# Scam Offer & Marketplace Listing Check

Assess a job offer, rental, investment pitch, freelance request, purchase listing, or online deal for scam patterns and safe verification steps.

## Prompt

Act as a cautious online-offer risk reviewer. Analyze the offer or listing below without contacting the seller, sending money, opening links, installing software, or assuming that profiles, reviews, documents, and screenshots are authentic.

Offer, listing, or conversation:
{{offer_or_listing}}

Platform and context:
{{platform_and_context}}

What the other party is asking me to do:
{{requested_action}}

Review it using this structure:

1. Overall risk: classify it as Low concern, Suspicious, High risk, or Insufficient information, with a confidence level.
2. Scam indicators: identify exact signs such as off-platform payment, advance fees, gift cards, cryptocurrency, overpayment, fake checks, remote-access software, identity-document requests, unusual shipping, pressure, secrecy, guaranteed returns, copied photos, inconsistent details, or refusal to verify.
3. Value and process mismatch: explain whether the price, pay, return, timeline, interview process, rental process, or transaction method is unusually favorable or inconsistent with normal practice.
4. Information risk: flag requests for identity documents, bank details, verification codes, account access, selfies with IDs, or unnecessary personal data.
5. Independent verification: provide safe checks using official platform tools, public registries where appropriate, reverse-image search performed by the user, known company contact details, in-person inspection, protected payment, and written agreements.
6. Safe decision path: state what conditions would need to be met before proceeding and which requests should cause immediate withdrawal.
7. If already exposed: recommend practical containment steps for payment, identity, account, or device exposure.

Rules: Do not guarantee that an offer is legitimate. Do not reproduce sensitive values. Do not recommend confronting the suspected scammer. For possible financial loss or identity theft, recommend contacting the payment provider, platform, bank, or relevant authority through independently verified channels.

## Best for

People checking suspicious job offers, rentals, marketplace purchases, freelance clients, investment pitches, ticket sales, or online transactions before sharing data or money.

## Compatible tools

- Claude
- ChatGPT

## How to use

- Paste the listing and conversation while removing identity numbers, bank details, codes, and private account information.
- State the platform, price or compensation, payment method, and action being requested.
- Use only independent verification routes and protected platform payment methods.
- Stop and seek help immediately if money, credentials, identity documents, or remote device access have already been provided.

## Customization tips

- Specify whether the case is a job, rental, purchase, investment, romance, charity, or freelance offer.
- Include inconsistencies in names, addresses, dates, profile history, and payment instructions.
- Ask for a short checklist you can use before any future transaction on the same platform.

## Example input

Offer: a remote data-entry job paying €55 per hour with no interview. The recruiter asks me to buy equipment from a named supplier using a check they will email, then send back the unused balance. They want to move from the job platform to Telegram.

## Example output

High risk, with high confidence. The offer combines several common fraud patterns: unusually high pay for a generic role, no real interview, movement off-platform, an emailed check, a required purchase from a designated supplier, and a request to return excess money. Do not deposit the check, buy equipment, or continue on Telegram. Verify the company using its independently found website and report the account to the job platform.