networkn:

bigcity: this has made me realize how easy it is to take money of people from trade me.

Set up fake account, easy. Use proxy easy. Fake email easy. Does not need address verification easy. (or if you are address verified just move flats). Use fake name. Give bank account number don't include name assigned to account with details.

Oh I forgot, if it is a new account they make you take a photo of the item you are selling next to a current newspaper showing the date on the news paper. HAHAHA

They only care if it is a substantial multi thousand $ amount or is continual multiple offending which starts reaching several thousand. Taking $130 or so of someone, piece of pizz.

I don't know about you, excluding my morals stopping me from ripping people off, would I risk a criminal conviction over a few hundred or even a few thousand dollars, for all the trouble it can cause? Nope.