A little question... why people try to scam?

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Redvex
Redvex
Wilds Pathfinder
• #1
Today i was boring so i decide to take someone to run also for free.
I got a boy/girl to gunnar that ask a run to tarnished heaven and he/she pay 5k.
I don't ask to pay to outpost because i trust in people......and who would scam for only 5k?
So i run to tarnished and he/she put 5k and cancel the operation and leave the game. After i got it and i ask why (i don't need really the



So this is the answer
I wanna know your opinion
EPO Bot
EPO Bot
Desert Nomad
• #2
Scammers/cheaters/hackers play games not so much to win, but rather to see you lose.
Helix Dreadlock
Helix Dreadlock
Jungle Guide
• #3
Idk, but it is really sad. And I run Droks, I've gotten quite some scammers, but not too many lately. Although, I've been 1 step (litteraly) from Rankor and they zone back into Dreadnoughts Drift. Wich really makes me mad, because It takes probably 10 minutes to get there, and I have to do it all over again. So I just leave, and I spam that I wouldn't go with them (because he/she was the only one left alive), to beware the runners.
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riktw
Wilds Pathfinder
• #4
got scammed for 500g once, 500g scam, funny guy lol
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Anduin
Krytan Explorer
• #5
Not to be a jerk, but how long have you been a member of the human race?

People steal, scam, everything, be it in games or real life. People are degenerates. There's not much more to it. In a computer game it is anonymous, so there is even more detachment and less guilt, so even people who wouldn't do it in real life are tempted.
Taurean
Taurean
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #6
Some poeple live to help others generally, some poeple live to make others look bad. Live with it, place yourself inside one of the two groups and stick by it.
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scruffy
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #7
imade lots of gold off of the casino roll scam way back in the day
Tramp
Tramp
Furnace Stoker
• #8
It is a slow process of the breakdown of the moral fabric of society that can be traced to the rise of liberalism in the 1960's. Couple that with the anonyimty of the internet and the teenagers of today think nothing of ripping you off.
riceangel
riceangel
Frost Gate Guardian
• #9
maybe i read it wrong but ur grammar was confusing, it sounds like you offered to run for free(according to ur 1st sentence), so how did they scam you when u said it was free,they didnt have to pay you
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lord of all tyria
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #10
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Originally Posted by Tramp View Post
It is a slow process of the breakdown of the moral fabric of society that can be traced to the rise of liberalism in the 1960's. Couple that with the anonyimty of the internet and the teenagers of today think nothing of ripping you off.
Damn liberals introducing crime to society!
BadgerznPie
BadgerznPie
Academy Page
• #11
People want money, and they want it easily. Simple. One of the ways to do that is prey on stupidity/ignorance/trust of others.
Necrosh
Necrosh
Academy Page
• #12
people who cant get money by their own, are scammers.
DeBron
DeBron
Lion's Arch Merchant
• #13
for the lulz
Fril Estelin
Fril Estelin
So Serious...
• #14
Only one thing to remember from this story: you made a "random act of kindness" (there used to be a section one this in the Scribe) and ty for that.

Let the poor guy continue his life with his 5k, whatever feeling that gives him. You're the one who should feel good for doing what you did, not feel bad for what he did.
Helix Dreadlock
Helix Dreadlock
Jungle Guide
• #15
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Originally Posted by DeBron View Post
for the lulz
+1 Comment anyone? But seriously, anyone who scams has psychological issues, emotional issues, or are born and raised to it. I'm not trying to fit anybody into a sterotype, but it's just a fact. My father has a saying "Poor People have Poor Ways"
refer
refer
Jungle Guide
• #16
Simple. They want stuff the easy way.
exploiter
exploiter
Jungle Guide
• #17
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Originally Posted by Redvex View Post
......and who would scam for only 5k?
oh the amount of money seriously isnt important. they would scam for even 100g
I hope a lightning will hit internet connections of all scammers
Cale Roughstar
Cale Roughstar
Desert Nomad
• #18
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Originally Posted by DeBron View Post
for the lulz

Sadly, that is why most people do it. Very rarely do they really care so much about the money, and are completely unwilling to do it in any other way.

Oh, and +1 before close.
Shadowfox1125
Shadowfox1125
Forge Runner
• #19
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Originally Posted by Anduin View Post
Not to be a jerk, but how long have you been a member of the human race?

People steal, scam, everything, be it in games or real life. People are degenerates. There's not much more to it. In a computer game it is anonymous, so there is even more detachment and less guilt, so even people who wouldn't do it in real life are tempted.
^This. If they can get away with it, they can. This has always been the shady side of running people. It's a trust/honor code issue. Plus, if the person truly only had 10k, then 5k would considerably cut his gold in half. 5k might seem little to you, but a lot to others.

"One man's trash is the next man's treasure; one man's pain is the next man's pleasure."
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Zahr Dalsk
Grotto Attendant
• #20
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Originally Posted by Redvex View Post
A little question... why people try to scam?
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Originally Posted by Redvex View Post
people
You've answered your own question. They're humans.