Curse

Evilsod · Jun 05, 2007, 08:36 PM // 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Ryker

They already have that, all you have to do is to look at the amount they are giving you or mouse over the item. Don't be in such a rush. I always double check everything on every trade. It's when you're rushing that you get scammed.

No they haven't... they give you a written list of what you traded AFTER you click accept. If they brought up a list of what you were about to trade after you pressed accept with an additional confirmation, maybe a few seconds delay so you coudln't just rush through it. I'm sure alot of people that didn't check may spot the words 'Mursaat Tokens' or 'gold' instead of the Ecto and Plat they wanted.

Course people are always in a hurry... so i guess it is there own fault, but theres no harm in maybe trying to protect people slightly more.

Sir Skullcrasher · Jun 05, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

I seen this kind of scams before, where player type out "Hurray I got to go accept quickly!" They would put down like 1g or 10g or whatever in hope that you'll not look at what is on there.

darkorical · Jun 09, 2007, 04:52 AM // 04:52

I was trying to buy a 20/20 sundering mod and someone said they had one and opened trade I put up my money .. I dont remember how much it was now I checked and sure enough there was a 20/20 sundering mod I hit accept they hit cancel I said thank you and went on not noticing they had hit cancel

a moment later they said hey I hit cancel not accept I looked and sure enough no 20/20 mod so they came back reopened trade and put up a 20/18 or something. I guess I was either tired or nieve because when I noticed it I said no I was trying to buy the 20/20. they hit cancel and then reopened trade with the 20/20 I entered my money again and again they hit cancel then reopened trade. and there sat the 20/18 again and now I realize that they are attempting a scam so I called them on it hey are you trying to scam me? their reply "not anymore you are too stupid to even get ripped off"

all I could do was sit there and blink.

stiffler · Jun 09, 2007, 06:11 AM // 06:11

"not anymore you are too stupid to even get ripped off"

Priceless

SlyClone · Jun 09, 2007, 04:47 PM // 16:47

This happened to me, but I don't fall for it.

BTW, everyone.... please never expect it to say "Platinum" or display the Platinum symbol [] in your trade window.

Anet has fixed the AMOUNT to display in GOLD O only.

For example,

55k = 55,000 O

The trade display does not and will never say 55 [] 0 O

So when you review your trade you are not supposed to be fooled by someone using 55 O instead of 55 []

It's supposed to say 55,000 O

Vahn Roi · Jun 10, 2007, 04:48 AM // 04:48

I fell for this scam early after the Nightfall release. I traded a 15^50 inscription for what I thought was 30k, turned out to be 30g. Of coarse the scammer was a Mo/W in tatts. I was pretty steamed at the time, but I got over it quickly.

The new gold display in the chat window is nice now that it's no longer displayed in platinum and gold, but just gold.

Sniper22 · Jun 11, 2007, 01:02 AM // 01:02

I've never really been scammed either, but I think what Anet needs, is like some sort of scam points system for scammers. If players notice that the trader is trying to scam them, they can give them some sort of scammer points. Each time that they trade with someone, there will be a message displaying how many scam ppints they have gotten in big red letters.

So pretty much, it will be easier to tell who is a scammer in trade.

Of course you could probably remove the warnings if a player hasn't gotten one in 2 weeks, cause stupid people might give people warnings for no reason.

Winterclaw · Jun 11, 2007, 02:22 AM // 02:22

This is why I like GWG:auction... if there's a problem with the guy you can report him and usually the people who you trade with on it are pretty good.

ValaOfTheFens · Jun 11, 2007, 04:46 AM // 04:46

I've had trade windows open in Granite Citadel w/o me even expressing any interest and ppl whispering me about buying my ectos. *lol* I can use the Mursatt tokens to see if they're real ppl.

Thorondor Port · Jun 11, 2007, 05:21 AM // 05:21

Yea, lots of scammers. every game, everywhere.

deal with it. not worthy of a thread to me...

mr_groovy · Jun 11, 2007, 07:54 AM // 07:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thorondor Port

Yea, lots of scammers. every game, everywhere.

deal with it. not worthy of a thread to me...

Other people can get usefull info out of this thread.It's perfectly legit imo, you got something to confess?

Had lot's of scammers trying to scam me. Fortunately I have my methods of dealing with them

Further truth is that scammers most of the time can't use proper sentences I had one saying:

"Wanna buy, oki, yes? yes?"
cancel trade
"????????!!!!"
cancel trade again
"????!! weird accept me"
tries to scam with gold instead of k

Lonesamurai · Jun 11, 2007, 07:58 AM // 07:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by ValaOfTheFens

I've had trade windows open in Granite Citadel w/o me even expressing any interest and ppl whispering me about buying my ectos. *lol* I can use the Mursatt tokens to see if they're real ppl.

i hadn't thought of that... is it scamming to scam a scammer?

mr_groovy · Jun 11, 2007, 08:04 AM // 08:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

i hadn't thought of that... is it scamming to scam a scammer?

Nope it's common sense

Guildmaster Cain · Jun 11, 2007, 08:32 AM // 08:32

A point system to give points, similar as the one on guru auctions, would really be nice for GW. But will never be implemented, since it wont fit in the game code.

Lets just vote for a rating system in GW2, it should be possible there.

Guildmaster Cain · Jun 11, 2007, 08:37 AM // 08:37

A point system to give points, similar as the one on guru auctions, would really be nice for GW. But will never be implemented, since it wont fit in the game code.

Lets just vote for a rating system in GW2, it should be possible there.

Marth Reynolds · Jun 11, 2007, 08:45 AM // 08:45

I did see something like this lately but a bit more rude also happend with selling a kanaxai's edge for 15k not ecto.

Person whisperd me i'll buy it
-he puts in 15k and i put in edge i press accept.
-he cancels the trade and reopens it, placing his 15k again and i place the edge now waiting for his accept before i;ll accept.
-he cancels again.
-And he tells me to friggin stop canceling the trade window and says he'll hurry.
-he places 15 gold and i canceld trade and whisperd no thanks.

Hyper.nl · Jun 11, 2007, 09:56 AM // 09:56

I had this scam attempt 2 weeks ago:

At Kodash:

Scammer: WTS Sapphire
Me: Price?
Scammer #price
Me: Deal
I check, pay and accept. Scammer cancels.
Retry: same thing.
I say. Check your gold. You can only have 100k. Dump some in storage.

Last retry: Scammer puts in some quest item with identical look as sapphire.
Fortunately I kept checking the item name, and the scammer cancelled and zoned out when I was reading.