they will ship the item/s

* they says they trust you with the partial payment
* they may say they have shipped the item to you already
* if the deal sounds too good to be true

7. foreign company offers you a job receiving payments from customers, then wiring funds

* foreign company may claim it is unable to receive payments from its customers directly
* you are typically offered a percentage of payments received
* this kind of "position" may be posted as a job, or offered to you via email


Our BOTTOM LINE - please be cautious of the deals that you make with people that you know or do not know. We are not responsible for a deal gone bad in any way, shape, or form. Happy hunting on www.ADByss.com.