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Neo Omni Gallente	Posted - 2010.03.25 14:37:00 - [1] I'm hoping this thread will take off and hopefully become a sticky someday. I want members to post scams they have encountered in game so new players have a reference. I'll start: Courier contracts in 0.0: I don't doubt there are many legitimate contracts into 0.0, but something I was not aware of when I started playing was that you cant always dock at a player owned station. This has been exploited by contract makers offering HUGE rewards requiring HUGE collateral, for trips into 0.0. You survive the trip only to find you are refused permission to dock. Unable to complete the contract delivery, you lose your collateral and the crate usually contains worthless junk.
Skippermonkey	Posted - 2010.03.25 15:17:00 - [2] Confirming that 0.0 is a scam
BBQfire	Posted - 2010.03.25 16:15:00 - [3] the "give me x isk and I'll double it" scam :) the contract with 500000 megacyte that only includes 50000 the contract with a navy version ship containing the normal version (e.g. navy domi/domi)
Iamien Democracy of Klingon Brothers R.A.G.E	Posted - 2010.03.25 16:19:00 - [4] When selling a pricey module in chat channels someone contacts you making a good offer and then puts up a private buy contract at the location of your items, except they put the payment amount in the I will receive, instead of I will pay. This leads the un-wary quickly reading the contract not seeing that the money is required instead of offered and handing the scammer 800mil+800mil item.
FarosWarrior Amarr Sonnema	Posted - 2010.03.25 16:23:00 - [5] dont forget the 10x scam dont forget the navy raven scam but that only gives you a stock raven dont forget the scam where people offer 1m items for 1b dont forget the scam where people get a plex from you for 260k cheers, Faros "As long as we're jammed we might as well throw those 1400mm's at them" Charlie Fodder, Clear Skies
Swiftgaze Elysium Trading Company Elysium Alliance	Posted - 2010.03.25 16:28:00 - [6] Edited by: Swiftgaze on 25/03/2010 16:28:46 -meh- ----------------------------------- Pregnant? Tired? Crack-addict? Hate Eve?
Stu Pendisdick Caldari School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2010.03.25 16:33:00 - [7] Ummm............ Shouldn't this be in C&P?

CCP Adida	Posted - 2010.03.25 16:35:00 - [8] Moved from general discussion Adida Community Rep CCP Hf, EVE Online

Taram Caldar Blackwater USA Inc. Gentlemen's Club	Posted - 2010.03.25 17:14:00 - [9] LOL and now that it's in C&P it is likely to die, since most of us both already know and don't care because we already know. Market Alerts Mailing List
Ran Khanon Amarr Vengeance Innovations	Posted - 2010.03.25 17:19:00 - [10] There is a vicious new scam being pulled of by people who promise to give you passwords for access to premium midget **** sites for only 50 million isk. Credits to Chin Sun for speaking out on this. Help us to make parrots game related today!

Clone 565 Minmatar Republic Military School	Posted - 2010.03.25 17:19:00 - [11] 're you -CLONE 565, Meaty mask
Gladys Pank Amarr Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta	Posted - 2010.03.25 17:21:00 - [12] LMAO at the 'advice' here. It just proves people don't understand the mechanics behind scams, further encouraging their use. Signature removed, ♥ Parrots, but they aren't EVE Online sigs. Zymurgist
mikeh24 Harbingers of Chaos Inc. Gentlemen's Club	Posted - 2010.03.25 19:57:00 - [13] For 500 mill I'll teach you about scamming and how to avoid begin scammed in the future.
Boomershoot Caldari Suddenly Ninjas	Posted - 2010.03.25 20:15:00 - [14] Nanite Paste Insertion Scam You don't want to know...
Malen Nenokal	Posted - 2010.03.25 20:31:00 - [15] Originally by: Boomershoot Nanite Paste Insertion Scam You don't want to know... I miss your old sig.
small chimp	Posted - 2010.03.25 22:48:00 - [16] Edited by: small chimp on 25/03/2010 22:48:10 Originally by: Ran Khanon There is a vicious new scam being pulled of by people who promise to give you passwords for access to premium midget **** sites for only 50 million isk. Credits to Chin Sun for speaking out on this. But isn't this bannable? To trade isk for non eve related out of game services?
Ran Khanon Amarr Vengeance Innovations	Posted - 2010.03.25 22:53:00 - [17] Originally by: small chimp Edited by: small chimp on 25/03/2010 22:48:10 Originally by: Ran Khanon There is a vicious new scam being pulled of by people who promise to give you passwords for access to premium midget ** sites for only 50 million isk. Credits to Chin Sun for speaking out on this. But isn't this bannable? To trade isk for non eve related out of game services? Not when it concerns midget ** I believe. I could be wrong though. Help us to make parrots game related today!
Gladys Pank Amarr Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta	Posted - 2010.03.25 23:02:00 - [18] Originally by: small chimp Edited by: small chimp on 25/03/2010 22:48:10 Originally by: Ran Khanon There is a vicious new scam being pulled of by people who promise to give you passwords for access to premium midget **** sites for only 50 million isk. Credits to Chin Sun for speaking out on this. But isn't this bannable? To trade isk for non eve related out of game services? No one gave anything out of game except blueballs. Signature removed, ♥ Parrots, but they aren't EVE Online sigs. Zymurgist
Boomershoot Caldari Suddenly Ninjas	Posted - 2010.03.25 23:12:00 - [19] Originally by: Malen Nenokal Originally by: Boomershoot Nanite Paste Insertion Scam You don't want to know... I miss your old sig. Which one? Pay me 10m and i'll switch signature.
Vins Chicago Gallente Regent Laboratories	Posted - 2010.03.26 00:43:00 - [20] The scam involving a thread in C&P that describes all the common scams in EVE, so people read about and stay on the look out for them, only to become vulnerable to all the new scams C&P thinks up because they were too busy protecting themselves from the old scams. Oh wait, nvm.

Lana Torrin Minmatar Republic Military Skool	Posted - 2010.03.26 01:13:00 - [21] Didn't you hear? Since freeform contracts got removed scamming in now impossible. (Found my sig again)
Gladys Pank Amarr Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta	Posted - 2010.03.26 01:18:00 - [22] The 'pretend to be a girl since this jerk already assumed you are and sell your 'rl' photo for isk scam'. The 'get an industrial to contract you a fitted battleship and pay you 750m isk for fake killmails' scam. The 'want a gift?' scam. The 'station container full' of ships scam. There are more but I need to buy booze before the shop shuts. Signature removed, ♥ Parrots, but they aren't EVE Online sigs. Zymurgist
Epegi Givo Amarr Araja clan	Posted - 2010.03.26 02:19:00 - [23] Captain Fovius __________________________ My other alt is A Ferrari
ThaDollaGenerale North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2010.03.26 05:18:00 - [24] Originally by: Neo Omni I'm hoping this thread will take off and hopefully become a sticky someday. I want members to post scams they have encountered in game so new players have a reference. I'll start: Courier contracts in 0.0: I don't doubt there are many legitimate contracts into 0.0, but something I was not aware of when I started playing was that you cant always dock at a player owned station. This has been exploited by contract makers offering HUGE rewards requiring HUGE collateral, for trips into 0.0. You survive the trip only to find you are refused permission to dock. Unable to complete the contract delivery, you lose your collateral and the crate usually contains worthless junk.
Slimy Worm	Posted - 2010.03.26 18:14:00 - [25] Edited by: Slimy Worm on 26/03/2010 18:22:11 Various service and information sale scams, like wardecs, alliance creation, friendly POS passwords. These are like the return ISK scam because the victim hands money to the scammer with the expectation of getting something for it later. Investment scams. Sometimes these are advertised in Jita, but they seem rare there. High returns are often promised to appeal to greed, other times low returns are promised to look legitimate. Stock scams. There's actually two types: Selling worthless stocks and not paying for stock once it's sent.
Atomik Harmonik	Posted - 2010.03.26 18:25:00 - [26] how about make up some fake 'impending doom' crisis and then levy a new or incresed tax on all productive players to presumably 'save' them from the fake crisis, while actually using the tax money to buy votes from non-productive players. um, wait, that's not Eve, even though it is a scam
Lord Ryan Sickle Cell	Posted - 2010.03.26 19:20:00 - [27] Originally by: Iamien When selling a pricey module in chat channels someone contacts you making a good offer and then puts up a private buy contract at the location of your items, except they put the payment amount in the I will receive, instead of I will pay. This leads the un-wary quickly reading the contract not seeing that the money is required instead of offered and handing the scammer 800mil+800mil item. Don't tell anyone but i once paid someone to buy my ship, luckily he gave me my isk and the cost of the ship back. becarefull which box you put the amount in. Yay for scamming yourself!
Triple Entendre Emergence Inc.	Posted - 2010.03.26 19:25:00 - [28] Recently, I woke up with a hangover, an empty bottle of Jack Daniels and 92 Rifters in one station. I can only assume this was a scam of some persuasion.
Ran Khanon Amarr Vengeance Innovations	Posted - 2010.03.26 19:36:00 - [29] Originally by: Triple Entendre Recently, I woke up with a hangover, an empty bottle of Jack Daniels and 92 Rifters in one station. I can only assume this was a scam of some persuasion. sighs We both know this was no scam but your occasional alcohol instilled conviction that EVE is an RTS game and that you needed some cannon fodder for a large scale assault. We can only start working on your rehabilitation when you accept the fact that you've got an alcohol problem, Triple. p.s. You missed your AAA meeting today. Everybody was very disappointed. Help us to make parrots game related today!
Gladys Pank Amarr Trillionaire High-Rollers Suicidal Bassoon Orkesta	Posted - 2010.03.26 19:43:00 - [30] Make mine a triple. Signature removed, ♥ Parrots, but they aren't EVE Online sigs. Zymurgist Why you! :(((((((



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