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Akirei Scytale
Test Alliance Please Ignore
2459
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Posted - 2012.09.28 00:59:00 -
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Nooo.
TEST Alliance BEST Alliance |
Mr Epeen
It's All About Me
1798
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:14:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:
What's the worst scam you have fallen for? Own up here!!!
I will admit to getting nailed on a margin trading scam. Not as bad as it might have been since I actually had the items requested. All it cost me was time to transport and confusion when the sale failed. I had no idea what the trading skills did at that time. And, as did many before me and since, thought it was some kind of bot or hack. The whole margin trading scam thing is a hard one to get your brain around when you are first trying to figure it out. I believe it's the only skill you can train that is only there for scamming. It has no other practical use.
Oh and I bought a 2.7 million shuttle. But that's not a scam, it's stupidity.
Mr Epeen 
There is no excuse beyond fatalistic self-indulgence and sheer laziness for doing nothing --á Iain Banks |
Tinja Soikutsu
Orbital Horizons University
GALACTIC UNI0N
31
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:20:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote:They just seem so blatantly obvious that it seems like no one would ever fall for it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. |
Shizuken
Venerated Stars
97
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:21:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote: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!!!
I havent, but I did hear of one last night I totally would have fallen for. Its the one where they contract you a T3 cruiser and then include the subsystem skillbooks instead of actual subsystems... It looked so legit to me in the contract window |
Natsett Amuinn
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
284
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Posted - 2012.09.28 01:49:00 -
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Guy was posting a contract for a faction item he was selling at 1.5 billion the other day. On the market was a buy order for that same item at 2 billion, which was 1.5 billion more then the next highest buy order in Jita. The buy order was listed for four of them, and had the minimum volume set to 4.
I'm sure that the same guy that with the contract is the same guy with the buy order. I pointed it out in passing in Jita, it was just way to smart not to say anything. I'm pretty sure someone fell for it.
I think that's the most impressive scam I've seen in Jita. |
Tesal
44
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Posted - 2012.09.28 02:11:00 -
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Just assume that everything in Jita local is a scam, because it usually is. |
Creedling
10
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Posted - 2012.09.28 05:04:00 -
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I lost assets in Phaser Inc scheme, but that felt more eye-opening and awesome to be a victim of since it was on such an epic scale.
Was one of those moments that made me realise what a great place EvE can be and got me even more invested in the game. |
Touval Lysander
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
159
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Posted - 2012.09.28 05:12:00 -
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I do remember buying a "really cheap" BPC once for some cool-sounding pirate mod.
Until I went to buy just one of the mats required to make it which just happened to be listed by same dealer.
Loss was only the cost of the BPC but it could have been much worse. Would have taken a while to setup. |
Kult Altol
Republican Industries
Epsilon Fleet
114
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Posted - 2012.09.28 05:55:00 -
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So since ccp doesn't give a crap bout scam bots where do I get one?
A narrow mind is a focused mind. |
Cipher Jones
The Thomas Edwards Taco Tuesday All Stars
565
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Posted - 2012.09.28 06:24:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote: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!!!
paid for a load of mex one zero too many once.
one zero too many on a DCUII once.
The worst ones so far have been somer blink and eve hold em. Blink because I willingly participated in a lottery, and Eve Hold em because I assumed there was no collusion simply b/c its against the rules.
Ironically one of my Eve buddies was a professional poker player. He was able to make money IRL and on every website, and was only able to break even on Eve hold em by having anti-collusion collusion.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled **** poast. |
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James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
755
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Posted - 2012.09.28 08:01:00 -
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Kult Altol wrote:So since ccp doesn't give a crap bout scam bots where do I get one?
Type your scam into local, hit enter, then run a keyboard macro that does Ctrl+Up every 30 seconds and presses enter.
(At least, that's how I would do it).
http://themittani.com/features/local-problem
A simple fix to the local intel problem |
Touval Lysander
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
160
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Posted - 2012.09.28 08:16:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:(At least, that's how I do it).
fixed it for ya |
Mars Theran
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
318
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Posted - 2012.09.28 11:06:00 -
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Momoyo wrote: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.
Simplest way to avoid the market scam is to put lowest price first, so all the high prices are down at the bottom of the list. Might have to scroll a bit to get to your current available market on station sometimes though.
Maybe I was actually sleeping in front of my computer and dreamed I posted. Certainly, it's not there now. |
Ryshca
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
7
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Posted - 2012.09.28 11:32:00 -
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Scams will work so long as the mankind is greedy.
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JackknifedII
Battlestar Federation
Fade 2 Black
1
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Posted - 2012.09.28 12:35:00 -
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I once did the whole "i will double your isk" in jita local a few times out of boredom and a guy sent me something silly like 5.6 million isk and an evemail saying if i doubled it he would be able to buy a cruiser he really wanted and that was all the isk he had, if only he had more, etc etc.
I felt bad and refunded it, then sent him double anyway....
...I think he scammed me...
Minmatar....we are generally unpleasent to be around....
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Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam
Disturbed Acquaintance
42
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Posted - 2012.09.28 12:35:00 -
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Adoro wrote:
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.
But there are people that do believe the lie, and send thier isk.
The really sad part is, the universe will allow them to breed  |
Kult Altol
Republican Industries
Epsilon Fleet
114
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Posted - 2012.09.28 13:06:00 -
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lol, thanks for the tips guys, on my way to be a billionaire!
A narrow mind is a focused mind. |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation
RAZOR Alliance
756
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Posted - 2012.09.28 13:09:00 -
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Touval Lysander wrote:James Amril-Kesh wrote:(At least, that's how I do it). fixed it for ya
I don't condone AFK "gameplay" of any form, whether it uses automated tools or not. I did, in my much earlier days, download a mining bot program to look at, but I never actually used it.
http://themittani.com/features/local-problem
A simple fix to the local intel problem |
Mortimer Civeri
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
196
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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:43:00 -
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"There is a sucker born every minute." P. T. Barnum
"Every crowd has a silver lining. " P. T. Barnum
"I don't know which is worse, ...that everyone has his price, or that the price is always so low." Calvin
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William Bowman
Natural Cycle of Decay
5
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Posted - 2012.09.28 15:53:00 -
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i know a good scam, if you send me 50million isk ill tell you. |
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Keno Skir
Vectis Covert Solutions
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Posted - 2012.09.28 17:42:00 -
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William Bowman wrote:i know a good scam, if you send me 50million isk ill tell you.
^ This is so far from original i feel sorry for you..
Anyway.
Once when i won a ship on the lottery, i recieved a contract minutes after claiming the prize. This is the usual way to recieve prizes from the lottery.
Catch was the player had seen me win on the lottery site and issued his own contract to me before they did, his contract was for a billion isk instead of for free. I'm so used to just quick accepting these prize contracts i honestly almost fell for it. Player issuing the contract was even called LOTTERY PRIZE FUND or something similar.
Nice :)
If you have any further thoughts on something i've posted, or want to ask an unrelated question feel free to contact me by EvE Mail or by private conversation if i'm online.
BUDDY TRIALS AVAILABLE - 21days plus big ISK bonus and starting assistance |
ACE McFACE
24th Imperial Crusade
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.09.29 00:23:00 -
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I like the double your ISK scams that tell you to read their bio and its all some story about how their doing a study about trust in a gaming environment for a psychology degree.
"7 pages of people insulting me - aka trolling" - Lady Hofstedar
What s/he (probobly he) meant:
"7 pages of people disagreeing with my terrible idea - aka trolling" - Lady Hofstedar |
Mars Theran
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
321
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Posted - 2012.09.29 01:33:00 -
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I did once a long time ago, aside from the not so scammy Margin Trading games. Those are more like long, elaborate cons; truly they are more effective the longer someone spends on them.
The ones I fell for were relatively invested, with long histories and in one case, actual T2 Rigs that you might expect to be profitable. Actually both had T2 Rigs, but one had something I was somewhat convinced might be a Collectible, which was the marketed item, in addition to the rigs.
I actually figured if the marketed item didn't fly, the rigs would cover the majority of my losses. I'd calculated, between the 2 Contracts, I stood to make nearly 1.4 Billion profit off the rigs alone. I was wrong. Someone had stitched the price history together going back a month or more, then lumped all the T2 Rigs, (small, and mostly drone rigs which was the issue), into 2 contracts on different characters.
Might have been two players, but I doubt it. The first contract was actually fairly legit and only involved some market manipulation rather than a Margin trade ploy. The third I'd almost forgotten about, was one I found just after I fell for the first 2, (I was having a good night), and with that one I figured I'd see if I could set it up to beat them at their own game. I actually arranged everything so I could click through as fast as possible.
It was after that I learned about the Margin Trading skill, and how it really worked. Sadly, I dumped ~ 2 Billion on the Drones, 1.4 Billion on the 2nd Contract, and another 1.8 Billion or so on the third. I don't recall what the third had in it, but I was rather angry at that point so it didn't matter.
Turns out you can't beat a game mechanic. If they'd actually been players, I'd have had them if they'd been sitting at the same table running the scam. Literally, less than 1 second between Contract accept and sell. Yes, I was that fast.
Aside from that, I think I bungled a few Buys and sells, getting items for too much, or selling them for too little before the 5 minute time lapse to change order was over, (scammed myself), and might have even accepted a phony Contract once for not too much loss. I think I even got something out of it, it's just that it wasn't worth what I paid.
That's EVE for you. 
Maybe I was actually sleeping in front of my computer and dreamed I posted. Certainly, it's not there now. |
Ryhss
Android Gang
Stealth Syndicate
17
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Posted - 2012.09.29 03:37:00 -
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Darth Bri wrote: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!!!
I bet new players and when people first started scamming in Jita yes. Now, only new players. |
Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
4901
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Posted - 2012.09.29 03:40:00 -
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Ryhss wrote:Darth Bri wrote: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!!!
I bet new players and when people first started scamming in Jita yes. Now, only new players.
using "new players" as a euphemism for "idiots" isn't being honest now is it
please leave |
Demolishar
United Aggression
368
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Posted - 2012.09.29 10:35:00 -
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I actually got a personalised scam - a private contract of a Crusader to me for 11bil. Presumably hoping I'd accept it thinking it was 11mil. So I made my eveboard isk private after that  |
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ISD Praetoxx
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
285
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Posted - 2012.09.29 10:39:00 -
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Best tip of the day for anyone wanting to avoid a scam in Jita.
Do not read/click anything in local!
Except if it is something sent by me .. in which case you know you can trust it and should accept straight away.
ISD Praetoxx
Ensign
Community Communication Liasons (CCLs)
Interstellar Service Department |
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Rats
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
264
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Posted - 2012.09.29 14:30:00 -
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I had a greedy moment once, was selling a ship and wanted the isk in a hurry, did a direct trade, guy was clever, he checked to see how long it would take me to click OK to trade then cancelled it , then said he'd cocked up and set up the trade again, then little predictable me took the same amount of time to check everything and just as I clicked OK (you know when your at that pint of no return) he changed the price to 1 isk. Doh..........
Was a face palm moment, but hey should have listened to the never direct trade unless you know someone ...... so my fault really.
live and earn
Tal
-áI Fought the Law, and the Law Won... -áTalon Silverhawk-á |
Doc Severide
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
182
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Posted - 2012.09.29 15:25:00 -
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Never been scammed nope. I did get an APOC for a real good price once on a contract in Jita local... But one thing I've found in addition to being careful, for the most part, don't have more than 50 Million in your wallet when in Jita. But of course everyone knows (or should know) PAY ATTENTION... |
Nikko Jiangtibayan
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
42
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Posted - 2012.09.29 15:26:00 -
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I think when it's safe to go to Jita, I'm going to try this out.
Hello...mate. |
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