There have been a lot of complaints about spam accounts and sellers on this subreddit. We remove hundreds of spam posts per week, but we can't be on reddit 24 hours a day, so some will inevitably get through. But, you can easily protect yourself by following a few rules:

• Never send anyone money
  
• Never send anyone sensitive personal information
  
• Always meet for the first time in a safe public place, and leave if you don't like the vibe
  
• If in doubt, ask for verification pics
  

Never send anyone money

Money is the motivation of 99% of fakes on here. They'll ask you for "gas money" or to "get my food while I'm babysitting", or to subscribe to their onlyfans / premium snapchat / whatever. It's all fake, so don't fall for it. I understand it can be tempting to send a few $ on the off-chance they're real, but I promise you it won't go anywhere. This goes for escorts as well. We don't allow any kind of buying/selling in this sub (see the sidebar rules), but if you try to meet an escort on here anyway, I promise you they will just take your money and ghost you.

Never send anyone sensitive personal information

Don't give out your address or phone number to someone until you've met them in person. Don't include your face (or any identifying information) in a nude pic unless you're 100% sure you're okay with that being out on the internet.

Always meet for the first time in a safe public place, and leave if you don't like the vibe

Before you go to someone's house, or invite them to yours, meet them somewhere public like a coffee shop. This should be standard practice when meeting anyone from the internet, whether it's here, other subreddits, on tinder etc.

If in doubt, ask for verification pics

This isn't foolproof, because verification pictures can be faked with photoshop, but it's at least an extra layer of security. A verification picture is meant to prove the person you're talking to is who they say they are. Ask for a picture of something specific, like them holding a piece of paper with today's date and their username, or even just touching their pinky to their chin. Video calls work too.

I'm sorry if you encounter fakes and scammers on this sub. I know they're annoying, but if you follow the rules above, they'll never be anything more than an annoyance.

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If you want to see less spam on this subreddit:

If you want to see less spam on this subreddit, you can help by reporting posts, or becoming a moderator for HoustonR4R.

Reporting posts

Reporting posts sends us push notifications, so we can remove spam posts without watching the subreddit 24/7. There are two ways to report posts to moderators -

• Sending a message in modmail
• Clicking the report button on the post itself
  

We strongly prefer that you report posts through modmail. Please include a link to the post and some explanation of why you think it's spam, and ideally some evidence (e.g. they asked you for money in DMs, or their pics are stolen, or they've been posting all over the country in a short time period). Clicking the report button is okay for posts that are obviously spam at first glance, but if a post doesn't have obvious red flags, we're not going to remove it based on a generic "This is spam" report with no further explanation. Practically every F4M post gets reported as spam, including the legitimate ones, so we need some kind of further explanation before taking the step of removing one. And, If you want to become a moderator, a good place to start is by reporting some spam posts to modmail, to show that you can recognize the fakes

Becoming a moderator

Requirements for new moderators:

• History of reporting spam to modmail
• History of activity on HoustonR4R (but it's fine if you want to be a mod on your alt account for privacy reasons)
• Never been banned on this sub or have a history of poor behavior
• Minimum age of 21 (must have a certain level a maturity)
• Able to consistently dedicate some time to moderating
• Willingness to communicate with other mods, so we are all on the same page

If you are interested in becoming a new moderator of HoustonR4R, please message the mods and tell us why you want to become a moderator, and what you intend to contribute. As long as this post is up, we're still accepting new moderators.