Safety Tips

QuickConnect is devoted to promoting clarity and integrity in the services we provide and the members we select. While most individuals who have used QuickConnect before have success with connecting with others, from time to time we do get reports of people attempting to scam or defraud our users and/or the general public.

We have found that one of the best ways to address this problem is to ensure that you do not give personal information to anyone and use the LIVE CHAT module we provide to screen people before any transactions take place, and then, ideally, try to meet in-person. Remember that QuickConnect is a communications tool and ads are not reviewed before they are placed online. We make every reasonable effort to make sure that the Ads are provided by people of integrity, however, it is impossible to ensure or guarantee any of the products or the providers and advetisers on our site.

You should take the following precautions:

• If it is too good to be true - THEN - assume that it is BAD until proven otherwise.
• Inform QuickConnect of any attempted fraud or suspicious emails, ads, or other activity by any of our members or users. In case of fraud, file a police report and contact us.
• When buying or selling, you should meet in-person to see the product and ask questions about its origins and we recommend that you obtain receipts and proof of original purchase from the seller. QuickConnect is about speed with due-deligence, not about trusting everybody and everything they sell or say.
• Never provide your personal or banking information (e.g. social insurance number, credit card number, bank account number, routing number, etc.) to others over the Internet.
• Never give out your QuickConnect password, even if asked to do so in an email supposedly sent by QuickConnect employees.
• Never send or wire money to sellers or buyers if you are not absolutely certain of their integrity or honesty.
• Make yourself aware of all the common scams and frauds that are perpetrated online.
• Do not believe the promise of large sums of money for your help in some kind of service or assistance or help. It is often too good to be true.
• Don't forget common sense and listen to the rational voice inside of you that says: it can't be that good.

Common scams and fraud:

• Spoofing or phishing: This is when you get an email that claims to be from QuickConnect, Google, a Bank, eBay, Western Union, or another company and offers buyer protection or an online payment system. These emails will typically request that you send money via this site or provide personal information. QuickConnect will never send out such emails. If you send money via these sites you are likely sending money to the fraudsters and scammers.
• Overpayment with a fake check: A individual will send you a check with a higher amount than which you asked for and then ask you (or threaten you) for money to be returned to them. Often the original check will bounce and you will have lost all money you sent to the scammer.
• Payment for brokerage fees and import duties: A seller may claim that there are brokerage fees, holding fees, storage fees, import duties, government fees, or other such fees required to get an item into the USA. Do not pay such fees, as you will most often never get the product and will have lost any money you paid.
• Fake escrow sites: A buyer or seller suggests using an escrow service to complete the transaction to ensure safety and security of both parties. Often these escrow web sites are run by fraudsters themselves (even though sometimes they may look very "official") and they will take your money and never send you the product.
• Work from home ads: Many work from home offers are "pyramid schemes" which require you to recruit other members in order to get paid. For example, an ad may say that you can make $100 an hour by stuffing envelopes. But to make that money, you need to sell the system to others. This is a scam and not a real job or work.
• Most common scam: By now if you are on the Internet even a few hours a week, you must have received an email saying that your help is needed to help take money out of a country and that you will be paid a commission for your help. Eventually they will ask you for money to help them take the large amount of money out of the country and once you pay you will never hear from them again.

How to report scams and fraud:

• If you see an ad on the QuickConnect site that you suspect is Spam, illegal, or otherwise violates QuickConnect's policies, please contact us. Reporting ads brings the ad to our attention so that we will review and can take it down quickly if appropriate.
• If you reply to an ad and the person who posted the ad emails you with a suspicious request (eg. asks for money to be sent to them via a payment service), please forward the email to us and stop all communications with that individual or company.
• If you are the victim of fraud, inform QuickConnect and your local police service.

If you have any other security questions that aren't answered above, then please contact us.