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Avoid ABUSE, HARASSMENT, FRAUD

  1. All participants, including registered advertisers and responders, visitors and associates must refrain from using any abusive language or send any harassing emails or responses, even if people send you such emails at the first response or thereafter.
  2. If you receive such emails, and you feel abused or harassed, please do the following:
    1. Contact your server abuse department and report the abuse or harassment
    2. If the harassment is severe, including emails with any type of threat, you may contact the local police Department or law enforcement.
    3. Send an email to abuse@Dollars-Ad.com with the following information:
      1. On the subject write: Abuse 12345
      2. The email address of the sender, and any other respective information to identify the sender such as ID number, several keywords the abuser used, the ad address subject to the abusive email, (the one you click on to see the ad).
        *For sever or repeated abuse, you may use "block" on the email's sender.
  3. FRAUD & SCAM
    Read and understand the information below, and use it as necessary. See also in FAQ. At the appropriate time, contact any of the following, properly and respectively:
    1. If necessary, call the local police department; Use its non-emergency phone you can find in the phone book or on the internet
    2. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:
      1. FTC: toll free number (hotline): 877-382-4357
      2. FTC: online complaint: Complete a form in http://www.ftc.gov
    3. For Canadian residents, Contact: PhoneBusters hotline: 888-495-8501
    4. In case of Internet Fraud: File complaint with Internet Fraud Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov
    5. Note the quote from CRITICAL TERMS of the "Terms and Conditions."
  4. Advertisers and responders in the following categories must pay attention to all laws and regulations. In addition to broader terms here, below is a brief for each of the respective categories:
    1. ROMANCE: It is prohibited to post or respond to illegal or suggestive sexual offers, pornography or content leading to pornography and/or websites
    2. HOUSING: It is prohibit violating the US Fair Housing Act, other respective laws, or discriminating against on all subjects. A contract is always recommended in housing deals. See the US Fair Housing Act and detail at the end of this document.
    3. Employment Offered/Wanted: All respective laws must be followed. The laws prohibit discrimination against on all subjects
    4. IP: Intellectual Property: You should protect your interest in the property before you disclose anything. It is recommended to consult with a lawyer before posting and/or before closing a deal. Any participant hereby agrees and accepts to honor all United States and local Intellectual Properties laws, including, but not limited to, Patents, Copyrights, Tradenames and Trademarks, whereby in no way any participant shall violate any rights of others;
    5. JOINT VENTURE: You should protect your rights, business and interest before you disclose anything. It is recommended to consult with a lawyer before posting and/or before closing a deal.
    6. BUSINESS FOR SALE: You should protect your rights and interest before you close any deal. It is recommended to consult with a lawyer before posting and before closing a deal.
  5. HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST FRAUD, SCAMS and VIRUSES?
    Please refer to Terms and Conditions and other available internet sites and information. The following may assist you more: Read and understand the information below, and use it as necessary. At the appropriate time, contact any of the following, properly and respectively:
    1. If necessary, call the local police department; Use its non-emergency phone you
      can find in the phone book or on the internet
    2. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
      1. FTC: toll free number (hotline): 877-382-4357
      2. FTC: online complaint: Complete a form in http://www.ftc.gov
    3. For Canadian residents, contact: PhoneBusters hotline: 888-495-8501
    4. In case of Internet Fraud: File complaint with Internet Fraud Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov
  6. HOW TO PROTECT MYSELF AGAINST FRAUD, SCAMS and VIRUSES?
    Please refer to Terms and Conditions, FAQ and other available internet sites and information. In addition, please read the following helpful suggestions and information.
    1. LOG IN: Always log in to your account through Dollars-Ad.com.
    2. Watch scammers using similar domain name, which may look like our site, but in
      fact is a scam, asking you your password and id just to steal your identification. For example, a domain may be different by one letter only, purposely, and that will take you, because of your type error, to a scam website to rip you off.
    3. SENDING MONEY IN ANY WAY: Scammer may ask you to send money, wire, check, etc., or even using PayPal, just to defraud you, especially with request for advance payment. DO NOT ever respond to such offer, and do not ever send money in form of payment if you have not verified and satisfied that the request is legitimate and that you will get you goods without any problem. Do your research before you pay.
      Same apply to any service offer, especially if the offerror is from out of state, For services, you can also check on the offerror via the internet, find the address and verify its legitimacy.
    4. URL IN EMAILS: You may get email from a 'friend", whereby the email address is familiar, but scammer can send you email from an email address book of one of your friend. Remember that! In such email one thing that can hurt you is a URL.
      URL can 'take your computer down". When you click on the wrong URL, you can lose everything in your computer. Therefore, use EXTREME caution whenever there is a URL in an email, and refrain from opening any URL, ever, unless you are 100% sure it is fine to do so. One option is to contact the sender in a different way, not by responding to the email, and verifying the email is real.
    5. URL TO LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT: Be aware of emails asking you to “immediately correct your information, password, etc. Such email will provide you with a URL asking you to log in. If you do so, you will be subject to fraud. Read again the previous section about URL.
    6. PHOTOS OR LINKS FOR PHOTOS OR VIDEOS: Similar to the email in case of URL, you may get "photos" or "Video" from "family" or "Friends". NEVER CLICK ON ANY IMAGE, VIDEO, PHOTO, ETC. UNLESS YOU ARE 100% SURE.
      Such images or video can 'take your computer down”. When you click on the wrong image/video, you can lose everything in your computer. Therefore, use EXTREME caution whenever there is such link in an email, and refrain from opening any, ever, unless you are 100% sure it is fine to do so. One option is to contact the sender in a different way, not by responding to the email, and verifying the email is real.
    7. Watch email which offer you deal which are considered "too good to be true." Never respond to any offer unless you have verified or determined that the sender is sincere, and that the offer is legitimate, and reasonable. Watch email which looks suspicious.
    8. Email attachments, also known as fishing: Scams use unsolicited emails sent to others as short messages. Each email encourages the recipient to respond to the email and divulge sensitive information. Those emails also involve a reference to somebody you know, which may even be on your friends’ list (address book). Once you open the attachment, information from your computer will be stolen. Be careful not to open suspected emails and attachments even though the name looks familiar. In addition, scams plant viruses into computers, so by accepting unsolicited emails and opening the attachment, such viruses may be planted into your computer.
    9. OVERPAYMENT TO YOU: WATCH One method to rip you off is to send you a check with a larger amount for the one you requested. The scammer then will "apologize", cites a reason, and will ask you to send the difference between the amount you requested and the amount on the check. NOTE: SUCH CHECK ARE NOT LEGAL, ARE FAKE, and you will never be able to cash them. If you deposit such a check, your bank will then reject it, and will charge your account. In fact, even a cashier check may be fraudulent, and/or may be cancelled after you have deposited it.
      Check every check you get, contact the banks, and make sure it is legitimate, ONLY WHEN THE AMOUNT IS EXACTLY AS AGREED. If the amount is larger, DELETE THE EMAIL.
    10. WESTERN UNION, MONEYGRAM: These are two of the financial institutions which we recommend you never accept checks from, nor use to send money through. If you need to send money, DO NOT WIRE MONEY TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS ADVANCED PAYMENT, nor use these two financial institutions.
    11. Never respond to any email which looks like for DALLC (www.Dollars-Ad.com), or Dollars-Ad LLC, or from any other address which requires you to send password, login or id, or any such personal account information. DALLC will never ask you to reveal such information in such manner. If you need to make any changes, log in to your account (see the respective FAQ section) to make changes.
    12. If you realize any ad posted under your account which did not come from you, please contact security@Dollars-Ad.com or abuse@Dollars-Ad.com
    13. Never provide your Password, login id or phone code to anyone unless during the registration process. No one is allowed to ask this information, so never provide them to anyone not in the registration process.
    14. Always prefer to offer or buy goods or services from other in your geographical area, unless such can be arranged via long distance, and you are 100% positive your actions cause no harm.
    15. CASHIER CHECKS: Again, note that not only many cashier check may be fraudulent and/or fake, but any cashier check is subject to return by the bank for many reasons, including the person who purchased the cashier check who may change his mind. The period of time than bank is allowed to cancel a cashier check varies, but it may be long enough to cause you financial LOSS.
    16. OUT OF AREA TRANSACTION:
      It is recommended that you avoid long distance transaction for many reasons, especially when you are promised that goods will be shipped to you after you make the payment. You will take a big risk doing that, and you better consider any long distance transaction extremely carefully, as experience shows many people have been defrauded.
    17. Never use debit card to register. If your credit card has been stolen, your bank account can be wiped out in seconds.