Safety & Review Prompts
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.
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People checking suspicious job offers, rentals, marketplace purchases, freelance clients, investment pitches, ticket sales, or online transactions before sharing data or money.
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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:
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Platform and context:
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What the other party is asking me to do:
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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.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.
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.
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.
Tags
#scam detection#marketplace safety#job scam#rental scam#online fraud
FAQ
Can a professional-looking contract or ID prove legitimacy?
No. Documents and identity images can be stolen, edited, or fabricated and must be verified independently.
Why are off-platform payments risky?
They often remove platform protections, dispute processes, identity checks, and evidence trails.
Is an unusually good price automatically a scam?
No, but a large mismatch between value and normal process is a warning sign that requires stronger verification.
What should I do after sending money?
Contact the payment provider or bank immediately through an official channel, preserve evidence, secure affected accounts, and report the incident.
Can this prompt verify a company's registration?
It can tell you what to check, but the user must consult the relevant official registry or independently verified company contact.
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