Curse

krnkrackmonkey · Sep 24, 2005, 05:00 AM // 05:00

im not sure if im posting in wrong section, and i apologize if i did.

anyways, some guy tried to scam me today in a way i've never seen before, in Guild Wars OR in any other mmorpg. first, what the guy does is he finds a random rich looking person in the game. then he makes a new character and PMs you, saying something like "hey wasup, guess who?". and of course, a lot of people would start guessing names. and after a couple guesses, the guy goes "oh how'd you guess?" or something along the lines of that. then after he tries to establish a friendly conversation, he pretends that he is that "friend" of yours, and he asks you for a couple plat to help him start his new character. and i'd assume some people, thinking that they know this guy, would lend him a couple plat. i think this is a pathetic and low way to make money in the game, and these people should go to hell.

anyways, i jsut thought i'd warn people in case they run into people like this. and no I didnt get scammed ;], because the first person i guessed was my best friend who happens to be WAY richer than me, which means that he would never ask me for gold.

T___T please dont flame if this is wrong section

Esrever · Sep 24, 2005, 05:09 AM // 05:09

If the guy is such a good friend, he should be on your friends list, and show you the name of the character he is playing. I know I always check the friends list first when I get random crap sent to me.

lord_shar · Sep 24, 2005, 05:39 AM // 05:39

Someone tried this on my EQ character a while back. I replied "I have no idea who you are." Never heard from him again.

Kai Nui · Sep 24, 2005, 05:50 AM // 05:50

Well, you'd have to be stupid to fall for it. If they're not on your friend's list, then obviously he's a liar.

RyuuTenshi · Sep 24, 2005, 06:02 AM // 06:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kai Nui

Well, you'd have to be stupid to fall for it. If they're not on your friend's list, then obviously he's a liar.

This isn't always true, since your friend might've just gotten a new account and didn't tell you about it.

EndobioticChaos · Sep 24, 2005, 06:02 AM // 06:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esrever

If the guy is such a good friend, he should be on your friends list, and show you the name of the character he is playing. I know I always check the friends list first when I get random crap sent to me.

Yeah well there's always "this is a new character on my second account" to answer for that. Of course for someone who's smart enough there's other ways to tell.

Sagius Truthbarron · Sep 24, 2005, 06:51 AM // 06:51

Good idea. Thanks

Believe · Sep 24, 2005, 06:55 AM // 06:55

Make him point out the name you "Know" him on lmfao. Easiest way to stop yea to see if you had it on your flist.

Fantus · Sep 24, 2005, 07:01 AM // 07:01

The easiest way to counter this one is to always ask a question only the real friend of yours can possibly answer. This works even if the person is not on your friends list or made a second account.

t-kma89 · Sep 24, 2005, 10:48 AM // 10:48

I woudn't fall for it because I know who my friends are. I'd like to play along with it though, waste their time, have a laugh

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Savio · Sep 24, 2005, 11:05 AM // 11:05

Typically I remember how I met a particular friend, so it's easy for me to start up a conversation with them. A scammer couldn't dupe that unless they were *really* good...

Sanji · Sep 24, 2005, 11:13 AM // 11:13

This is a two moron scam.

One to try it and the other to fall for it.

Tactical-Dillusions · Sep 24, 2005, 11:13 AM // 11:13

When i get these apparent random whispers i tell them i don't know who they are or worse if i'm in a bad mood.

I had one a few days ago saying "Hey wassup". All my friends we're offline so i just told them to leave me alone.

Thanks for the heads up.

viet · Sep 24, 2005, 11:59 AM // 11:59

if he says "guess who?" say
"who the f are u?" lol
& if he doesnt giv a name then ignore or report him for harassing

Cronos Khan · Sep 24, 2005, 12:35 PM // 12:35

I just never give out any money to strangers..use to but not now after seeing all these scams

But you could give him like...10 gold to start off with!