It has been reported of a scam going around the sub at the moment, several people have reached out and we have taken action where we can.

But as anyone can create any number of accounts, once we ban them they can get back into the community and potentially manage to strike again, and we only know once it's happened.

• If you are requested to share explicit images, be sure to wait a period of time before and check if their account is still live after a few days. Heavy reported accounts get booted, quickly.
• Stay on Reddit as long as possible. If you take the conversation off Reddit to Instagram/Snapchat/Telegram etc. then there is nothing we can action here. Scammers jump off of the platform as fast as possible because they know their accounts have a limited life span.
• Don't call people out for being scammers in the comments, that only helps scammers in the long term. Report them as normal and one of the mods will have a look. If you call out in the comments you will be banned.
• As a tip, many scammers are often not from around here, so ask questions about London to gauge if they are from the city or not.

Reddit does not offer tools for us to combat against this, so be vigilant and have your wits about you.