Originally Posted by
KingMartin
Hey Jon, I did not mean to hijack your thread - but I think that APs like Goldfinger and Midas Touch really do inspire people to do even more scamming. I hope there will be no more gold APs in the future.
I think one of the problems is that renaming a character and clearing the friend's list is too easy. We all know there are dudes around here who rename their characters like twice per month and I am asking myself, why? But of course he/she can make a new toon and continue scamming so there is probably no cure to that, just extreme cautiousness.
I have never been scammed (I am not boasting, it's just a fortunate fact) probably also because I obey these rules:
1. I never trade items in a rush
2. If I have to undertake a risk (sometimes you have to if for example the amount of items does not fit window and trading against collaterals would take forever), I do it only with people I know (read also point 4.)
3. I carefully check both confirmation windows
4. I tend to trade only with people on a high level and those whose names have been around for a long time (although I may not know them personally)
5. I never enter random trade request (why would someone trade if he did not say what the trade would be about?)
6. If someone wants to trade for item I don't have, it's highly probable that they listed the item in CS for overpriced amount of money
7. If I lend money or items to someone, I am prepared to lose it and I deliberately take the risk
I am sad that so many scammers/trickers are around and spoil the fun for normal players, but this game reflects real life characters of human beings.
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