Safety Guidelines
TruAds encourages users to follow safe marketplace practices while buying, selling, communicating, and meeting with other users.
Meet in Safe Public Locations
Always meet buyers or sellers in safe public locations whenever possible. Avoid isolated areas and prioritize daylight meetings.
Verify Listings Carefully
Review listing details carefully, ask relevant questions, inspect products in person when possible, and verify information before making payments or commitments.
Beware of Unrealistic Offers
Extremely low prices, rushed requests, advance payment demands, and suspicious urgency can indicate scams or misleading listings.
Report Suspicious Activity
TruAds includes abuse reporting systems to help users report spam, duplicate listings, scams, fake ads, harassment, and misleading content.
Protect Personal Information
Avoid sharing unnecessary personal, banking, identification, or financial information with unknown parties during marketplace conversations.
Marketplace Trust Systems
TruAds continuously improves marketplace trust using moderation systems, trust indicators, abuse analysis, duplicate detection, locality intelligence, and seller activity monitoring systems.