Guide: Scams, Avoiding Scams, and What to do if You are Scammed.

**Zylx** · 05-26-2014, 03:25 AM

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.

HAPPY HUNTING!!

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.

**Foebegone** · 05-27-2014, 10:45 AM

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.

**Zylx** · 05-27-2014, 01:10 PM

New Scam(s) Added:

The Guild Barnacle
Credit: Foebegone

**Socrates** · 06-21-2014, 02:00 PM

Because you have to watch both sides of a coin I will say this ironicaly and hope don't get banned. OWWWW new ways to scam I will go try themmm (whistle-whistle). I am just saying you didn't have to make the examples and keep what is most important from the scam just saying because I have been scammed twice thank God small amounts well because it was back in season 1 I remember that 1 guy told me that he is selling malison for 10k so I thought I would have 90k in my pocket but then he said to me that I have to put the money first so he can ensure the trade yees I was real stupid back then but give me a break this was my first online game with all this trades and not to mention I was a noob back then.But I have to admit nice thread and nice work on it.

**Zylx** · 06-22-2014, 01:04 AM

Originally Posted by Socrates

Because you have to watch both sides of a coin I will say this ironicaly and hope don't get banned. OWWWW new ways to scam I will go try themmm (whistle-whistle). I am just saying you didn't have to make the examples and keep what is most important from the scam just saying because I have been scammed twice thank God small amounts well because it was back in season 1 I remember that 1 guy told me that he is selling malison for 10k so I thought I would have 90k in my pocket but then he said to me that I have to put the money first so he can ensure the trade yees I was real stupid back then but give me a break this was my first online game with all this trades and not to mention I was a noob back then.But I have to admit nice thread and nice work on it.

I can understand your point, but if i ever wanted to become a scammer, i wouldn't pull a scam from a list that 187k (so far) people have read through, as well as being featured in-game where anyone who logs on can access this thread. Not only would they know it's a scam, but then they'd know how they can report me and i'd get banned.

I'm sure this thread helps more than it hurts. Believe me, i have seen an enormous drop in "scam!" posts on these forums since this thread was born, i know this guide helps a lot in preventing players from getting scammed.

This guide was designed to inform players that these are common scams. Most of these scams are already easily thought up by people wanting to scam. The victims just don't know they are getting scammed until it actually happens. This helps potential victims recognize them and say "hey! I know that is a scam! I will report you!"

**Mohammed Afraz Kazi** · 06-24-2014, 11:07 AM

Great realizing the existence of scammers who prove great threat to the game

**Ishtmeet** · 08-08-2014, 02:10 AM

See the no. of views to this thread. O.o amazing

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**Xeusx** · 08-08-2014, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by Ishtmeet

See the no. of views to this thread. O.o amazing

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Holy Macaroni! (Seriously, I saw that views .-.)

**Ishtmeet** · 08-08-2014, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by Xeusx

Holy Macaroni! (Seriously, I saw that views .-.)

200k!!!! Views! Amazing

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**Aslanx** · 08-18-2014, 03:58 PM

woooow what about the one where you're friends with this guy for a couple months and he asks you for your mythic entangled bow and blood ruby but runs off with it cause you pmed him too much and pissed him off, and says he only scammed you cause you supposedly tried to scam his girlfriend?

**Xeusx** · 08-19-2014, 03:45 AM

Originally Posted by Aslanx

woooow what about the one where you're friends with this guy for a couple months and he asks you for your mythic entangled bow and blood ruby but runs off with it cause you pmed him too much and pissed him off, and says he only scammed you cause you supposedly tried to scam his girlfriend?

The Greedy Lend-Me is.

**Aslanx** · 08-27-2014, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by Xeusx

The Greedy Lend-Me is.

o :c ....I WISH I MET U BEFORE SCAM GUIDE!

**Rvtz** · 09-09-2014, 08:08 AM

thanks ...

**rvst** · 09-09-2014, 08:12 AM

Lol ??

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**Rvtz** · 09-09-2014, 08:16 AM

maol lol

**rvst** · 09-09-2014, 08:22 AM

Nah??

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**intizamfamily888** · 09-11-2014, 07:34 AM

Thx

**Mesti** · 01-30-2015, 11:12 AM

A very very very good guide. Thanx a lot bro for this awesome guide

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**Rx8** · 02-15-2015, 07:13 AM

not to mention that there's another scam (if not included) is the hack tool scam (not the selling type...) like when u type in the username and password...that info goes to the owner of the hack tool, which is connected to a database, then he hacks your account INSTEAD

So if you've done any hacking-tool-ish activity...make sure to hit the forgot password button ASAP xD

**Leambow** · 02-16-2015, 09:40 AM

I believe I was almost victim of a scam, so I'm hanging in ydra and a guy says want to trade lep for blinky I say no but rethink it and say yes, he adds 5k and chest to the blinky and says hurry.
Anyone else think this is a scam