Authenticity check of buyer

[kashif_shamsher]

I just created a gig and published it. Around an hour, a buyer reached me out with an offer. To be on a safer side, I would like to know whether the buyer is real because my account had remained dormant for over two years thus apparently not attracting buyers.

[moshiurkazi]

Just check the reviews of that buyer and also check the date of joining. Then you can easily understand is he a real buyer or fake one.

[donnovan86]

2 hours ago, moshiurkazi said:

Just check the reviews of that buyer and also check the date of joining. Then you can easily understand is he a real buyer or fake one.

There are genuine buyers that create an account but won't buy anything until after a year or two. So it doesn't really matter when the buyer account was created. Buyer reviews can help, yet a lot of people give a 5 star review to every buyer anyway, so those can be misleading. The only, proper way to know if a buyer is authentic or not is via communicating with them. And even then.. there are plenty of scammers that seem genuine buyers until you deliver, and then they threaten you.