Official GW Scams Thread (no posting names)

[WeepingRanger]

Originally Posted by Swampgirl Inez

http://www.guildwars.com/support/

can you please give me a link that is more specific?

[Beld the Savage]

Well... I rlly don't c a way u can get scammed by someone without it being ur own personal fault.
Scamming i've seen is so obvious and i find it quite amusing when someone tries to scam me Especially when i tell him that he has to work better on his skills...
Cause in the trade chat u always have to accept and if u don't check if everything is the same as u both agreed on then it's simply ur own fault.

Well after being scammed 1 time u'll probably look better nxt time u trade with someone. Running is an entirely different case though and mostly thrust based since u have no 100% guarantee.

[Masseur]

Well, in a perfect world, you'd be right, but obviously this not being a perfect world, IT'S SAD HOW ANET ENCOURAGES SCAMMERS. I myself got scammed and I've been playing a year now. I know to always check the window before accepting, I've caught players putting up money in the gold column, not the platinum column before, etc... But I was conversing with my wife on what materials and amber she needed for her 15K Cantha armor. I was in ToA selling off her Ecto's and Shards and getting /msg's from those saying they'd buy so many at the 7K I was offering. Most wanted to buy 10 at a time for 70K, so I was used to seeing 70 in the window.

This one guy said he wanted 20, 10 at a time. So I find him and I tell others while I'm trading with him I still have some left and to wait. I put up 10 ectos and he puts up 85K. Me being the nice guy I am, I tell him it's too much. After a minute I see 70 up there and so I accept. Only looking at my gold I see I have 70g and not 70K. I ask him about it and he says I'm scamming him and won't pay me. He proceeds to show me the ecto's and such he has scammed others (I found at least one other that he scammed), bragging about how Anet doesn't do anything about it. About how they won't look at screen shots because there might be viruses in them, etc....

I know I'm partially to blame, but if you have screen shots of them agreeing to the price (photoshop has nothing to do with this, they can go back into the logs), and they even brag about it, something should be done, otherwise you're supporting scamming and saying it's a perfectly legit way of making money.

[Beld the Savage]

Still basic mistake that can even happen to the best.
Scamming shouldn't be encouraged but i think another problem is u don't rlly see what AnET does about the scammers. U'll see some post about that some got blocked etc etc but there are soooo many scammers that go free and keep doing it.
Scammers should go buy money or ecto's online instead of messing the game up for players who truly like it. (but then again online buying is also not allowed)

Just watch out for scammers, it's sad but i they will always be there unless there is some sort of anti scam system.

[Toffin]

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tr/gw011-1.jpg

While trying to get a PC on the Rotwing Recurve Bow...

[Arya Nibelrund]

Lol seen that stuff coming up lately... I wonder how anyone could believe them

[Arya Nibelrund]

Originally Posted by WeepingRanger

can you please give me a link that is more specific?

Sorry but what could be more specific than the support section?
Just click on your region on the right frame, register an account and submit your report.... There's a nice Faq about how to correctly report ingame scams there.
If you spend 2 minutes reading the website you should have no problems.

[Guildmaster Cain]

Well I got scammed once by the oldest trick in the book. By someone who had a number of characters all with the same word in it, so he was easily recognized. I sold my amulet of the mists for 35g in stead of 35k to him, because I clicked the accept button without really checking what he offered. Of course I reported the guy with screenshots and date and time. I asked Anet what they will do about it.
They replied that they wont say what they do with scammers and wether he has been a known scammer or not. Anyway, he was still on my friendlist, but was ignoring me for a while. After a few weeks he got back online, not ignoring me anymore. But this time his new character didnt have the unique word in it anymore. I talked to this guy for some minutes and apperently he just bought the account that morning. Apperently the character got too 'hot' for the scammer and he sold it. I guess theres nothing Anet can do about scammers, but they just wont tell they cant either.

MAYBE its a suggestion to get rid of the platinum bars and just have a decimal point there or somthing? I mean they dont have any actual use in the game, except for scammers!

[Farrell-Zander]

Originally Posted by Ayane Kenshin

there is a certain guild out there that takes ppl down to uw for spiders makes em pay b4 the spider is capped and kills it after they get the money so you cant gt your spider which btw i paid 25k for. ive reported to gw staff but they wont do anything so watch for these guys they do it all the time

I dont see the point in killing it, since you wont take their service again anyway....

[Merlin Munk]

Hi, I got scammed on ironmines of moldune. I was in a team going for infuse and mission. Then 4 ppl leaves and we almost decide too quit. But 1 ranger offered 10k too everyone left in team if we manage too cap barrage for him. So Me monk 2 warriors and 1 ranger manages, with alot of luck i might add, too take out Markis and he get his barrage, then he gets killed. Me and warriors attack rest of enemies and we make it. When we arrive att THK, Ranger leaves and add us too ignore. I havent made a trade with human players since then. Only use trade window for stuff i want too give away, rest goes too merchant. Even if i only get 200g for something thats worth ALOT more. Atleast he wont try too Scam me.

I have thou managed too find out how too report now. And i made an report about a ranger beeing scammer off his green bow on Arborstone. And a few days later she whispered me that the thief came and returned it too her. Now weither it was his own concience or GW staff that put som pressure, I assume the last. It worked too report. That time anyway.

Have fun and Good Luck on your Gameing
Merlin Munk

[J snukka]

Originally Posted by SOT

I scammed myself with itchy mouse trigger finger...

lol I did the same think, i sold 2 pieces of my Aeromancer armor. My mouth dropped and I decided to sell the rest since I was too lazy to attempt buying them again.

[J snukka]

lol, I just realized how old this thread is.

[anonymous]

Originally Posted by J snukka

lol, I just realized how old this thread is.

yep, its been going for over a year, not really been going but someone probably ressuected it.

[Darth Marth]

So far in my half-year GW career, I've only seen one scam, the old gold-for-platinum trick. It first happened when I was trying to sell a perfect Bow String of Fortitude for 30k in Droks. Someone offered that amount for it; I was so happy at finally selling the thing that I didn't notice I'd gotten 30g for it. He didn't ignore me, but when I contacted him later, he claimed to have no idea what I was talking about and said something about his account being hacked. So, 30k down the drain; I was crushed.

Then, recently, while I was selling some Ectos in ToA, it happened again. Someone offered 8k each for them (not unrealistically high these days) and pulled the same trick, scamming me out of 12 Ectos (that's 96k... I'd say I take the cake for biggest sucker). This guy didn't log off immediately after the scam, and actually told me the account wasn't his. There was nothing I could do, but thanks to smart trading, I had the money back by the end of the day, so I wasn't nearly as pissed as the first time.

I've seen the scam many times after this, but never fallen for it; I can almost always tell who will be a scammer before opening the trade window and can prepare. (Luckily, Ectos and Shards have unique skins, so it's hard to get scammed when you're buying them) My insight on avoiding the common gold-for-platinum scam is this: watch anyone who offers to buy things for an unusually high price! If it seems too good to be true, it's probably a scam! And always, always, ALWAYS triple-check everything in the trade window before hitting accept! By following this, you can avoid every scam!

[ElRey]

Also, never buy CD-Keys online. 99.9% of them are scams.

[ratchet]

Originally Posted by ElRey

Also, never buy CD-Keys online. 99.9% of them are scams.

Not exactly true...

[TheLordOfBlah]

I lost 50k to a guy who said he was selling an account. Luckily I have his e-mail =P. Since then ive made 300k so i dont really care anymore.

[Lumen]

Wow, well it's hard NOT to run into people trying to scam. I've seen almost all of them spending a lot of my time in the "trading" districts.

Now, there's even the scam for the Un-Opened Birthday Present. Instead of the present, the guy presents a winter gift. Well, I see all of the scams...and I've only been scammed once for a Drok's Run, but that was wayy back. I looked at the guy trying to scam people with his winter gifts...and realized he was wearing 15k Kurzick armor. I asked him if his winter gift scam got him his armor. He replied, "Sure did. ."

Before a trade, I always spend at least 5 seconds to go through all the items. The plat, the item, the stats...everything. READ THE ITEM THAT YOU'RE BUYING! Mursaat tokens, winter gifts, etc...all look the same from what you're trying to get, but they never say the same thing.

As for runs, if you're running...I usually like to pull up at a portal and ask them to pay up, and add my name in case i lag out or something. If you're getting ran, add the guy to your buddy list, and talk to him in a whisper...if he's set offline or you're being ignored...watch out And remember to NEVER pay up front for a run.

And finally...CD keys. Don't buy 'em online!

That's just my two cents, but hey, through it, I have never been successfully scammed again.

[xiao1985]

a guildie got scammed whilst buying this guy's account (ok ok i know it's against the rule.... but still....)

he lost 30 k i think...

i was attempted to scam once, and i was still LOL about it...
at yak's bend, i saw this dude's selling a purple (note) fiery dragon sword ... since a good guildie friend just accidentally sold hers, i decided to buy one for her... so i pm'ed him i am interested ... he showed me the sword i was like O.o

it's a blue fiery dragon sword, with no mod, but dyed purple!
i was ROFL after wards... but yeh, that was fun...

[banderan]

Originally Posted by ElRey

Also, never buy CD-Keys online. 99.9% of them are scams.

yeah hes right
lost 75k that way and a shiro
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accidently sold a mini jungle troll for 2k but that wasent a scam i just clicked accept accidently ....

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