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    That may be true, but how would you know that they'll be honest? Scammers are not honest people. In addition to that, promocodes are available for free on the internet.. just search "arcane legends promocodes" in google. You dont have to give another player anything for that information.

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    +1 Zylx
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    I think no sane mature player can fall for most of these traps. However, one of my kids fell into a trap by one of the LB leaders. I PMd support, but guess what was the result

    Lesson: No one will help you if you get scammed or if your item is stolen (not given back to be precise). Whatever you give out, consider to be gone and be prepared for the worst.

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    Note: This thread is not a substitute for the Spacetime Studios support team. Any mentioning of any player's name in this thread without their approval is strictly prohibited by Spacetime Studios. You may share a story of a scam to further educate other players, but you MUST censor (not mention) the players' or guilds' names involved.

    The purpose of this thread is to educate players about common scams and what to do if they get scammed. Not to report or "warn" other players of a certain player/guild.

    If you want more detailed reasons on why you can't mention names here, then read on. Otherwise, you can disregard the rest of this post.

    There are a few reasons why you cant mention other players' names in ill-circumstance.

    • One reason is when you file a report against a player, you create a case for the STS support team to investigate. They investigate to make sure that your report is completely true, and that the indicated action actually did take place. Anyone can go to the public and falsify information against another person to ruin their reputation. If STS allowed names to be mentioned this way on these forums, people would abuse it and create slander for other innocent people they dont like.

    • Information about reports are to be kept confidential. This is to prevent unnecessary drama. Unnecessary drama tends to lead to unclean flaming and can violate the game's ToS.

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    hi, firstly, great guide!
    If I may add, the "i will ban/report you" also happen when we refuse to invite people to guild sometimes..
    some of my youngers members, who are afraid, sometimes run to other map after they refuse to invite.

    also, about impersonator.
    either by using similar name, <example glasveena --> glasvena> or low level account, and claiming it is a new account of guild master or officer.
    then he goes around threatening the member for item, vanity or money, if its not given, the member will be kicked.

    *the names i used for example are both my own. i locked the name.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Glasveena
    hi, firstly, great guide!
    If I may add, the "i will ban/report you" also happen when we refuse to invite people to guild sometimes..
    some of my youngers members, who are afraid, sometimes run to other map after they refuse to invite.

    also, about impersonator.
    either by using similar name, <example glasveena --> glasvena> or low level account, and claiming it is a new account of guild master or officer.
    then he goes around threatening the member for item, vanity or money, if its not given, the member will be kicked.

    *the names i used for example are both my own. i locked the name.
    Thanks! I added that to the guide .

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    New Scam(s) Added:

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    Update

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    Zylx i was about to use Delph screen shot thread to inform my guildies on how to take screenies and found the link is broken it seems the thread has been deleted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EliteFamily
    Zylx i was about to use Delph screen shot thread to inform my guildies on how to take screenies and found the link is broken it seems the thread has been deleted.
    Oooooo you're right! I'll take care of it

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    Great thread. If only I read it a day earlier. I'm an end game player and got duped by the "gratuitous retiree" bit. It happens all day every day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manhands
    Great thread. If only I read it a day earlier. I'm an end game player and got duped by the "gratuitous retiree" bit. It happens all day every day.
    I almost got duped by that scam a looooong time ago lol.

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    Is it cool to post other scams we come across here, or is there a better thread for that?


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    Quote Originally Posted by evanb_333
    Is it cool to post other scams we come across here, or is there a better thread for that?


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    If you know of a scam not yet posted here, feel free to post it here . Just remember to keep the players' names hidden/censored.

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    Got it..... So i have been noticing people who are like lev5-8 mostly doing this. Asking if i have some random item and saying they will trade me their lepre for it. Now obviously, i dont have it but i still checked it in auc. There is ALWAYS only one, and it is usually 50-100k. You might think, AWESOME, buy it and then find the player and offer to trade them, but they will say, 'nevermind, ty though.' Now what just happened is, on their second account, they listed the item, WAY OVER PRICED, and nothing to compare it to, then offered a lepre worth around 175k hoping u check the auc, buy the item, and get stuck with a 500 item.
    Well thats it really. Im sure someone can condense all that, but just wanted to warn everyone. Have a great day.


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    Btw, my on IGN is Threesheets.


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    Quote Originally Posted by evanb_333
    Got it..... So i have been noticing people who are like lev5-8 mostly doing this. Asking if i have some random item and saying they will trade me their lepre for it. Now obviously, i dont have it but i still checked it in auc. There is ALWAYS only one, and it is usually 50-100k. You might think, AWESOME, buy it and then find the player and offer to trade them, but they will say, 'nevermind, ty though.' Now what just happened is, on their second account, they listed the item, WAY OVER PRICED, and nothing to compare it to, then offered a lepre worth around 175k hoping u check the auc, buy the item, and get stuck with a 500 item.
    Well thats it really. Im sure someone can condense all that, but just wanted to warn everyone. Have a great day.


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    The Merching Scheme: A player offers a ridiculously high amount of gold for an item. You find the same item in the auction house for cheap and buy it thinking you can make a quick profit, but it turns out that the item's seller was the same guy on a different character and when you go back to the potential buyer, he "already bought it". Example: Player A is looking to buy a certain lvl 28 devourer maul for 2 million gold. you find that same one in the auction for 150k. You buy that one and offer it to him, but he has "already bought one". in reality, the overpriced maul was sold by his other account.

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    Guild barnacles:

    Target - rich guildies.
    Member of a guild that never seem to level or progress but always needs a loan or help getting a lep or some vanity. You help them out and later they surprisingly have been hacked and lost everything. often it will transpire that they have multiple loans with people that are too kind.


    Example all via PMs:

    Member: aww this is so hard to make gold! I am half way to getting a lep can you loan me the other half?
    Rich member 1: I know its tough, I'll lend you the other half, pay me when you have a few locked.
    Rich member 2: ahh I remember that! it was tough going, I'll loan half to get you started.

    week later...

    Membre: *cry* Ive been hacked! can you help me with stuff!
    Rich member 1: *sigh* no, you still owe me for.... oh never mind.
    Rich member 2: thats terrible! heres some epic stuff to let you level.
    Membre: do you have vanity?

    GM - *takes boots out of closet*

    Annoys me because it ruins it for people that really need help.

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    New Scam(s) Added:

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    Swift trade,player impersonator have happened to me.
    And after Reading this thread i realised that i have multiple Times been scammed with the Low lvl guildie one...

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