my list of scams

[JerSar]

Originally Posted by gotrocks [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol'd irl so hard.

fucking mcmuffins. got one the other day and they forgot to put the cheese on it. mcds ks'd my cheese.

lmao

[Sarkhan]

Do you blame children if they go into a van when offered candy?

These people being scammed are just fools who weren't taught better as children!

Save the children, stop the pedos!

[JerSar]

Originally Posted by Sarkhan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do you blame children if they go into a van when offered candy?

These people being scammed are just fools who weren't taught better as children!

Save the children, stop the pedos!

I do blame the children

[Tasslehofp99]

Originally Posted by Sarkhan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do you blame children if they go into a van when offered candy?

These people being scammed are just fools who weren't taught better as children!

Save the children, stop the pedos!

Blame the parents. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Sirken]

~sigh~

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

.....With that said, you should never give your password out, nor should you ever perform a trade with someone until both parties are ready with the items/currency (none of this "oh give me the item and I'll log onto my main and pay you" crap. We've been seeing an increase in this activity lately as well, sometimes the culprit even impersonating someone you may think is a friend, so be careful.)

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=86887

[gotrocks]

Originally Posted by Sirken [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

~sigh~



http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=86887

Bingo.

A friend and I did this back on live when we were unscrupulous (without scruples) teenagers.

Bottom line is, if the person doesn't have the item, or if you arent using a validated third party escrow service or friend middle-manning the transaction, don't do it. Between this scam and another (that I will detail in a moment) a friend and I managed to steal hundreds of thousands (if not millions?) of PP from players on Ayonae Ro. We ended up recruiting others to help us and built a gm-described 'scamming ring' that eventually ended in perma-bans for both of our accounts.

We both got a kick out of it until the perma-bans came down, and even while the GM was talking to us we were both cheering irl for attracting so much attention. Apparently it was a big deal - the gms had become so swamped with complaints that they had to do something about it. It's the only time ive ever heard of someone getting a perma-ban for scamming in EQ (or any mmo for that matter)

That being said, we really were assholes. I can't have that much sympathy for the people we scammed because they really were too trusting to the point of being stupid, but honestly it doesnt matter. It was still wrong. You are stealing. You can justify it anyway you want, but at the end of the day if you are doing this kind of shit you are a terrible person, and have serious issues. Obviously my little speech here isnt going to convince anyone who does this to stop, but I do hope it educates some people in scamming - be smart! If you believe this kind of crap you deserve to have your items stolen (even if its still very wrong)!

Here's the other way we did it (this was so fucking effective... you wouldn't believe the sheer amount of pp we stole using this method): Say you're selling or trading an item, meet up with the person and put the item in the trade window. Keep cilcking cancel and entering the trade again saying you're sorry, you've got really bad lag and to just have a bit of patience. Keep doing this a few more times, putting the item in the window and clicking cancel, make sure they get several chances to see you actually have the item, and then tell them to quicky put the money up when you have the item up and click trade so we can 'get this over with'. Put the item up there a few more times while they are putting the money up and clicking trade, and finally, the last time you do it, switch the item out for something that looks identical. If you did it right, they shouldnt even check the item and boom, you've got your xxxxx plat. Some of you may already know about this scam (it was pretty popular on live, if you got screwed by this method on live i appologize, it may have been our fault), but for those who dont, if someone is acting this way i would just walk away from the trade and come back later when they aren't 'lagging'. The bottom line is if someone intends to scam you this way, you arent getting that item no matter how many times they put the item in that trade window.

So thats my spiel. Scammers are fucked in the head, they're pieces of shit, and they should all burn. But if you fall for a scam, you really need to wise up. Judging by the size i think this post ended up being, thats my 50cp =P

[Tarathiel]

this thread is just sad

[Happyfeet]

Originally Posted by iscamu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

all using the same old "its on my main" technique.

1. today i stole 10500p from stragos for a sash of the dragonborn
lol fags.

This guy was in my group, he logged back over and said something to the effect of, "some cocksucker just ripped me off for 10k when I sold him a Sash of the DB, but at least I got X item out of him, which I sold to make part of it back"

Damn wish I could remember who that was, maybe Jettkins, that BDA human monk? His name is close to that.

[iscamu]

Originally Posted by Happyfeet [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This guy was in my group, he logged back over and said something to the effect of, "some cocksucker just ripped me off for 10k when I sold him a Sash of the DB, but at least I got X item out of him, which I sold to make part of it back"

Damn wish I could remember who that was, maybe Jettkins, that BDA human monk? His name is close to that.

sargoth or whatever, lvl 44 paladin, has a post in ec forums for buying dborn sash, he just straight up gave me 10500 lol. then i gave it away in front of his face last night

[Silo69]

how is this faggatory even possible

i cant even log into my 60 and show the person my guild, the item, and the fact im capped at lvl

and my alt whos in his 50's and xfer one item or half or theres up front

i im forced to have a guildie just xfer everything to the char i need or the person just dosent deal with me

im in ec alot