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Darth Bri
Rage of Inferno
Burning Ambition
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:12:00 -
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They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
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Cannibal Kane
Umkhonto We Sizwe
556
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:15:00 -
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Yes people do...
If they did not people would not be scamming.
I'm not a Pirate, I'm a Terrorist.
The Crazy Space Poor South African.
*Hair done by LGÇÖOr+¬al, because I'm worth it. |
Pak Narhoo
Knights of Kador
699
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:21:00 -
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Yup I bought once a faction shield priced at 33 mil and paid 330 mil. 
The worst thing was when trying to pull of the same scam to get my money back I misplaced the dot so I sold it back for 33 mil.
That week I was mister double head desk. 
Hi, I'm CCP Arrow, I screwed up the.. ummm... |
Istvaan Shogaatsu
Guiding Hand Social Club
571
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:22:00 -
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Yes, and often. Keep in mind Jita is the first likely system visited by a new player looking to pick up gear. New players are easily parted with their money. Aside from that, it's also rammed with wealthier, older market types looking to snag good deals - some scams are tailored to catch those folks specifically. |
Lord Ryan
True Xero
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:31:00 -
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I paid 1.4bil instead of 1.4mil for an autocannon once off the market. **** happens!
Do not assume-áanything above this line-áwas typed by me.
Nerf the Truth, it's inconvenient.
Nerf it cause I can't fly it.
I want to fly a badass Mon Calamari stlye-ácruiser painted to match my Tron clothes. |
Adoro
Reikoku
The Retirement Club
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:52:00 -
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I nearly fell for the 1mil for a faction frig scam.
Three contracts get linked, 2 are sold where the price shows 1mil. The third one is for 1bil though. But because you think the other two must have sold really fast you tend to quickly hit accept to get the last '1mil' faction frig and end up paying 1bil.
Didn't fall for it though, but thought this one was pretty clever. Better than the, send me 100mil and ill double it type of scams. |
William Bowman
Natural Cycle of Decay
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Posted - 2012.09.27 13:58:00 -
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I know someone who nearly fell for a couple of scams, one was a tengu where the sub systems where books, so always make sure it says fitted is the best way to avoid that one..
The other was a plex where it was up for a little cheaper than normal but it but contract did not only ask for the money but also has "you will give 1x plex" so i guess it works by you buying it but then it takes it right back! god knows how, i tryied it myself and it failed haha, then i gave up trying to scam.
The scams are interesting i think, the bots that spam the crap are not... |
Hrothgar Nilsson
Black Guards
Black Core Alliance
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:02:00 -
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If people didn't, people wouldn't bother with scamming.
I may have never noticed it much before, but the one selling a T3 cruisers with scammers putting subsystems skillbooks (listed simply as 'Subsystems') with the aim of making thinking people think they're actual subsystems seems to be getting rather popular.
Legit Tengu: http://s19.postimage.org/hflb6vvmb/legittengu.jpg
Scam Tengu: http://s19.postimage.org/adndkos0j/scamtengu.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzA_xesrL8 |
Jim Era
3802
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:06:00 -
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I've yet to understand how people get scammed so easily :I
Its not that hard to not let go of your money before inspecting the product. |
Trax Chasmwalker
Monkey Attack Squad
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:06:00 -
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Once I fell on margin trading scam. And nearly fell to "you will give 1x plex". Also "double isk" is a good scam, because it like poker, once I won 10kk, but then lost 20 ). |
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Hrothgar Nilsson
Black Guards
Black Core Alliance
106
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:11:00 -
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Trax Chasmwalker wrote:Once I fell on margin trading scam. And nearly fell to "you will give 1x plex". Also "double isk" is a good scam, because it like poker, once I won 10kk, but then lost 20 ).
Eh, I've messed around with the double ISK thing, each time they'd double, but I'd only send back 1.5x the amount I sent last, they got bored because they wouldn't come out ahead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzA_xesrL8 |
James 315
Experimental Fun Times Corp
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Posted - 2012.09.27 14:23:00 -
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People don't fall for the scams in Jita, except for a tiny percentage of people. But given the large amount of traffic, and the low cost of setting up a scam, that tiny percentage can mean big profits. So scams abound. 
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
4934
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Posted - 2012.09.27 15:36:00 -
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Plus the fact that CCP does nothing about spambots making them easy to maintain even if it takes hours before someone falls for a scamtract.
/c
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Muad 'dib
The Imperial Fedaykin
522
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Posted - 2012.09.27 15:45:00 -
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were are these scams, how much are they.
WHERE CAN I GET ONE?! is it just jita? I MUST HAVE ONE
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4375/mynewsig2.jpg |
Warde Guildencrantz
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:19:00 -
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the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts. |
Jim Era
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:23:00 -
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Warde Guildencrantz wrote:the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts.
They shouldn't get in over their heads then should they? |
Korg Leaf
Nocturnal Romance
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:47:00 -
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I once annoyed a scammer In Jita, he was trying to sell a retriever as a hulk. I told him to list it as a mackinaw in a private convo and he got butt hurt and called me every name under the sun. So I bought a retriever and within 5 minutes of posting it in Jita local I sold it as a mackinaw. Guy raged quite hard after that. |
Sarah Schneider
PonyWaffe
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.09.27 16:54:00 -
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Almost fallen for that margin trading scam during my first few months of playing.
"I think weGÇÖre just getting closer and closer to a place where the people we lose are people that itGÇÖs okay to lose."
-Kristoffer Touborg, Eve lead designer |
Warde Guildencrantz
TunDraGon
73
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Posted - 2012.09.27 17:14:00 -
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Jim Era wrote:Warde Guildencrantz wrote:the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts. They shouldn't get in over their heads then should they?
lawl i wasn't saying it should be stopped, i was just saying that one probably works sometimes |
Telegram Sam
Shoot To Thrill.
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Posted - 2012.09.27 17:15:00 -
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Adoro wrote:I nearly fell for the 1mil for a faction frig scam.
Three contracts get linked, 2 are sold where the price shows 1mil. The third one is for 1bil though. But because you think the other two must have sold really fast you tend to quickly hit accept to get the last '1mil' faction frig and end up paying 1bil.
Didn't fall for it though, but thought this one was pretty clever. Better than the, send me 100mil and ill double it type of scams.
I almost fell for this one on four Claws. Got three at the great price, then almost clicked on Accept for the fourth one at the scam price. But did "count the zeroes, 1, 2, 3, 4..." and didn't. Was pretty happy about nibbling the bait off the hook and getting three Stilettos cheap. |
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Ifly Uwalk
Empire Tax Collection Agency
313
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Posted - 2012.09.27 17:19:00 -
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I inadvertently scammed myself one time when I put up a sell order for a faction BS for 350K or however much they were at the time.
That's right, "K" not "M." 
That was the fastest I ever sold a faction BS. Oh, and it was an order of 2. |
Pak Narhoo
Knights of Kador
704
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Posted - 2012.09.27 18:45:00 -
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Warde Guildencrantz wrote:the ones where they put a contract for a plex at cheap prices and ask for a plex in return as well sneakily probably are sometimes accidentally accepted by people who are trying to get into plex selling and don't know a lot about contracts.
Its more like that the you pay part is broken up into 2 pieces.
One above 'you get' and one completely at the bottom where you don't expect it.
CCP humor I guess, easily overlooked.
Hi, I'm CCP Arrow, I screwed up the.. ummm... |
lanyaie
536
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Posted - 2012.09.27 19:17:00 -
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Marigin trade scams complete quite easily in less populated trade hubs also(easy way to gain ISK so please come do it )
PS: Do not clear your escrow and use a item sold in another hub for a low price thats the best way to margin trade scam and do it around Rens or Dodixie
Hay |
Momoyo
Interwebs Cooter Explosion
Fatal Ascension
39
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Posted - 2012.09.27 20:33:00 -
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I paid 400mill for the amarr cruiser skill book once...needless to say i make sure to check the decimal places a bit better now and not buy stuff at the end of the day when I can barely keep my eyes open.
Though market scams are a bit different from the ******** contract scams in local. The tears when they moved faction ships then faction items to market were hilarious. |
Tarinara
Avenged Sevenfold Industries
3
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Posted - 2012.09.27 21:39:00 -
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On my very 1st 'Toon ( who was biomassed he was so bad ) I fell for the only buying 1 of a mineral when the description says bunches. Chalk that one up to new char who didn't know how things actually work. Luckily that one didn't cost me a whole heck of a lot. 2nd one was a 'supposedly' rigged Raven which instead had the BPO's for the rigs in the hold. I *swear* it looked like it was the actual rigs...
You live and learn. You're also more careful reading any contract in the future... |
Ager Agemo
Saturn Reaper
104
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Posted - 2012.09.27 21:50:00 -
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Friends of mine actually got hit by the marging trading scam, i think they bough some weird rig for god knows what about electronics for like 450 mill and when they tried to sell it for 1 bill guess what... |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
754
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Posted - 2012.09.27 22:14:00 -
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I once tried a couple of scams on an alt. I never could get them to work though.
One was the Charon/carbon scam. I sold carbon in a contract along with the caldari freighter skillbook for 2b. A few people called me ********, other people thought it was clever. Nobody fell for it.
Then I bought a Guardian and a Vexor...
http://themittani.com/features/local-problem
A simple fix to the local intel problem |
Dersk
Paxton Industries
Gentlemen's Agreement
120
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Posted - 2012.09.27 22:40:00 -
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Given the availability of the (would be) scammer's name, you can use that to check contract history. My casual browsing of scammers' contract histories suggests most get about one scam a day, give or take for activity.
You're free to look through the history of the people that accepted those contracts, too. It's almost like reading the obituaries looking for someone you know. |
Selinate
1013
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Posted - 2012.09.28 00:15:00 -
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not as often as people make it out to be, but yes, people do fall for them... |
Ghazu
199
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Posted - 2012.09.28 00:56:00 -
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Well didn't get scammed but lost money, changing the price on my sell order, typed in 1 less digit and pressed enter, poof sold my thing for 7.8 mil instead of 78 mil. |
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