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Divine Slaya · Aug 30, 2007, 04:03 AM // 04:03

I'm so sick of seeing all of these "Scam" posts. Unless there is a serious bug or exploit that the community needs to be aware of, don't post it. I'm not even sure who would fall for this type of "scam" because it's so obvious that there is something fishy going on. If one were to fall for this trick, you deserved to be scammed.

NoXiFy · Aug 30, 2007, 04:05 AM // 04:05

LMFAO ROFLCOPTER if you were dumb enough to do that.

mr_stealth · Aug 30, 2007, 04:07 AM // 04:07

Not sure if its just random (bad) luck, but it seems like there is a recent surge in scamming. I say this from my own recent experiences and the increasing scam topics on this forum. I went for over a year without a single person attempting to scam me, but I've had several attempts in the past couple months (all failed, and I believe I got one banned).

The last scammer that tried to get me was a bit more original, although I have heard of this trick before. I was selling in Kamadan, and the "buyer" asked to see the item outside, but in the Great Temple/Isle of the Nameless, instead of just stepping out of Kamadan. This immediately made me suspicous, but I decided to play along. He then claimed (before even leaving Kama) that he has a graphics problem and can only see the bottom 1/2 of his screen, and that I need to drop the item on the ground while he is far away so he can see the stats. The scammer was W/Mo, so knowing shadow stepping wasn't an option for him (even ebon escape wasn't availble), I assumed that he was going to kill me with the seige weapon on the Isle of the Nameless and grab it off the ground. I called him out on it, and he just responed with "lol no" and "nvm if u dont like it". I guess he realized that I wasn't going to fall for it and that further arguement would just lead to me getting more evidence to report him.

VanDamselx · Aug 30, 2007, 04:08 AM // 04:08

While this scam has been well known for quite some time now, some people may not have realized that the new Vanguard skill will have the same effect without being an assassin of any sort. At least some valuable information has come out of this thread.

«Ripskin · Aug 30, 2007, 04:10 AM // 04:10

^It's already been said.

HawkofStorms · Aug 30, 2007, 04:15 AM // 04:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Divine Slaya

I'm so sick of seeing all of these "Scam" posts. Unless there is a serious bug or exploit that the community needs to be aware of, don't post it. I'm not even sure who would fall for this type of "scam" because it's so obvious that there is something fishy going on. If one were to fall for this trick, you deserved to be scammed.

I agree. A lot of people seem to not understand what a "scam" really is.
I mean, a scam utilizes an exploit of some sort or is really underhanded. See the elona reach mission "item duping" thing, where you drop items on the ground because the guy says you can dupe them, then he activates the cutscene and teleports you away from your stuff. Note this was before Factions and shadowstepping made this scam even easier.

The difference between that and this is that that was harder to see comming and had tons of people actively doing it (I've personally seen at least a dozen people running this scam at Elona Reach) and if it has a believeable enough story to actually work (ie people will fall for it).

The odds that this guy actually suceeded in getting people to drop items on the ground is slim. Lots of people like the guy the OP is complaining about try to come up with "new" scams. Very few work and become rampent. Those are the ones people should be warned about. Not the ones that people can see through from a mile away.