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Safe Trading
While we want the safest possible environment for trades, the reality is that Hack Forums is not always a safe place to conduct business. To minimize the risk of dealing in our marketplace, we recommend following these steps before dealing with someone on this forum.
What is UID and how I can find it?
A user id (UID) is a unique identifier for each member on the forum. When you navigate to someone's profile page, the link you see in your browser is something like hackforums.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=129349. The 129349 is the UID of that member.
Methods of communication
At HF we offer a few ways to communicate with members. One is Private Message system and the other is Conversation system. We highly recommend using official methods of communication as they are on-site, once sent they cannot be altered at all and you know who are you talking to. Messages in Conversation cannot be deleted. If one party deletes his messages in PM system, the other party still has it. Also, we offer an option to export PMs and Convos.
Dangers of using off-site communication
Members often resort to using off-site communication services such as Discord, Telegram, Skype, etc. Main drawback of these services is that you can't know for sure who are you talking to. There are many impersonators posing as (highly reputed) sellers from HF and many members fall for it when they get contacted on Discord for example. Usernames (handles) on some off-site services such as Discord can be faked and they can look like the username (handle) a member put in their signature or sales thread. Also, some platforms allow messages to be edited and/or deleted. Here are some red flags when using off-site communication:
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