Any one who sets themselves up as a source checker is a scammer.There is one of these con men working in two well know discussion groups at this very moment. He uses the email address of the discussion group to make it look like he is authorized. To further demonstrate his resourcefulness he now has set himself up as a "UK steroid source checker to the USA" ! "What a great guy", we hear you say! Using his own time to help the "bro's" of bodybuilding. (yes and he will likely call you "bro" ) When you ask this particular "source checker" about a source he sends you to his 2nd mail address where there is a "really good bro" ready to help you. Yes it is the same guy! This particular scammer is now a moderator on a USA steroid discussion group (yes that one) and he has infiltrated a well known UK group also (yes that one). Lesson: NEVER deal with or trust anyone who calls themselves a "source checker". It is the biggest con game in the steroid Internet world.

The Scammer List Con

Lists are notoriously bent since they are often manipulated by unscrupulous sources to further their ends. It is notable that many sites have emerged selling steroids and also hosting scammer lists. The scammer list has now become the tool of the crooked source and the scammers themselves to discredit their competition. On the scammer lists we find genuine scammers and genuine good and reliable sources. The names of good operators are submitted to these lists by bitter rivals. Anyone can submit a name to these lists and there are no rules or requirements of proof. Lesson: Scammer lists are not serious documents. NEVER use scammer lists as a reference point to check out your supplier. They will be full of the best sources in the business submitted by small time scammers, con artistes or unscrupulous rivals.

Steroid bibles

Certain e-zine merchants have popped up on the web claiming to be experts (gurus) in steroids. They claim to be associated with all kinds of wonderful people in the hard core bodybuilding world. They invariably have a few things to sell (usually a steroid bible). This is a case of someone with some practical knowledge paying someone to publish a manual and then flogging it on the web. Sticking a needle in yourself and pumping iron however, does not qualify you as a steroid "guru". Lesson: Don't trust every "steroid guru" that you find out there and get sucked in with e-zine merchants claiming to be connected and all knowing. They are mostly amateur bodybuilders and hangers on who want to sell a subscription to you by preaching some unique and unfounded point of view. When you sign up to these merchants you will be spammed with e mails full of worthless, misleading and dangerous comments.

Scammer "buyers"

Often known as reverse scammers. This used to be rare but in the last couple of years reverse scammers grow in numbers. It works this way. The scammer "buyer" claims that he never received the products he ordered and threatens to put the source on a scammer list unless the source re-sends the products he ordered. (Note our reverence of this list above!!) This usually happens when the source uses a mail service that requires no signature upon delivery so there is no proof that the customer received the products the first time. So the reverse scammer tries to get his order twice for the price of one. It is an extortion.

George Stallone,
Nutrition expert, competitive bodybuilder and author of many widely acclaimed bodybuilding and steroid e-books.
http://www.hellaspharmacy.info