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Everyone can agree that scams have increased (a lot) in recent days. People are pretending to be customer support and scamming new sellers. Here, I am suggesting some possible ways to educate sellers effectively and easily to minimize the risks and scams: 

Sure, things are already written in the Terms of Service, but it consists of "59,033 characters," and no one in the early stages goes through such a lengthy page filled with text. Even if it were me signing up as a new user on any app or website, I would never scroll to the footer and check their Privacy Policy or Terms of Service page. People use hundreds of websites and services, so going through that lengthy page with 59k+ characters may be troublesome, and they simply avoid reading it. 

Sure, it's none of our business if someone is not reading the Terms of Service, but if we can educate them in a simple way, wouldn't that be fantastic? So, probably add a "Rules and Guidelines" button right in the inbox (anywhere that's properly visible and in focus), and instead of a lengthy page, we just give them 15-20 main guidelines (in bullet-point form) that are straight to the point and take hardly 40 seconds to read. I think that would make a HUGE IMPACT, and a lot of scams would possibly be reduced as more new sellers will be educated to the terms in the simplest way possible. 

Instead of just writing "We have your back" (honestly, that doesn't mean anything, doesn't make an impact, and is just a dummy Lorem Ipsum text), give clear instructions in a box whenever a new buyer approaches any seller. This way, there will be a 99% chance that the seller won't be scammed (as they will either run to the Forums or Fiverr Support email to get a confirmation if the scam message is genuine). 

I am not a professional UI designer, and of course, things could be designed in a more beautiful way, but I personally think that these two very basic edits will make a huge impact. When scammers will notice that sellers are getting educated, they will probably stop scamming and shift to another platform where chances to scam people are higher. We do not need to stop scams by 100% -- we just need to minimize it to a point where scammers start feeling that it's not worth their time here. 

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Can this be looked at and passed to the relevant team to see if anything can be done? Please!
 The scam is at its peak and something really needs to be done. 

Increasing SCAM -- Possible ways to educate sellers

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