Curse

sythmoi · Aug 29, 2007, 08:14 PM // 20:14

Hi,

I am one of them dudes that like to farm and play solo, I have 5 playing characters wich I mostly farm with..No im not rich.

Story goes I have 9 gemsets for sale and WTS in Kamadan, dude says hell take 5 of them. BUT WE MUST TRADE OUTSIDE. ???

Alerts:
Does not negotiate on price.
Wants to trade outside.
He says I must drop the gems do he can see they are not duped.
Me/A = Return or Swap (a skill witch make you swop places), so now you far from where you left your stuff for him to look at.

Sorry Dude I come from a coutry that perfects scams, I'm trained to see you.

So luckily having played GW before I know a few skills and know when I drop something he can pick it up.

I never got scammed but I am SURE he tried his/her best.

Dont be stupid GW players.

Also it would be nice for people to post how they recently have been scammed, not sure if there is a post..if there is might need to become sticky.

LYV

Syth
Sorry if this is at the wrong place.

1 up and 2 down · Aug 29, 2007, 08:16 PM // 20:16

Ehh this scam is pretty old, but yeah I guess everyone should watch out for it. :s

Omniclasm · Aug 29, 2007, 08:17 PM // 20:17

Drop 1g or an unsellable quest item for a laugh

Yichi · Aug 29, 2007, 08:18 PM // 20:18

search button > u

Jebus · Aug 29, 2007, 08:19 PM // 20:19

Also, don't look at the /a no more, Ebon Vanguard Escape is a new skill, which does the same thing.

R!ghteous Ind!gnation · Aug 29, 2007, 08:32 PM // 20:32

lol... people are so dumb to try to scam like that.

Skyy High · Aug 29, 2007, 08:47 PM // 20:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jebus

Also, don't look at the /a no more, Ebon Vanguard Escape is a new skill, which does the same thing.

Eesh, hadn't thought of that. Not that I would ever drop anything on the ground anyway (unless my pack was full and I drop a white to pick up a gold or something...)

Smile Like Umean It · Aug 29, 2007, 11:37 PM // 23:37

People still try this?
More importantly people are still just founding out about this?

Sad.

fusa · Aug 30, 2007, 01:19 AM // 01:19

Had this happen to me a few days ago, when selling a runic sword. I knew what he was doing but went along with it anyway. I dropped 1g but he didnt go for that. Although I got a screenshot and promptly sent it to a-net and added him to my friends list. A few seconds after he logged out I got a e-mail from plaync stating the issue was investigated and proper actions taken. I haven't seen him log back in for a few days now

Neo Nugget · Aug 30, 2007, 01:22 AM // 01:22

this is like the 3rd scam thread ive seen in a few days lol.

You can't see me · Aug 30, 2007, 01:32 AM // 01:32

This scam has been on the Guildwiki fansite for ages.

To add to that, you cannot tell if something is duped by dropping it on the ground no matter what anyone says. The only way to find that out is to look at the item code, which I doubt anyone here can because you need acess to Arenanet's database.

And finally, the simple solution is this. Arenanet has a very secure trade system. Use it, or lose it. Anyone that requests not to is probably trying something underhanded.

VitisVinifera · Aug 30, 2007, 01:34 AM // 01:34

I think it would be fun to search these people out, then drop a quest item, and report them when you ss them porting to you

Thom The Brawler · Aug 30, 2007, 01:50 AM // 01:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by fusa

I haven't seen him log back in for a few days now

That doesn't mean anything, if he put u on his ignore list you won't see him.

Simple solution, never drop anything.

fusa · Aug 30, 2007, 02:35 AM // 02:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thom The Brawler

That doesn't mean anything, if he put u on his ignore list you won't see him.

Simple solution, never drop anything.

No, doesnt mean anything could just be gone for a few days, but doubt he waited a few hours to put me on ignore list since I never pmed him after he attempted to scam me. Just posted this to incourage people to report scum like this, since from what I can tell A-net took the proper action of banning the person.

Molock · Aug 30, 2007, 02:51 AM // 02:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by fusa

No, doesnt mean anything could just be gone for a few days, but doubt he waited a few hours to put me on ignore list since I never pmed him after he attempted to scam me. Just posted this to incourage people to report scum like this, since from what I can tell A-net took the proper action of banning the person.

If they actually did anything it was probably give him a 24 or 72 hour suspention.

chowmein69 · Aug 30, 2007, 02:54 AM // 02:54

if you see ppl that are /a and tells you to go outside .. dont .its most lkely a scam...

Goldleader · Aug 30, 2007, 03:03 AM // 03:03

The only time I ever ask people to go outside is so I can see the item they are selling equipped.

I don't know what any of the spears or swords look like (except for the really expensive swords like ele swords), so I always ask them to equip it before I buy.

I actually had some joker recently try to pull the scam where they keep cancelling the transaction and try to get the seller to accept quickly so they get tricked into accepting a small amount of gold. I thought that scam went out with Factions it's so old.

Roshi_ikkyu · Aug 30, 2007, 03:06 AM // 03:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soulless Warhawk

if you see ppl that are /a and tells you to go outside .. dont .its most lkely a scam...

The newest part of the scam is that you no longer need to be a /A, Ebon Vanguard Escape, does the exact same.

Which is a new development. Short protection only ever use trade feature

Viruzzz · Aug 30, 2007, 03:45 AM // 03:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soulless Warhawk

if you see ppl that are /a and tells you to go outside .. dont .its most lkely a scam...

why the hell would you go outside with ANYONE to trade? thats just stupid, if you do that you deserve to get scammed.

EmptySkull · Aug 30, 2007, 03:51 AM // 03:51

I had somone trying to scam me once. I popped into LA one day a long time ago. A person was adverting" Can double your money pm" Right then I knew something was fishy so I wanted to see what he was up too. I pmed and said what are you talking about. He told me to grab some money,no more than 50k, and lets go out to explorable. I said ok. We went out he led me over to some monsters. Told me to die. Then he rez'ed me with Unyielding_Aura. Then he told me to run over by the bridge and drop all my money on the ground. I proceeded to laugh very hard. I told him he had to think I was completely new or stupid to fall for that one!