Pretty unique scam someone hit me with yesterday.
I'm always selling stuff for very cheap and giving away random items to random people, so whoever wants to try to scam me deserves a butt kicking. So anyway...
Someone asks me who I am yesterday. I said, "I'm just here to help people. Do you need help with something."
This person had no gear equipped and looked like they were going through their items. So anyway they said Yes I need help. They then tell me that they needed help transferring some items from one player to another. Told me that they would give me several items and to friend a certain player name, which I did, and give the items back. They kept emphasizing that I GIVE THE ITEMS BACK and to NOT KEEP THEM. I said I have my own things, I dont want your stuff. I'll help if you want.
Ok so they gave me 4 pink items, good stuff. And 9k gold. Done. Then the other player came on and asked me for the items back. When they came back I asked, why don't you just use your stash instead of risking giving me your items. They never answered which was suspicious. Anyway, because I have tons of items myself, I scrolled back through the chat history and made sure I gave back the correct 4 pinks they gave me. I also gave back the 9k gold. After that, they started complaining that I didn't give back all the items and I gave you 14k gold! I said huh?? I gave back your crap, check your chat history, you only gave me four items. They started naming different high level items that the swore they gave to me along with the 14k gold. I said give me a break, check your chat, you didn't give me that stuff. However, although the chat history showed the items that were given to me, it did not show the amount of money that was included in the trade. Because the transaction happened so quickly, I had started second guessing myself about the amount of money they gave me. I could have sworn it was about 9k, but they kept harassing me about this 14k gold. Eventually I said here, gave them 5k more gold and told them to scram. Well what do you know, I have less gold than I did before. I know how much I had before and I had less than that after this whole thing.
Lol, needless to say I felt pretty dumb because the whole thing was obviously a scam. Because I wasn't fully paying attention to the trade and everything included, I got scammed on the money. I didn't lose out on anything but 5k gold but still.. They kept trying to talk to me after that about these items that I didn't have and I said IN THE OPEN (not whispered) that they were a scammer and to stop talking to me. They left Forest Haven and I haven't seen them since. I have the player name that I wont say in the open, but just be careful.
This whole thing happened very fast. If I may suggest something, when trading or helping with anything involving items or money, use a pen and pad and write down any money involved or anything that may make you confused later on. Trust me.
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